[ale] MythTV, older analog cards

[JK]

Jim Kinney wrote:

> were it not for shows like Mythbusters and a smattering of stuff on
> SciFi the tv would be nothing but a rectangular, electronic IQ
> lowering device.
> 
> Last night Mythbusters did the ULTIMATE PHYSICS TEST!!! A bullet fired
> horizontally will strike the ground at the same time as a bullet
> dropped from the same height if dropped at the same time the fired
> bullet leaves the muzzle.


Unless the bullet leaves the muzzle at a significant fraction of the orbital velocity for the 
shooter's elevation.  Even in atmosphere, it could take a while for that one to hit.  I guess you'd 
need a bigger gun to show that, though.


> EXCELLENT!!!!! Used a .45 caliber pistol and
> some excellent high-speed photography to show that the physicists are
> not lying when they teach 2D kinematics.


They are only (ahem) bending the truth.

-- JK