In reply to Christopher Arnold's message of Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:57:21 -0700 (PDT): Hi, >Harry, > > Very good link. What I was commenting on was "ALL the clocks in a clock shop > self synchronizing" - which the link specifically referred to only two clocks > on the same plank if the conditions were just right and the cases were not > heavy, the pendulums would swing in opposite - which is vastly different than > the quote. Specifics. > > In any case, quite interesting. [snip] At any rate, I was using the analogy only to point to the concept of coupled oscillations. Which in the mean time seems to have become lost. In other words the list in general has ignored the main features of my original post, and concentrated on the trivia. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
