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19 Jul 2024 00:57:14 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Pool ball pyramid (was None :-) (MPG, 576KB)  
From: George Pantazopoulos
Date: 11 Nov 2003 00:38:06
Message: <oprygkoinau942mt@news.povray.org>
A THIRD great anim from Alain (I'm viewing them from newest to oldest 
submitted ;)
I can just hear the sound the pool balls make as they collide!

George


On 18 Oct 2003 13:13:53 -0400, Alain <noe### [at] onca> wrote:

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

> 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.
>
>
>



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