I am the OP of the referenced article... I'm here because I saw a large spike in interest in the article and traced it back to this post. A few responses to these comments, if I may, without getting abuse...
* Of course I was having fun with the "North America" comment. And the Coriolis Effect did in fact come to mind when I wrote it.
* The article was not "advocating" for pictures to be hung on wires -- or flush against the wall for that matter -- but was rather a response to some inaccurate/misleading advice on other websites about how to hang pictures flat against the wall. There seems to be great interest by others in doing that, as it is one of the most frequently-used search terms that link to my article.
* Specifically, some sites claimed that the forward tilt had to do with the weight of the frame, and I thought I would do laypeople a service by demonstrating that the weight has nothing to do with the frame's equilibrium position.
* I enjoy recreational math, and this was a situation that (to that point) had not been answered on the internets. If it's TL;DR to others, so be it.
* Finally, while iteration is indeed within the capability of computers, it is not within the capability of the wordpress on-line calculator plug-in that I provided for the convenience of readers.
In any event, Happy Monday, HN, and thanks for your interest. - Craig
* Of course I was having fun with the "North America" comment. And the Coriolis Effect did in fact come to mind when I wrote it.
* The article was not "advocating" for pictures to be hung on wires -- or flush against the wall for that matter -- but was rather a response to some inaccurate/misleading advice on other websites about how to hang pictures flat against the wall. There seems to be great interest by others in doing that, as it is one of the most frequently-used search terms that link to my article.
* Specifically, some sites claimed that the forward tilt had to do with the weight of the frame, and I thought I would do laypeople a service by demonstrating that the weight has nothing to do with the frame's equilibrium position.
* I enjoy recreational math, and this was a situation that (to that point) had not been answered on the internets. If it's TL;DR to others, so be it.
* Finally, while iteration is indeed within the capability of computers, it is not within the capability of the wordpress on-line calculator plug-in that I provided for the convenience of readers.
In any event, Happy Monday, HN, and thanks for your interest. - Craig