Alain <noe### [at] onca> wrote in
news:Xns### [at] 204213191226: 

> 55 pool balls neatly stacked in the shape of a pyramid. 

> them in p.b.i.  I thought I'd use them here for the fun of
> it. 
> 
> Was messing around with ball pyramids earlier and it
> revealed another bug in my code.  When lots of balls were
> stacked, the system was getting jittery and the balls
> appeared nervous.  I'm pretty sure I've fixed that now. 
> The pool balls are 57 mm in diameter and the gravity is
> good, but I think the ball to ball friction coefficient is
> more than it should be in this case.  But it keeps the
> pyramid alive for a tiny bit longer :-). 
> 
> Hope I'm not boring people or wasting space on this server
> with my tests.  They amuse me, so I figure they may amuse
> others. 

I like!

-- 
Marc Champagne
marcch.AT.videotron.DOT.ca
Montreal, Canada

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