miles@vax135.UUCP (Miles Murdocca) (09/20/85)
> [Richard Feynman] caused ants to go in a circle by carefully directing > them around so that they left the trail which other ants follow in a > circular pattern. Somewhere, in one of the many filler courses I had to take, I was taught that moths use the brightest object in the sky (a.k.a. the moon) as a reference point. They keep this bright object to the left when going in one direction, and keep it to the right on the return path. When a moth gets too close to a light, this becomes the brightest object in the sky. To keep the light to the left or the right, the moth flies in a circle. I'll bet moths hate Christmas trees. Miles Murdocca, 4B-525, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ, 07733, (201) 949-2504, ...{ihnp4}!vax135!miles
trudel@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Jonathan D.) (09/23/85)
> > > [Richard Feynman] caused ants to go in a circle by carefully directing > > them around so that they left the trail which other ants follow in a > > circular pattern. Hmmm, I guess he was out there in a policeman's unform, but I don't know if a whistle would be appropriate for ants. On the other hand, maybe he was the one teaching the course called 'Let's Talk Ant' on M. Python a few years ago. -- Jonathan D. Trudel arpa: trudel@blue.rutgers.edu.arpa uucp:{seismo,allegra,ihnp4}!topaz!trudel Bill: He's hip, he's hot, and he's hairy. -Rolling Stone