The Airspeed Velocity Of An Unladen Balrog

OK, maybe not. But apparently, someone out there has thought at length about how to calculate the terminal velocity of the Balrog while he was fighting Gandalf in the motion picture version of The Two Towers. (link via Monkeyfilter)

Man, there are nerds, and there are neerrrrrrrds. I wanna be this dude when I grow up. 🙂