Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ucbvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-viking!wasser From: wasser@viking.DEC (John A. Wasser) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: More monkey business... Message-ID: <1232@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 10:15:30 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.1232 Posted: Mon Nov 4 10:15:30 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 09:32:29 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 31 Path: decwrl!greipa!pesnta!amd!amdcad!lll-crg!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn > The monkey, rope, pulley, weight system is inherently UNSTABLE I disagree. When the monkey isn't pulling on the rope, everything comes to a stop. > whether the monkey or the weight rises fastest is critically dependent > on initial conditions. The initial conditions were clearly stated: Monkey and weight were at the same height and at rest. > It is funny to watch so many people try to defend one of the many possible > outcomes as being the one true answer. Please describe how more than one outcome can arise from the specified initial conditions? -John A. Wasser Work address: ARPAnet: WASSER%VIKING.DEC@decwrl.ARPA Usenet: {allegra,Shasta,decvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-viking!wasser Easynet: VIKING::WASSER Telephone: (617)486-2505 USPS: Digital Equipment Corp. Mail stop: LJO2/E4 30 Porter Rd Littleton, MA 01460