From:	IronRaven cyberraven@********.net
Subject:	Questions of great importance (Steve, Jon, RA:S people
Date:	Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:46:29 -0400

At 23.27 09-01-99 -0700, you wrote:
>Err...I thought hydrostatic shock had been debunked as a myth.

It exists, and while there is one crowd who claims it doesn't have a
detectable effect, I can point to some salsa that used to be woodchucks and
fishers (a kind of weasel that will attack just about anything) that says
other wise. It has to do with resonance of the material, IIRC, and rigid
solids reactidifferently than more "liquidy" solids (like soft tissue)
does, and the compression of water in those tissues.
Some people claim it is a myth, and just as many argue otherwise.



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