For those who didn't hear, someone at the University of Memphis drove her car off the top of a 5-level parking structure. The video can be found here. According to the report (updated after the video), the woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but at the scene, they say she had only minor injuries. I'm hoping for the minor injuries result, so that my title wasn't in too bad a taste. If you watch the video, when they zoom out and count the number of stories on the building, notice how far that truck was from the edge of the building. It takes some speed to plow through a concrete wall and still land that far away from the building, so I'm having trouble believing the "accidently stepped on the wrong pedal" theory, but I guess it could be true.
I got my ballistics program up and running today. I'm not quite sure what was wrong with it, but it's better now. I also derived different equations for the motion than Dr. Flandro did. I'm going to check with him about it tomorrow in class, I suppose. The program will eventually include thrust, drag, gravity, lift, the rotation of the Earth, the roll of a fair die, the day of the week, my checking account balance and possibly the phase of the moon. It's going to be awesome.
Lee, I thought I told you to lock the doors! More tomorrow.
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