John Winters wrote: > Can an infinite number of monkeys using an infinite number of pencils > paddle a boat at an infinite speed? :-) No, because the mass of the boat is not constant, but rather increases with the speed of the boat (even ignoring the mass of the additional monkeys and pencils). I would guess that such a large number of monkeys would achieve a speed somewhat below 186,282 miles per second. At that point, it should be noted, they would be planing, unless the boat in question is *very* long. Please refer all other questions regarding relativity to Dr. Iverbon (who knows even less about these things than I do). Regarding the eddies that form behind the paddle blade, my answer to your question is that the eddies are indeed formed by the pressure differential created by the movement of the paddle blade. Do I win a prize? (I want something useful--I already have more degrees than Dr. Iverbon.) Dan Hagen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 24 1998 - 13:52:36 PDT
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