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On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:17:01 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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By the way, try this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDsZcLVXyn8

At least they are not a perpetrating false flag attack. They are
flying the Jolly Roger. Clearly they know they are pirates.
Also note the angle of approach on the attack and tell me who has
the
right of way when SS rams the whaler.

I think it's the boat on the right, which would be the Japanese. In
any
case, they could have made an attempt to avoid the collision, which
is
required by international rules (see other post).

I hope you don't actually operate your boat
What is the significance of the area from dead ahead to 135 degrees
off your starboard beam?
*hint* If you drive a car it is the same
You can't really cite nav rules when one boat is intentionally
hitting
the other. It was clear the SS pirates pursued the whalers.
BUT
In this video the SS pirate rammed the whaler on the port side.
Quick
question, what color is your port running light?
That is a tip about who is the give way vessel and who is the stand
on
vessel. Red says STOP before you hit me. The ONLY obligation the
whaler had was to maintain course and speed. When the overtaking
vessel, that is faster than you, rams you in the port beam it is not
easy to evade that.

They seem to take great pains to avoid hitting people with their
stink
bombs. They've never come close to hurting someone as far as I
recall.

They may be backed by some in Hollywood, but since I don't have
any
"buddies" there, your comment is out of order.

I apologize You are right that was not necessary.

Actually, I do have a friend who lives in Hollywood. She's in a
band.


A band of pirates? :-)

Also they forgot Newton's 3rd law. All that conservation of momentum
stuff.

A right wing freak out?

I think the first two are more applicable. Also, I think the First Law
of
Thermo is also applicable.

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Nom=de=Plume

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Not necessarily! Speed is an integral part in the equation, too. I
don't think torpedos are the same or greater mass than their intended
targets!!

Explosions are a factor not in the equation. But large mass wins in most
every crash. My favorite professor in engineering school always had great
questions on his tests. One of the test quesstions in Dynamics, as far as
I
can remember the question, was a 3500# VW microbus loaded with hippies
doing
75 mph gets in a non-elastic collision and no parts are lost with an
80,000#
semi doing 35. What is the final speed, and the velocity changes. The VW
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Velocity has a huge part in the equation, Bill! How do you think that
a bullet gets through a piece of steel weighing any number of times
more than the bullet??

The weight of the ship does not matter to the bullet. The characteristics
of the metal in area of contact matter. And yes energy is related to
velocity squared. But the difference in velocity of the WW boat and the
whaler boat was negligible and in that case the weight of the boats really
matters. Plus heavy steel against carbon fiber build for light weight
strength.