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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Monkey business
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Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 19:06:35 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  2 19:06:35 1985
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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.