Re: [RQ-Rules] Whoops

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From: Andrew O. Mellinger (andrew@crashbox.com)
Date: Tue 05 Feb 2002 - 21:03:37 EET

>"Andrew O. Mellinger" wrote:
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><snipz>
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>> >Now, for example aluminum weighs about 170 lbs per cubic foot, so
>> >assuming the cylinder is solid and of homogeneous construction it would
>> >weigh about 5,024 pounds.
>>
>> Uh,
>>
>> 125.5 * 1270 = 21,352.
>
>I assume you typoed for "125.6 * 170"?

   Yup! That's me, Mr typo!

>In any case, you're correct that the aluminum calculation is off; I must
>have missed a key on the calculator, thanks for pointing that out.

   S'okay. I just wanted to make clear that they 3,000 pd estimate
was *way* off.

   I remember a great article out of a *really* old dragon magazine
and reprinted in Best of the Dragon Volume 1 called "How Heavy Is My
Mutant."

   Iron Golems are *really* heavy and if a person is clever easy to
defeat by running onto reasonably soft ground or a swamp. Brides,
ladders and stairs are also good ways to get away.

   It said that with lungs and whatnot humans are around 47 pds/cubic
foot. (I think probably a little close to 64) but that would make me
around 5 cubic feet. So a golem at 500 pds/cu-ft would be 2500 pds.
Ouch.

-Andrew 

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