At 9:55 PM -0500 5/8/01, Jim Choate wrote:
>On Tue, 8 May 2001, Tim May wrote:
>
>> You're neglecting the "except more-or-less directly back" part of
>> Sandy's argument.
>
>No, I'm not neglecting it at all. A flat plate reflector will also return
>the pulse 'more or less directly back' as well, and more effectively than
>some itty bitty corner reflector.
I give up. Now Choate has his own idiosyncratic interpretation of
geometry. Add it to the list of number theory, physics, electronics,
etc.
Angle of incidence equals angle of reflection. If the flat plate
reflector is not perpencular to the beam, the beam will most
definitely not return "more or less directly back."
Draw a picture. (I assume pictures are allowed in Choate Prime?)
>
>> Which is why the F-117 Stealth fighter is made up of mostly flat planes
>
>Which is irrelevant.
Bizarre. But predictable.
--Tim May
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