Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Korenman 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. > > Lots of people also may remember voting by punch cards - hope the technology and ridicule and ordeal thereafter have been sorted out for good. About sound - velocity increases up to a point (round 250 km/h for dropped ammunition) hence increased pitch - also the doppler effect, but then it has also been said that the one that hurts you you don't hear coming ... phx >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 >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >