 | | Straight Roundness (was Re: Does God have a name for God?) —Dave Schuler
| | | | (...) I'd much rather ponder what a "straight circle" is. A gyroscope undergoes precession, in that its axis of rotation "wobbles," but the rotation itself, relative to that axis, is pretty fixed, I think. Dave! (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Straight Roundness (was Re: Does God have a name for God?) —Robert Bevens
| | | | | (...) But when it wobbles would the axis change? I guess the easiest way to test the theory would be to draw a bright red line along the equator of a globe and give the ol girl a good spin and then see if the line stays the same or blurs whilst it's (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Straight Roundness (was Re: Does God have a name for God?) —Dave Schuler
| | | | | (...) Hmm. I guess it depends on how rigid the spinning object is, and what you're using as a standard of comparison. If there's no actual axis, but a "net" axis, the rotation might change. Intesting. Dave! (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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