Re: [HoE] More SA XM-60 questions, and a few answers... [PEG]

[David Pearson <regault@u.washington.edu>]

>Actually, a similar argument came up on the rec.games.mecha newsgroup 
years
>ago, and according to some engineering students, you can shoot aluminum 
cans
>(non-ferrous and not generally magnetic) down a railgun without any 
problem.
>Sure, lead isn't magnetic (though the jacket might be ferrous), but it's 
got
>electrons in it. If the magnetic field is big enough, Gauss's law will 
cause
>electrons to accumulate on the outside of the slug and it will move in a
>magnetic field.

And as I recently learned from reading Sewer, Gas, and Electric, you can 
even propel a 12 inch kosher salami at sufficient speeds to sink a large 
freighter.
On another note, I highly recommend this book. Its not PA, but its so wierd 
and twisted your bound to get ideas. I'm personally gonna substitute 
Meisterbrau in for the Shraks. Plus, the 181 year old Civil War vet wil 
give all you players another excuse to take Veteran O' the Wierd West.

Sailor: Where'd you get that trout?

Twenty Nine Words for Snow (Standing on the deck naked.): Lake Winnitonka. 
WHAP!