# Seperate the bouncing balls.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seperate-the-bouncing-balls/257980>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 2, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seperate-the-bouncing-balls/257980 "2004-08-02T16:04:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seperate-the-bouncing-balls/257980/21 "2004-08-04T03:16:19Z")

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An entertaining game, and a physics lesson rolled into one.

[http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec/evap\_cool.html](http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec/evap_cool.html)

Justdrag the cursor over the “trap height” slider to release the hot atoms.

My highest BEC count was 25.

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**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seperate-the-bouncing-balls/257980/22 "2004-08-04T03:34:30Z")

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Using \*\*Frank’\*\*s trick I got a 19. Yea.

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**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seperate-the-bouncing-balls/257980/23 "2004-08-04T04:14:11Z")

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34 seconds, first try, no cheats, right side.

You may kiss my ring.

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**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seperate-the-bouncing-balls/257980/24 "2004-08-04T04:19:14Z")

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> [@UncleBill](#):
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> 34 seconds, first try, no cheats, right side.
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> You may kiss my ring.

Same, but I got 32 seconds the first try. 😃

(But I’m sure that’s just because I got a good starting randomization.)

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**Author:** ![jttm80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@jttm80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jttm80)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seperate-the-bouncing-balls/257980/25 "2004-08-04T04:22:45Z")

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Muahaha 26 seconds on my first try. Without reading any of the posts here.  
😃

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seperate-the-bouncing-balls/257980/26 "2004-08-04T18:41:00Z")

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I got bored and stopped at 158.

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**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seperate-the-bouncing-balls/257980/27 "2004-08-04T19:12:07Z")

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> [@Enola Straight](#):
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> An entertaining game, and a physics lesson rolled into one.
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> [http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec/evap\_cool.html](http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec/evap_cool.html)
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> Justdrag the cursor over the “trap height” slider to release the hot atoms.
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> My highest BEC count was 25.

Oddly enough, after a few tries, mine was all 50. I hit the restart button and the atoms collapsed before I could touch the trap. A fluke.

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