From jsn@concentric.net Mon Sep 03 21:11:41 2001 Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Subject: Re: TAN: Boing! From: jsn@concentric.net (John S. Novak, III) Date: 4 Sep 2001 02:11:41 GMT In article , Zackery Gay wrote: >> Because it is fun, and intellectually stimulating, and good for you. > So true, and yet so strange to those that do not understand. It's a > good thing I'm surrounded by people who do understand, else, how could > I bring up the coefficient of friction of a cafeteria tray in a > conversation without incurring strange looks from around the table. Tsk, tsk, tsk. You need to talk about both coefficients, the static and the dynamic. The first needs to be high so that the try doesn't skitter all over at the merest touch. The other should be fairly low, so that when you do decide to push it, it goes where you want. Kids, these days. No attention to detail. -- John S. Novak, III jsn@cegt201.bradley.edu The Humblest Man on the Net