- The physics of tennis surfaces, from clay, to grass, to DecoTurf II, by @jonahlehrer. http://t.co/VZNRhbP ->
- Taleb/Spitznagel: The great bank robbery – http://t.co/LZysCAk ->
- The Goldman Sachs doomster slidedeck – http://t.co/tH79stH /via @FTAlphaville ->
- Map of U.S. food stamp usage by state. Wish it was historical, but still harrowing. http://t.co/Mw5sAz0 /via @seth_hamblin ->
- Mad position kite-flying. RT @parand: Absolutely insane and very beautiful: http://t.co/0IG4c8V ->
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I just saw this "Grinding the Crack" video right after reading about the Futility of knowledge of physics in helping the Caltech team (1-16) win matches! That can NOT be said about this wing-suit "dude" Jeb Corliss (IF this video is 4 real! the way it's edited, it borderline pushes appearing fake/CGI).
Looking at him, I can only presume he couldn't "do Newtonian mechanics" to save his life…..and YET, this "flight" required a thorough caltech type analysis of the terrain, and overall slope downward, terminal velocity which waypoints to hit etc etc. It's sort of like ski-"jumping" at the olympics: sure the skiers are "flying" only because the ground is shaped to follow their downfall (!)
I would like to know how this guys jump was set up and planned….aparently to within 2 feet of the ground (near the balloon guy). THIS is the sport Caltech article should talk about. Not tennis. But i suspect htis is fake.
What a stupid comment..
Fake, no. Not long for this world, yes.