Re: Vector Rules

Gravity is falling in a. good way today writes:

@:) You can practice this in real life (kids! do this at home! WITHOUT
@:) parental consent - but I take no claims for any messes you make in
@:) the mean time!)  Get a 10' section of PVC pipe, fill it with a
@:) material of your choice (dirt, water, whatnot), cap both
@:) ends. That'll represent the steel beam above. Get a straw. That'll
@:) represent the shaft of wood. :) Put both on a 'lazy susan'.
@:) Now...try and rotate them. No, really. This will work, and *ought*
@:) to demon- strate the basic principles trying to be shown above.

  Or you could suspend the thing from a string tied around the
Status: RO

middle.  Might be cheaper than going out and buying a lazy susan.

-joachim