Re: DIY SF

Sea Wasp wrote:
> mimus wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:51:40 -0700, lal_truckee wrote:
>>
>>
>>> mimus wrote:
>>>
>>>> This seems to be turning into just another lousy disaster flick, when
>>>> what I was really wanting to stress was the giant steelies.
>>>
>>> Hey now! It wasn't me who set the conditions that 400m (440yd) 
>>> diameter nickel-iron (AKA "steel") objects "fell from outer space 
>>> onto the Earth," which of course implies impacting with a minimum of 
>>> earth escape velocity.
>>
>>
>> Well . . . the idea was, really, that people would suddenly just have
to
>> deal (mentally) with these big steel balls around the place . . . .
>>
>> But suddenly people are going all ballistic on me.
>>  
> 
>     Is it ballistic if we assume the falls are straight in?

	If they're not maneuvering under power, aren't they ballistic by 
definition?