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Re: walk to enjoy the rain

At 09:59 5/27/99 -0400, David wrote:

2. The vector velocity v of the rain moving with respect to the person is
the vector difference v = v_p - v_r where v_p is the vector velocity
of the running/walking person w.r.t. the ground and v_r is the
(fixed for an assumed monodisperse distribution of rain drops)
terminal velocity of the rain drops w.r.t. the ground....

David Bowman

This had such clarity that I could follow the development quite well.
Even better, David left a little room for quibbling,
than which there is nothing better.

To be specific, the person's velocity w.r.t the ground is a modest
alternating movement. I'm sure David had in mind the person's
velocity w.r.t his destination?
brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK