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Message no. 1
From: Brian Johnson <john0375@****.tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: Shotguns/Skyscrapers
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 15:09:38 -0500 (CDT)
> >> The point is that your solution MIGHT kill the guy. There is no accuracy in

> >> dropping things from highrises or overpasses because for extra factors added

> >
> >Accuracy-Schmacuracy, Shotguns aren't accurate in a similar sense, but they
> >still kill.
>
> Yes, but shotguns kill from a hundred
!!!!!!!!!?sure.
> meters or less. The building would
> have to be taller than that.

Droopy- Please point me in the direction of a building under 300 feet
tall in a major downtown metro area, 60 years in the future. You think
they're going to get SHORTER? We have grain silos that tall, 'small'
appartment buildings too, now.
Message no. 2
From: Droopy <droopy@**.net>
Subject: Re: Shotguns/Skyscrapers
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 00:31:31 -0400
At 03:09 PM 7/5/96 -0500, Brian Johnson wrote:

>> Yes, but shotguns kill from a hundred
>!!!!!!!!!?sure.
>> meters or less. The building would
>> have to be taller than that.
>
>Droopy- Please point me in the direction of a building under 300 feet
>tall in a major downtown metro area, 60 years in the future. You think
>they're going to get SHORTER? We have grain silos that tall, 'small'
>appartment buildings too, now.

Where did I say that building would get shorter???? I must've missed that
part. What I did say is that a shotgun kills at less than 100 meters, give
or take. A building that would allow an object to move fast enough to kill
someone when dropped from the roof would obviously have to be taller than
100 meters. If a shotgun's scatter makes it worthless at 100 meters, than
the scatter from a building would be even worse.

If you are still confused, I can get even more detailed.


--Droopy

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