From: Marco Mailand (N_at_abasurf.ch)
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 11:59:00 PST
"Doug Parker" wrote @ 12.2.2003 18:20 Uhr / <dougparker_at_progressdata.com>:
> Common sense tells me that touching the stylus to the screen means putting
> pressure where the stylus tip is. Laying my hand on the right edge of the
> case should fool the Newton into thinking the stylus tip had shifted further
> to the right, not to the left. It doesn't make sense.
Think in this case of two resistors in parallel. The resulting resistance is
smaller than the value of the smaller resistor of the two has which
translates into smaller elongation along the x-axis.
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