On Jul 2, 2013, at 3:50 AM, Mugsy Lunsford <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.wimp.com/thissorcery/ > > I'd love to see how that randomization works.
Look closely at the top side of that wheel, there is an irregular placement of the pegs as well as a variation on the top of the pegs. It's also posible there's other irregular gearing inside the box to produce more changes in the large wheel's rotation, i don't know if the apparent jerkiness is merely an artifact of the construction or something else. My guess is that there are three marbles, one in each cup, with a mechanism to pick up the marble. This isn't random, merely random appearing. Watch the rate at which the big wheel turns; we don't get to see a full cycle (and there may be epicycles, too)…if we did, we'd realize that there isn't any random-ness, any more than a long music box drum can play a long complex melody endlessly; it always repeats…eventually. That is a hella clever little piece. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
