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From: brunner@sdsioa.UUCP (Rob Brunner)
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Subject: A heavy problem (possibilities)
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Date: Mon, 11-Aug-86 19:59:53 EDT
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>In fact, the raven says he can't think of _anything_ that would be
>taller and thinner under higher gravity.  If anyone can think of
>something, or can refute the raven on some point, I'd be happy to hear
>of it.
How about womens' ears (whazzat??).  Or anything with something hanging
for that matter.  Earrings tend to pull down on the ears... with higher
G they would stretch the suckers out, wouldn't they?    8-)

As for thinner:
it seems anything with a T type shape would be thinner, yes?
The Big G would pull down on the outsides of the T and make whatever 
it is thinner.  (remember your circles)

In some sort of extreme context:
something in the general set-up of:

	|             would tend to become:      |
       / \                                      | |
      /   \                                     | |
     A     B                                    A B

In some sense, the gravity between A and B would cause
this distorted shape and thus if each /, \, or | has 
the same length, whatever it is is now taller. (circles again :-))

Does any of this make any sense, or is my keyboard just foaming at the
mouth?

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