Re: [Plib-users] Problem with rotations results

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Norman Vine wrote:

> Going back to my original question:
> "When EXACTLY at the North Pole how may directions can you move"
> 
> Answer:
> Only one, the only direction from the North Pole is SOUTH

Yep - if you are a zero-sized person.  Otherwise, you get the
interesting experience of your nose heading south at the same instant
as your backside heading north and one arm going east while the other
goes west...although after you've taken just one step, everything
is more or less sorted out and heading more or less South!

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