This is the same starting configuration as in animation 4, but now with damping. Even with damping it takes quite a while for all the pent up energy to dissipate.
Script
This was the original python script, written in version 2.6 a long time ago.
import SPattern
pat=SPattern.makePattern(12,1,0)
pat.ping(0,45,.005)
pat.relax(300,0.1,50,True,300)