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    $\begingroup$ I think this question is a great one. Can I ask you to think about revising the title and introduction? When I skimmed over recent questions, on the first pass I thought this was spam — links in the title, a challenge to explain some physics, etc all trigger "likely spam" in my mind. $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 27, 2011 at 6:50
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks Theo for kind words and advice ! What would you suggest ? I think that if I would see such title, than I would also think like you, but nevertheless I would open the question... But it may be a matter of person's spirit, may be others do not think like me and more "quite" title is more appropriate... What do You think ? Actually such thing always bothers when I am writting a paper, I am trying to put titles and section titles to be informative as much as I can... But I know that some colleagues prefer more "quite" (from my point more "dull") words.. $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 27, 2011 at 9:01
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    $\begingroup$ I'm waiting for someone to write out a nice, sorta self-sufficient answer explaining this wonderful phenomenon! $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 27, 2011 at 12:21
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    $\begingroup$ Terry Tao just wrote about this on google plus: plus.google.com/114134834346472219368/posts/e3GLg4Ki4dj $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 27, 2011 at 21:04
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    $\begingroup$ Related on physics.SE: Why does a cuboid spin stably around two axes but not the third? physics.stackexchange.com/q/34364/8563 $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 11, 2012 at 18:07