Re: [Plib-users] Problem with rotations results

[Norman V. <nh...@ca...>]

Steve Baker writes:

> 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.  

Almost  :-)  < see sig > 

> 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!

Yep, and you have just 'nicely' described why the 'kludge' of offseting 
the pole position a 'smidge' works :-)

how-small-is-epsilon-anyway'ly yr's

Norman