From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!al Newsgroups: net.physics Title: Re: strategy in rainstorms - (nf) Article-I.D.: genradbo.1267 Posted: Fri Jan 28 09:33:18 1983 Received: Sat Jan 29 05:21:24 1983 References: hplabs.1135 In regard to: From decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!faunt Sun Jan 23 20:52:45 1983 Subject: Re: strategy in rainstorms - (nf) Newsgroups: net.physics No-one has yet taken into account a real-world fact, that the faster you move, the shorter the time you will be exposed to the rain, although the "answers" I've seen at this time indicate that moving as fast as possible is best, which would also minimize exposure time. It is not true that the length of time is not taken into account. In both the spherical body analysis someone else submitted and my rectangular body analysis, the length of time is very much taken into account. The fact that you have to get to a particular place (in the horizontal direction) and that you are moving with constant velocity in the vertical direction (a transfor- mation of the rain's actual falling down) means that if you stood still, you would get infinitely wet since you never reach your goal and yet you are still moving vertically and intercepting all those raindrops.