toss it off the top and see how long it takes to land?
Approx 164 ft/second times how many seconds it takes to smash to the ground.
of course, drag, mass, gravity and air density will all play a part in it.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
The sun, reflecting off the screen of my iPhone, is so 21st century
Haiku.
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
1: Tie a string to the iphone. Lower it from the top of the building until it reaches the ground. Add the length of the string and height of the iphone.
2: Stand the iphone up and measure the length of its' shadow. Using the Pythagorium theory, calculate the angle of the sun. Measure the length of the building's shadow and do the same to determine its' height.
3: Use Google Earth to determine the length of the shadow, and the imbedded data on time of exposure to determine the sun's angle in the sky. Then use the theorem again.
4: Use the iphone and call the superintendant and ask him.
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How can you determine the height of a building using an iPhone?
Approx 164 ft/second times how many seconds it takes to smash to the ground.
of course, drag, mass, gravity and air density will all play a part in it.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
2: Stand the iphone up and measure the length of its' shadow. Using the Pythagorium theory, calculate the angle of the sun. Measure the length of the building's shadow and do the same to determine its' height.
3: Use Google Earth to determine the length of the shadow, and the imbedded data on time of exposure to determine the sun's angle in the sky. Then use the theorem again.
4: Use the iphone and call the superintendant and ask him.