[OT] Re: DMD 1.005 release

[Walter Bright]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Kirk McDonald wrote:
>>> Ohh, lookit all the huge, pretty red sections.
>>
>> My goal is to make the Boost implementation code look as obsolete as a 
>> muzzle-loading smoothbore.
> 
> It has nothing to do with the conversation, but your statement reminded 
> me...  I saw a show not too long ago (may have been MythBusters) where 
> the penetration depth of various types of ammunition were tested in 
> water.  Modern bullets had poor penetration because they tended to 
> tumble upon entering the water, thus creating drag (max injury depth was 
> less than 5 feet).  And high-velocity rounds tended to fragment upon 
> entry and had even shallower penetration (around 3 feet).  Finally, a 
> muzzle-loading smoothbore was tested and it had by far the deepest 
> penetration of any weapon tested.  So if you're being shot at in a lake, 
> I suppose you don't want the shooter using Boost ;-)

Sounds like that is about the ammunition, not the gun.

The worst thing about a muzzle-loader in combat was you had to *stand 
up* to reload it. Can you imagine the guts it takes to do that, when 
your every nerve screams at you to push your face in the dirt?