From: E. Shaun Russell (e_shaun@extropy.org)
Date: Fri Feb 01 2002 - 15:56:37 MST
Scerir wrote:
>Imagine to be on a perfectly flat, perfectly frictionless surface,
>such as ice, or oil covered marble. You want to get away, but
>nobody is around. So the question is: How can you move away
>on perfect ice, i.e. on a perfectly frictionless surface?
Hmm...I'm surprised no one said: take off a large article of clothing (such
as a jacket, shirt etc.), place it on the surface, walk on it for a step or
two, pick it back up and do it again until you are free. (Of course, no
one knows if there *is* an end to the frictionless surface...it may just be
an exercise in futility...)
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