The Boomerang Effect
Don't understand the Boomerang Effect? Here's a brief trial to show you what's going on. The effect stems from the
fact that the rate is always adding 1 to itself. You can see this visually as well in the GUI version.
| The Rate | The Visible Number | The User's Keypress | Explanations |
| 0 | 0 | None | Beginning |
| 1 | 1 | None | |
| 2 | 3 | None | |
| 3 | 6 | None | |
| 4 | 10 | None | |
| 5 | 15 | None | |
| 6 | 21 | None | |
| 7 | 28 | None | |
| 8 | 36 | None | |
| 9 | 45 | None | |
| 10 | 55 | None | |
| -10 | 66 | '\' | Rate Reverses |
| -9 | 57 | None | |
| -8 | 49 | None | |
| -7 | 42 | None | |
| -6 | 36 | None | |
| -5 | 31 | None | |
| -4 | 27 | None | |
| -3 | 24 | None | |
| -2 | 22 | None | |
| -1 | 21 | None | |
| 0 | 21 | None | |
| 1 | 22 | None | Voila! The |
| 2 | 24 | None | boomerang |
| 3 | 27 | None | effect! |