Re: Fun With Inertia
Dave, on host 208.234.219.180
Tuesday, September 4, 2001, at 09:43:24
Fun With Inertia posted by Sam on Tuesday, September 4, 2001, at 08:58:02:
> 1. Hold a drink in your hands. Technically, >hold a cup or a glass that has a beverage in >it. Water and milk aren't good choices. It's >better to have something like hot chocolate, >coffee, or soda, as these drinks are more >heterovisual, a word I made up just now whose >meaning will hopefully become clear. > > 2. Sit in a well-oiled swiveling desk chair. > > 3. Spin around in it. > > 4. Note how the contents of your cup or glass >don't spin around with you -- if there are >bubbles on the top, for example, they do not >rotate as you do. > > 5. Repeat steps 1-4, but spin the other way. > > 6. Repeat steps 1-4, but spinning in the >original direction. > > 7. Repeat steps 1-4, but spinning the other >way again. > > 8. Repeat some more.
Dang! Too late, I just finished my hot chocolate right before reading this.
Besides, my office chair isn't exactly well oiled.
Maybe later.
-- Dave
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