Re: OT: Another Simberg satire?

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:43:44 -0600, Monte Davis wrote
(in article <einfo2l98aa860jcov3v49ktehmf1obngp@xxxxxxx>):


Explain to me how the waterflow upstream "knows" there's a reservoir & dam
waiting downstream..? Hydrodynamics, not handwaving, please.

The waterflow "knows" to the extent that it's now much deeper and much
more slow-flowing than before. Without knowing dimensions of the
reservoir, flow-rates of the river prior to damming, and the range of
flow rates at which the hydroelectric plant is designed to operate,
it's hard to provide much more.

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Herb Schaltegger
"You can run on for a long time . . . sooner or later, God'll cut you
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