At 08:57 AM 2/1/2007 -0800, you wrote: >55.7% seems ridiculously precise. Isn't the notion of "maximum safe >tension" more analogous to e.g. the speed limit of 55 miles per >hour? Where in fact there are so many variables in the car, the >driver, the shape of the road, surface conditions, traffic >conditions and environmental variables. >Jason I think that the "speed limit" we should be aware of is the point of plastic deformation. (starting to "taffy out", but not yet breaking.) Those smarter than I am will no doubt provide the average % of break point where that might be. The closer to that point, the more false beats, methinks. Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
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