On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 12:15, Angus Auld wrote: > Thanks Stephen! That has worked on this side of the world too! My trash can now >shows open and closed ;-) > > Tell me this, does the water turn the opposite way when it swirls down the drain >there?? I've always wanted to ask that of someone on the "other side" of the Earth, >as it were. It rotates counter-clockwise here. :-) > > Thanks for the help once again....much appreciated. > All the best to you. > --Angus
Mate, no worries - it's a quick-easy fix... ...and yes, due to gravitational forces, the water does go down the other way - Coriolis effect - so it happens on any planet with significant gravitation...I had to see it to believe it myself - so when I first got here I used to "observe" the dishwater or drain water going down...but it's something that the N.Hemisphere doesn't realize...and actually, in this hemi, up is south, and north is down - hence, to go north is to get warmer, to go south is to get colder...so instead of saying "I went UP north", it should be "I went DOWN north"...and vice-versa...(g) -- Mon Dec 30 12:20:00 EST 2002 12:20pm up 18:24, 5 users, load average: 0.02, 0.12, 0.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ "We live, in a very kooky time." -- Herb Blashtfalt
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