| Re: Fun With InertiaDave, on host 208.234.219.180 Tuesday, September 4, 2001, at 09:43:24
 Fun With Inertia posted by Sam on Tuesday, September 4, 2001, at 08:58:02:
 > 1. Hold a drink in your hands.  Technically, >hold a cup or a glass that has a beverage in
 >it.  Water and milk aren't good choices.  It's
 >better to have something like hot chocolate,
 >coffee, or soda, as these drinks are more
 >heterovisual, a word I made up just now whose
 >meaning will hopefully become clear.
 >
 > 2.  Sit in a well-oiled swiveling desk chair.
 >
 > 3.  Spin around in it.
 >
 > 4.  Note how the contents of your cup or glass
 >don't spin around with you -- if there are
 >bubbles on the top, for example, they do not
 >rotate as you do.
 >
 > 5.  Repeat steps 1-4, but spin the other way.
 >
 > 6.  Repeat steps 1-4, but spinning in the
 >original direction.
 >
 > 7.  Repeat steps 1-4, but spinning the other
 >way again.
 >
 > 8.  Repeat some more.
 
 Dang!  Too late, I just finished my hot chocolate right before reading this.
 
 Besides, my office chair isn't exactly well oiled.
 
 Maybe later.
 
 -- Dave
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