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Re: The Law of Falling Lego
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Date: 
Mon, 1 May 2000 02:10:14 GMT
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mattdm@SPAMCAKEmattdm.org
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Adam Hoekwater <ahoekwat@nd.edu> wrote:
After a dropped Lego piece hits the floor, it travels across the floor
roughly six times the distance from the table to the floor.

(Drop Distance) * 6 = Radius at which I start looking.

On what surface? Linoleum? Hardwood? Carpet? (What kind of carpet?)

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  Re: The Law of Falling Lego
 
(...) Hehe... it doesn't matter :-) -Shiri (yes, I know that's not physics-wise possible... but we already agreed that lego bricks don't obey the physics rules! :-) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Re: The Law of Falling Lego
 
(...) Very nice observation, Bill! Although I'm afraid I don't know enough about artificial intelligence or the paranormal to offer any hypotheses of any value, this is a very close relative of a theory that I've held for years: After a dropped Lego (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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