Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Existential question

Speeding on the information superhighwayThese last few days I was forced to get a new hard drive for my PC. Today, at lunch, I started doing the math and got pretty concerned with the results:

Well, if the new hard drive is something like 10 cm wide and reaches a 7200 rpm speed...

Disc perimeter = 2 x PI x radius = 2 x 3,1416 x (0,10 m / 2) = 0,3142 m;

At 7200 rpm: 7200 x 0,3142 m = 2,2619 Km/minute = 135,72 Km/h.


This being that I am in Madeira Island (a speed limit of 100 Km/h on the freeway), having my PC at home (inside a town) and near children, is it possible for me to get a speeding ticket?

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