Random Wolfe spottings

brunians at brunians.org · 09 Dec 2008, 20:09 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 15:09:17 -0500 (EST)
Subject: (urth) Random Wolfe spottings
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> *Really useful stuff!
>
> Yes, Wizard Knight feels like the right answer. How about the rest of
> them?
>
> I'm not sure if that last one is because the bullet travels faster than
> sound,

Yes. If there are a lot of gunshots going off at once, you may not even be
able to clearly distinguish the one associated with the bullet that hit
you seconds ago. What you hear are the supersonic whistles of the bullets
going past (and of course if one hits you you won't hear that one).

>        or something else is meant. Surely you can hear a gunshot and be
> wounded ...

Unless you are very close, you can be wounded and then hear a gunshot, the
other way doesn't work.

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