: >>On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 11:15:35 -0700, Jim Thompson : >> wrote: : >>
: >>>If you place a Slinky on an escalator, will it go forever ?:-) : >>
: >>not if the escalator is going down :) : >>
: >>or if it's going up too quickly : >--- : >Or if it's going up too slowly, so we'd need to servo the escalator to : >the slinky's period. : : I think that's the trick, John... synchronizing. Although I puzzle : over the situation where the up-rate of the escalator exactly matches : the falling period... seems to be some energy violation there that I : can't put my finger on.
Let's not forget that each Slinky will be slightly longer or shorter than another, slightly lighter or heavier as well.
: (This question didn't originate with me. A woman called in to a local : talk radio show yesterday with the question, and I've been mulling : over it ever since :-)
I've thought about this quite a number times thoughout my lifetime also, but I quickly realize that there are more important issues at hand. 8o)
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