Andy Champ writes:

dennis@home wrote:


"Andy Champ" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote:

The hammers don't have enough energy (or is that mass?)

Neither. It's the inertia that counts... :P

inertia is just energy.



1/2 M V^2 vs MV.

I think he meant E = mc²/ˆš(1-v²/c²), alluding to the possibility that
you might be able to do it if both hammer and nail are made of
plutonium.

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Jón Fairbairn
http://www.chaos.org.uk/~jf/Stuff-I-dont-want.html (updated 2009-01-31)