I liked the one about the guy who had invented a space sailing shipit had a sail that was 250km high and 150 km wide. It can't be built on earth but maybe one day...one...day...
New scientist is for people who need a new job - or have nobody to talk to at coffee break
(New scientist is for people who need a new job - or have nobody to talk to at coffee break
swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad.,
Thu 28 Jul 2005, 17:51,
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And even that huge sail would still be phyisically impossible to fold in half more than seven times.That fact fucks with my head. I'm always like "surely if they got a big enough, thin enough sheet of tissue...?".
And then I remember physics.
And then I cry.
(And then I remember physics.
And then I cry.
grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre,
Thu 28 Jul 2005, 17:53,
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are you allowed to use an iron?if you ironed it after each fold can it still not be done?
I would try - but I don't know how to work the iron
/bloke
(I would try - but I don't know how to work the iron
/bloke
swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad.,
Thu 28 Jul 2005, 17:56,
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Nah, it's to do with it becoming twice as thick and half as big each time*which means it'll only fold seven times before some weird formula makes it too chubby and short to go over again.
*a bit like consecutive inbreeding
(*a bit like consecutive inbreeding
grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre,
Thu 28 Jul 2005, 17:58,
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