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Article #995Re: Ball Juggling Limit?
From: John Eric Sanders
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:07
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:07
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In article <1993Jan8.011603.7768@csus.edu> arthurc@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Arthur Chandler) writes: > > Given the span length of the human arms and the speed of response in >catching and throwing a ball, is there a theoretical upper limit to the >number of balls a human being can juggle? > Several years ago, a doctor took into account the length of human legs, muscle strength, lung size, and several other factors, and proved it impossible for a man to run a 4-minute mile. Unfortunately for him, some runners didn't know that they couldn't do it, so they did. I think the same will apply to juggling--there will always be someone wanting to do 'just one more ball'. -- The Jester (John E. Sanders) jsanders@symcom.math.uiuc.edu I have finally discovered the method to my madness. Unfortunately, there is more madness to my method than method to my madness.
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Newsgroups: rec.juggling Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!jsanders From: jsanders@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (John Eric Sanders) Subject: Re: Ball Juggling Limit? References: <1993Jan8.011603.7768@csus.edu> Message-ID: <C0p3C4.9sB@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Organization: Math Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:07:15 GMT Lines: 18