On 6/30/2015 12:02 AM, Tim wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 01:45:46PM -0500, Grimmund wrote:
>> Kinetic penetrators have a pointy end because, you know, driving a
>> nail through something works better if you start with the pointy end
>> of the nail rather than the head or the side.
>
> At Traveller speeds, the "nail" is made of putty, and so is the
> target.

A couple of years back, we had a poster on the list who seemed incapable
of grasping this and the speeds and distances involved in general.  I
ended up calling him a "flatlander" and ignoring him.

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