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Handshake via the Internet
mattlamb writes "British and American scientists will touch using sensors over the internet. "The implications of the experiment could be vast, said UCL, which describes the event as the world's "first transatlantic handshake over the Internet." " Let the juvenile comedy
commence!
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...Masons are behind this, mark my words.
I'd like to propose that this be the only post with the word `pr0n', in any way, shape or fashion, in response to this article.
Yeah, right!
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I don't think George needs to know it to the hudredth of a mph:-) All of your questions above can pretty much be assumed close enough. The height is about the height of a 6ft guy, standing on his toes, with his arm stretched up and hitting a serve - probably about 10ft, I'm guessing but it's easy to measure. The angle at which it is hit is pretty close to a straight line
from 10ft up in the air to the service line on the grnd 60ft away - a bit less to allow for gravity. The air pressure - make an assumption - sea level or something.