Big try at gravity wheel

[TinselKoala]

I don't see anything in there about "taunting". I get my "sport" from building and testing, reporting and criticizing. If you want to see "taunting".... you should take a look at Ainslie's forum. Did you bother to read her words in the post images above? There are hundreds more examples like those, and not restricted, as you can see, to little old me.
The "fun" in the passage you quote is from seeing what she comes up with next.

Nice try, though. Most of my critics can't do nearly that well.

[Grimer]

I don't see anything in there about "taunting". I get my "sport" from building and testing, reporting and criticizing. If you want to see "taunting".... you should take a look at Ainslie's forum. Did you bother to read her words in the post images above? There are hundreds more examples like those, and not restricted, as you can see, to little old me.
The "fun" in the passage you quote is from seeing what she comes up with next.

Nice try, though. Most of my critics can't do nearly that well.

LOL. It took me a hell of a time to find it. Still, I did remember the word Sport - which is not bad at my age. 

[MarkE]

Grimer, I would really like to get this thread back on topic.  I am still looking for some statement from you of a limiting condition or conditions that are sufficient for a gravitational field to be non-conservative so that I can start thinking about an appropriate experiment design.

As to your plot of a cycloid pendulum path versus a circular pendulum path, are you asserting that energy is gained or lost on either or both halves of the swing in the cycloid case?  If so, according to your ideas:  Does such an alleged gain or loss manifest in the KE of the bob at the bottom of the travel, or the PE of the bob at the top of the travel or the combined KE and PE somewhere between the top and the bottom? 

[Marsing]

@ marke

why do you push too hard?

[Grimer]

@ marke

why do you push to hard?

Coz he knows if he don't I won't get up off my arse. 


I'm ready for the inquisition now. Watch this space.