[VO]:Re:Orion's Dunkin Donut

[RC Macaulay]

Steven Johnson wrote..   Ok, now, all you mad scientists lurking out in vortex land, what happens to the doughnut shaped ring? Will it remain stationary, or will it possibly begin to spin.   Howdy Steven,   Remains stationary. Visualize two fields. Each field is vortex shaped like a spinning top. The base of the two tops connected at their base. Use a mind picture of the actual fields within a donut shaped magnet to understand the fields are rotating in opposite directions similar to earth's magnetis fields. That's what keeps a single donut shaped magnet from flying off into the sunset and our feet of the ground....  err.. well.. that is.. unless one has an extremely vivid imagination brought about by inhaling certain types of hemp pollen.<grin>   Richard