RE: Finn Takes Gold at Mobe Throwing Contest

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 Blanchard_Michael () emc com wrote:

>  I know that everyone is waiting for this update!
>
>   Last night I was able to throw a "cell phone like device", ok it was a
> rock that was roughly the size and weight of my motorola i730....  

Cop-out. This is like using non-viruses in an antivirus test. Unless you 
use a real mobile phone, how can you know that the results would be the 
same? Different density, different streamlining, different flight 
characteristics. 

> Without hurting myself, I made it past the 50 yard mark, but didn't
> reach the 75 yard mark, was roughly around 60 yard mark, but I called it
> 55yards just to be safe.  This was without hurting myself and without
> training or anything like that....  Get a professional ball player to
> throw a mobile phone and I'm sure they'll beat that 89 yard record....  
> I doubt if I could get to the 89 yard mark though....
>
>    The soccer field that my son used to play was between 30 and 50 yards
> I'd guess, it was pretty small so it might be closer to 30 than 50, I
> could throw their soccer ball from the goal box on one end and have the
> coach catch it at the other end....  Adjusting for lack of full
> measuring again, and the fact that I could really care less how far I
> actually threw the darned thing, at that time and now, I'll say that it
> was a 30 yard throw of a youth soccer ball.  Youth soccer balls are
> smaller than the ones the pros use...  The kids on the teams could
> easily throw from the center line to either goalie, and these kids were
> like 6 - 8 years old....
>
> Phew!  That was fun!  :-)
>
>
> Michael P. Blanchard 
> Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
> Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
> EMC ² Corporation 
> 4400 Computer Dr. 
> Westboro, MA 01580 
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikeiscool [mailto:michaelslists () gmail com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:45 PM
> To: Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
> Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: Re: [funsec] Finn Takes Gold at Mobe Throwing Contest
>
> On 8/31/06, Blanchard_Michael () emc com <Blanchard_Michael () emc com> wrote:
> >  7 - 8 year olds have a *much* smaller soccer field than adults do.  I don't know exactly
> > how big it is, but it can't be more than 50 yards, perhaps closer to 30 yards than 50....  I
> > thought I mentioned that in the first message, perhaps not clearly enough :-)
>
> I saw it; but I still don't believe it. Are you thinking 1 yard = 1
> foot? If so, then I believe it. Otherwise, ... 50 meters? Nah...
> That's as far as our footballers kick footballs. (Aussie rules, of
> course).
>
>
> > Michael P. Blanchard
> > Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
> > Office of Information Security & Risk Management
> > EMC ² Corporation
> > 4400 Computer Dr.
> > Westboro, MA 01580
>
> -- mic
>
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