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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Falling (was Re: Spells [SR3 idea])
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 11:57:46 +0100
Ray & Tamara said on 11:00/ 7 Sep 97...

> Difference between jumping and falling. Also what your are talking about is
> measured in the high hundreds or maybe thousands of meters, whereas falling of
> a building is something completely different.

With a bit of basic physics it's easy enough to work out how tall a
building has to be for you to take four seconds to hit the ground when
you fall from the top -- about 80 meters, or some 25 stories.

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