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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)

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Of course you were assuming that they were facing the X-box to start with

(Cave Duck, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 17:04, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

And even if they were. They could turn "full circle" and then walk away backwards.

(Cave Duck, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 17:06, Reply)

Or they could walk in a different direction
if they and the Xbox were on a non-Euclidean surface.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 17:07, Reply)

Is there any way to shoehorn spin 1/2 particles in here?
Not that it'd help at a macro level obviously, but still ...
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 17:12, Reply)

I guess you'd need electrons to power the Xbox in the first place
I think they're half-integer spin...
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 17:14, Reply)

I do
But in any case, they'd carry on walking in the same direction, after executing a largely pointless rotation through a complete circle.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 17:06, Reply)

Ahem
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(Himjim died a little more inside on, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 17:35, Reply)

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