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So, I play this "MouseHunt" game on Facebook.

Posted by nubby Nov 17 '08, 12:34

Here's the description of my current mousetrap:

Mouse Trebuchet ( 600 power )
Power Type: Physical
Power Bonus: 2%
Accuracy Bonus: 4%
Luck: 1
Cheese Effect: Very Positive
For those so inclined to not so much harm a mouse, but rather relocate it a few miles away there is the wooden mouse trebuchet. When triggered this trap catapults the mouse at over 500 miles per hour up to a range of 7 miles.

The problem? At 500 mph, the maximum range of a catapult is just over 3.1 miles. Should I write them and point this out, or just accept it as the writer being quirky?

Responses:

You need to use Canadian math. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 17, 12:48
how is the maximum range 3.1 miles? teach me something -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 12:48 10
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  - conservation of energy -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 12:52
- I'd say you have the consider the best angle and the initial speed and you can calculate the maximum distance -- nm - Guigue Nov 17, 12:50
- Is the equation enough? - nubby Nov 17, 12:50 6
  - *splurt* -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 12:53
  - now does this apply to both catapults and trebuchets? -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 12:52 3
    - Sure, projectile motion in general. -- nm - nubby Nov 17, 12:53 2
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        Maybe I should teach Physics of Sex. -- nm - nubby Nov 17, 12:56
  - Assuming an intial speed of zero and a horizontal plane (not from a cliff top). -- nm - VMan Nov 17, 12:51
But you *do* accept the premise that launching a mouse at 500 mph would not 'harm' it? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 17, 12:42 6
- I guess the description didn't mention the mousey parachutes. -- nm - nubby Nov 17, 12:43 5
  - Wouldn't the acceleration of a normal sized catapult throwing a mouse at 500 mph crush it to death? -- nm - Guigue Nov 17, 12:46 4
    - not to mention the question of a mouse being capable of receiving enough force in the time it take a catapult to launch to accelerate it to 500 mph in - znufrii Nov 17, 12:48 1
      - G-suits and padding, I assume. Not sure how the catapult get the suit on the mouse though. -- nm - VMan Nov 17, 12:49
    - NEXT QUESTION! -- nm - nubby Nov 17, 12:46 1
      - Does the mouse wear pilot goggles? -- nm - Guigue Nov 17, 12:49
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- there is a Game of LIFE FB application? -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 17, 12:42 1
  - *waits as ST grinds to a halt* -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 12:43
- Hey, welcome back! (nmbJD) - nubby Nov 17, 12:40 2
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    - We have openers next week?! *sweats* -- nm - nubby Nov 17, 12:43
you understand it's a game, yes? -- nm - El Fandie Nov 17, 12:39 4
- That's no reason to have incorrect physics. -- nm - nubby Nov 17, 12:40 3
  - You should have a blog that hunts down and roots out improper use of physics all over the internets -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 12:41 2
    - There are a few that do that for movies. - nubby Nov 17, 12:42 1
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You need to show your work. C-. -- nm - Professer JaxSean Nov 17, 12:38

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