Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Monkey business Message-ID: <2748@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 19:06:35 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.2748 Posted: Sat Nov 2 19:06:35 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 05:26:03 EST Distribution: net Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 8 The monkey, rope, pulley, weight system is inherently UNSTABLE, so that whether the monkey or the weight rises fastest is critically dependent on initial conditions. It is funny to watch so many people try to defend one of the many possible outcomes as being the one true answer.