An examination of what I latered discovered to be catenaries. Still don't understand them, though.
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The arc is somewhat dependent on the tension in the object as we see that less amorphous (less malleable) objects such as a computer do not curve like the above diagram.
At this point, gravity has just been turned on. The string is still with no tension, however, the force of gravity has just started to act on the string.
