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Re: LEGO physics
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Date: 
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 16:45:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jesse Long writes:
> Ed Jones wrote in message ...
> > Why is it that if you are sitting at a table playing with LEGO, if you drop • a
> > piece it will inevitably bounce to the farthest point from you under the • table?
> > 
> > Now if I could only get the cats to fetch LEGO.

Start by building an RCX mouse.

> Murphy's Law, isn't it?  And what about the rule that says if you drop a
> second piece to see where it goes it never goes in the original direction
> (damn chaos theory)?

Pieces also have the ability to camoflauge themselves when being searched for,
but they can't keep it up forever because when you work out a substitute design
or piece they become visible again.

-Tom McD.
when replying please frost the spamcake.



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  Re: LEGO physics
 
(...) design (...) Yeah, I have one heck of a time trying to find one blue 2x2 brick when it is in a bucket of blue 2x2 bricks! :') (27 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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Ed Jones wrote in message ... (...) a (...) table? (...) Murphy's Law, isn't it? And what about the rule that says if you drop a second piece to see where it goes it never goes in the original direction (damn chaos theory)? Jesse ___...___ Jesse The (...) (27 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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