Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]keeping the M8 for now. On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks to all. > > I figured it was doppler based, but I would think the pitch would > INCREASE as the bomb falls toward you. > I am basing this on the increased pitch of car siren coming toward you. > OR or as a different concept, a standing wave in an organ pipe as you > shorten it, the pitch increases. > > Could the drop in pitch be related to change in air density through > which the falling object passes? > > Comp sci is computer science. But in the 80's we were programming in > LISP and Pascal.. > So that is worth 3 cents in today's market. > My dad used to reminisce about programing by punch cards. > > Eric > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 9:39 PM, slobodan dimitrov > <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: >> Ah! You must mean something like a "master of science in business". >> An oxymoron if there ever was one. >> s.d. >> >> On Nov 1, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: >> >>> in grad school my comp sci professor waggishly remarked that any >>> field of study whose name contained the word "science," was not. >>> >>> -rei >>> >>> On Nov01 16:56, Jim Nichols wrote: >>>> >>>> Isn't Political Science an oxymoron? >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" >>>> <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>>> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 4:51 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] why do bombs whistle? >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> What is "comp sci"? I am rather hostile to cutsey phrases like this: >>>>>> if you want to say something, say it. >>>>> >>>>> "Comp sci" is the universal nickname at every US university for >>>>> Computer Science. >>>>> Similar to "Poly Sci" for Political Science. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> -- >>> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com >>> Ridgewood, New Jersey >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >