If you fired a bullet in a desert...

[shadygiz]

this has been proven on mythbusters.

they tested the theory that if a bullet was fired into the sky in celebration would it return to earth and kill someone

obviously the bullets do come back down, but generally not with enough terminal velocity to kill.....only on a few rare occassions it has been proven that a stray bullet killed someone by dropping out of the sky

Usually when fired at a shallow(er) angle so that they are not returning solely via terminal velocity but making use of their muzzle velocity.

yup, usually at a much lower trajectory like when firing from the hip

 

[SWP's back]

this has been proven on mythbusters.

they tested the theory that if a bullet was fired into the sky in celebration would it return to earth and kill someone

the bullets do come back down, but generally not with enough terminal velocity to kill.....only on a few rare occassions it has been proven that a stray bullet killed someone by dropping out of the sky

I'm sure it has been proven, but I just can't get my head round that. A lead bullet is hardly going to float down is it and land like a feather on someone's unsuspecting noggin? It is going to fall down, hard, and hit someone on the head, hard. One that used to do the rounds was if you dropped a pound coin from the top of Blackpool Tower, if it hit someone on the head it would kill them because of the pace it would pick up on the way down. Surely the same for a bullet coming from the sky?

Fuck it i'm trying it.

Yes but the blackpool tower story is bollocks also sorry mate.

 

[Chris in London]

I spent 5 minutes of my life (that I will never get back) genuinely thinking about SBF's scenario of drilling holes right the way through the earth and what happens to a small sphere once you throw it in.

Then I realised, the hole at the north pole would be on the sea bed so the whole hole would fill up with water. So then I started to wonder how big the hole would have to be before all the seawater in the world drained away into it, and how long it would take to drain away. It's a variant on the old 'how long would it take to fill a bathtub' question.

It's a slow day.

 

[SWP's back]

I spent 5 minutes of my life (that I will never get back) genuinely thinking about SBF's scenario of drilling holes right the way through the earth and what happens to a small sphere once you throw it in.

Then I realised, the hole at the north pole would be on the sea bed so the whole hole would fill up with water. So then I started to wonder how big the hole would have to be before all the seawater in the world drained away into it, and how long it would take to drain away. It's a variant on the old 'how long would it take to fill a bathtub' question.

It's a slow day.

How much has some poor **** been billed whilst you went through that thought process?

 

[shadygiz]

this has been proven on mythbusters.

they tested the theory that if a bullet was fired into the sky in celebration would it return to earth and kill someone

the bullets do come back down, but generally not with enough terminal velocity to kill.....only on a few rare occassions it has been proven that a stray bullet killed someone by dropping out of the sky

I'm sure it has been proven, but I just can't get my head round that. A lead bullet is hardly going to float down is it and land like a feather on someone's unsuspecting noggin? It is going to fall down, hard, and hit someone on the head, hard. One that used to do the rounds was if you dropped a pound coin from the top of Blackpool Tower, if it hit someone on the head it would kill them because of the pace it would pick up on the way down. Surely the same for a bullet coming from the sky?

Fuck it i'm trying it.

Yes but the blackpool tower story is bollocks also sorry mate.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHxvMLoKRWg[/youtube]

 

[Chris in London]

I spent 5 minutes of my life (that I will never get back) genuinely thinking about SBF's scenario of drilling holes right the way through the earth and what happens to a small sphere once you throw it in.

Then I realised, the hole at the north pole would be on the sea bed so the whole hole would fill up with water. So then I started to wonder how big the hole would have to be before all the seawater in the world drained away into it, and how long it would take to drain away. It's a variant on the old 'how long would it take to fill a bathtub' question.

It's a slow day.

How much has some poor **** been billed whilst you went through that thought process?

You think I only billed one?

 

[SWP's back]

I'm sure it has been proven, but I just can't get my head round that. A lead bullet is hardly going to float down is it and land like a feather on someone's unsuspecting noggin? It is going to fall down, hard, and hit someone on the head, hard. One that used to do the rounds was if you dropped a pound coin from the top of Blackpool Tower, if it hit someone on the head it would kill them because of the pace it would pick up on the way down. Surely the same for a bullet coming from the sky?

Fuck it i'm trying it.

Yes but the blackpool tower story is bollocks also sorry mate.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHxvMLoKRWg[/youtube]

cheers. See pidge<br /><br />-- Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:10 pm --<br /><br />

I spent 5 minutes of my life (that I will never get back) genuinely thinking about SBF's scenario of drilling holes right the way through the earth and what happens to a small sphere once you throw it in.

Then I realised, the hole at the north pole would be on the sea bed so the whole hole would fill up with water. So then I started to wonder how big the hole would have to be before all the seawater in the world drained away into it, and how long it would take to drain away. It's a variant on the old 'how long would it take to fill a bathtub' question.

It's a slow day.

How much has some poor **** been billed whilst you went through that thought process?

You think I only billed one?

Genuine guffaw

 

[york away to this!]

this has been proven on mythbusters.

they tested the theory that if a bullet was fired into the sky in celebration would it return to earth and kill someone

the bullets do come back down, but generally not with enough terminal velocity to kill.....only on a few rare occassions it has been proven that a stray bullet killed someone by dropping out of the sky

I'm sure it has been proven, but I just can't get my head round that. A lead bullet is hardly going to float down is it and land like a feather on someone's unsuspecting noggin? It is going to fall down, hard, and hit someone on the head, hard. One that used to do the rounds was if you dropped a pound coin from the top of Blackpool Tower, if it hit someone on the head it would kill them because of the pace it would pick up on the way down. Surely the same for a bullet coming from the sky?

Fuck it i'm trying it.

nail wio ferdinand down and drop a tuppence...

 

[denislawsbackheel]

and a bullet dropped at the same time as a bullet fired from a gun horizontally will hit the ground at the same time

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

and a bullet dropped at the same time as a bullet fired from a gun horizontally will hit the ground at the same time

Nonsensical nonsense