At 04:09 pm 13-05-05 -0400, you wrote: >Frank writes: >>I don't think one has to go as far as having a circle of >>ramps. If the steel ball could transit a straight line of >>100 SMOTS, say, that would be pretty convincing. > >What's the difference between 2 and 100? Nothing, IMHO.
Well if it will go 100 against air resistance and other losses then presumably it will go 1000, 1000,000 and eventually encircle the earth in which case the line will have curved back on itself. No? ;-) Frank
