Re: Opposites.

[Leigh Palmer <palmer@sfu.ca>]

> Two oppositely charged particles traveling in opposite directions
> along parallel paths? Whoops, which kind of "oppositeness" rules?

Hah! got tangled in your rules, eh? They attract, of course

Your point is correct; your example is, unfortunately, ill-chosen.
The reason, of course, is that currents going in the *same*
direction attract, what is known as the "pinch effect". The pinch
effect is itself a fine Gegenbeispiel. In that case "Likes attract."

Leigh