Simon wrote:

> I tried to do a mace with evenly spaced spikes. I found I could either do a 
> geodesic dome as mentioned above OR itterate repeatedly simulating the 
> "dimples" as electrons stuck to the surface of a sphere repulsing each 
> other - after a couple of hundred itterations, the opints are pretty evenly 
> spaced.

Google actually turned up a patent applying this to golf balls ;)

"A golf ball having a plurality of dimples on its surface, the dimples
as a whole are distributed on at least a portion of the golf ball using
principles of electromagnetic theory. The dimples placed on the golf
ball surface are assigned charge values that are used to determine the
electric potential. A solution method is then applied to minimize the
potential by rearrangement of the dimple positions."

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6884184.html

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