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Thread #47879 Message #782541
Posted By: Amos
12-Sep-02 - 08:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: What Do Physicists Think About?? III
Subject: RE: BS: What Do Phsyicists Think About?? III
AND FINALLY...
Did the dinosaurs die out because of an asteroid impact or because they made too much noise when they were mating? Working on the assumption that "100 tonnes, thrusting every 6.7 seconds would create 2200 kilowatts of energy" and that about 50 per cent of that energy would become noise, this week's Feedback column has become a devotee of the decibel theory. See this week's New Scientist magazine