Imagine you have two planetary bodies fixed in space. A free mass is attracted to both, but it's possible to find an unstable equilibrium somewhere between them. Put the mass here, and it'll stay still-- but it's like balancing a ball on the top of a sphere; it'll roll off towards one of the two planets unless you stabilize it.
Now imagine displacing the mass from the equilibrium, but in a direction perpendicular to the line between the planets-- it'll swing back and forth like one of those slingshot rides. There are two dimensions perpendicular to the line between the planets, so two dimensions with stable oscillations, therefore you can get circular orbits.
Yeah, it's not anon: the game was retired from machines and I left the ROM out. Wouldn't recommend to do for other than fun (and tbh hourly wage would be very small), but was a fun side-project!
It's not anon. The game was retired from machines and I left the ROM out. Hourly rate probably wouldn't be very high if you did try to actually make money. Fun challenge though!
Yeah, it's not anon: the game was retired from machines and I left the ROM out. Wouldn't recommend to do for other than fun (and tbh hourly wage would be very small), but was a fun side-project!
Nah this was really just a fun side-project, just posting as proof-of-hack. Also this specific game was retired from machines. Fun as a challenge, though!
I got asked to be on a University Challenge team after someone saw me playing... but completely flopped when they asked independent questions at trials.
This kind of unlinked data leaks very fast, too: at my peak I had to top up with Anki for about 3 hours a day. I've forgotten almost all of it now.
A small consolation is that I can still tell you the 'exact number of gallons of water' in most major lakes.
Imagine you have two planetary bodies fixed in space. A free mass is attracted to both, but it's possible to find an unstable equilibrium somewhere between them. Put the mass here, and it'll stay still-- but it's like balancing a ball on the top of a sphere; it'll roll off towards one of the two planets unless you stabilize it.
Now imagine displacing the mass from the equilibrium, but in a direction perpendicular to the line between the planets-- it'll swing back and forth like one of those slingshot rides. There are two dimensions perpendicular to the line between the planets, so two dimensions with stable oscillations, therefore you can get circular orbits.