I thought in the world of rotation you talked about angular velocity (omega) and angular acceleration (alpha), angular momentum, etc. There is nothing inherent in rotation that will slow it down, except a force in the direction opposite to the direction of the angular velocity (which usually is friction). The force you mention is what is commonly called "centrifugal" force, or the result of centripetal acceleration. You are on a merry-go-round going fast; you have to hold on to keep from flying off. The force you apply is DIRECTLY towards the center of rotation, which does nothing to the angular velocity.
Tragedies don't have happy endings. A good Darth Vader tragedy would be where he was turning back to the good side, with Luke attentive, and one of Vader's top apprentices crushed both Vader and Luke, and went on to seduce Leia with smooth talk.
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I thought in the world of rotation you talked about angular velocity (omega) and angular acceleration (alpha), angular momentum, etc. There is nothing inherent in rotation that will slow it down, except a force in the direction opposite to the direction of the angular velocity (which usually is friction). The force you mention is what is commonly called "centrifugal" force, or the result of centripetal acceleration. You are on a merry-go-round going fast; you have to hold on to keep from flying off. The force you apply is DIRECTLY towards the center of rotation, which does nothing to the angular velocity.
"I can see why police would want them, and I can also see why Bram considers them a privacy threat. Depends on how they're used, I suppose."
And a Gulag _could_ be a violation of
civil rights, depends on how it's used, I suppose...
It happened. The _thirteen_ states that did it were invaded and crushed. FYI, that was over 100 years ago.
ESR going to Microsoft: Luke going to see the Emperor.
Tragedies don't have happy endings. A good Darth Vader tragedy would be where he was turning back to the good side, with Luke attentive, and one of Vader's top apprentices crushed both Vader and Luke, and went on to seduce Leia with smooth talk.
And all the bugs will be fixed in the next release of the product. Yup.