RE: starship-design: magnetic monopoles

[TLG.van.der.Linden@tip.nl (Timothy van der Linden)]

Lee,

>If you simply wait a little while you will find that your spherical dipole
will 
>quickly realign its magnetic fields to produce two EXTERNAL magnetic poles.
ANY 
>groups of magnets that are truly joined (fused) into a single magnet show
this >property.

Hmmm, do all magnetic spins in a iron bar line up to Earth's magnetic field
if you wait long enough?
I used to think that if that this process depends on the strenght of the
magnets: If they are too strong, they won't change.


Timothy