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[dvandom]

The problem with just being able to jump around a lot, instead of actually flying, is that once you're in the air you're pretty much stuck on a ballistic path. Sit through any intro physics course and you'll learn that a ballistic path is really predictable, the center of mass has to follow a parabolic arc. Minion training basic lesson for dealing with acrobatic heroes like me...forget about headshots or anything fancy, always aim for the center of mass. The second we go airborne, we become clay pigeons.

Of course, if you stick around for the entire intro physics course, and you'll learn that you don't have to actually have any of your body at your center of mass at any given time....

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Re: Re last two lines ...

[mib24601.livejournal.com]

Nothing so extreme is necessary. One can change their center of mass by merely bending. If you curve (similarly to how a donut is curved but nothing that pronounced is necessary) your body, your center of mass will be located somewhere outside your body.