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# Which take
you to the Moon, or the Sun? Or British Home Stores down the High Street?
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:30, archived)
# to space
via geosynchronous satellites.

I know much on this subject.
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:31, archived)
# Yeah?
What's the point of that? Can you buy home furnishings and stylish, yet affordable kitchen utensils on a geosynchronous satellite? Can you? Can you, eh?

Hmmf, thought not.

*goes to BHS*
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:34, archived)
# In the future
BHS will dwell amongst the stars, because BHS stands for "Buying Homewares in Space"
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:37, archived)
# Damn straight!
First the moon, then the stars! What kind of universe is this where you can't buy cutlery and
mock-silverware whilst in orbit around Alpha Centauri?
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:39, archived)
# we will seed the universe with BHS
so that they may act as ambassadors for the human race.

I demand you draw this, Posthaste!
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:41, archived)
# I may well do
But I fear my doodlage would not do this epic endeavour justice. I'm imagining a linked chain
of BHS stores, billions of them, forming a super-conducting ring a million light-years in diameter, orbiting a super-dense singularity somewhere on
the outer rim of the galaxy, populated by strange, alien beings queuing up to purchase Delia Smith's new Spring Cookbook, or simply buy some new bedding because the old stuff is just a bit "musty"
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:47, archived)
# haha
Alpha Centauri, haha. Yor estate agent is pants. I will smirk at you from my mansion in Tau Ceti where all the smart money is.
(I helped save b3ta! Zoot Cadillac . do androids dream of electric sheep?, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:46, archived)
# I meanwhile
have half of the real estate in the Andromeda Galaxy, and am in talks to acquire much of the Magellan Cluster.
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:48, archived)
# if you knew much about this subject then you wouldnt say that
geosyncronous are for things like sky and mobile phone satellite networks, nanotubes, normally carbon are mainly being used for new processor reasearch where they are moved using lasers deflected thru a LCD screen using some effect that keeps them in the beam of light, like a tractor beam off startrek

also knows abit about nanotubes.
edit: knows less about spelling however
(I helped save b3ta! palmr The speaking clock says:, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:35, archived)
# Can they be used
to build better, bigger, stronger BHS stores that can hold more and more quality
furnishings and clothing at low, low prices?
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:38, archived)
# YES.
(I helped save b3ta! gone, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:40, archived)
# why yes
but as most of the useful nanotubes made of carbon are of a hexagonal cross section of 6 atoms, it would take a hell of a lot to make a pencil, let alone a whole BHS store, but given time, and a load of nanotubes im sure we could come to some arrangement
(I helped save b3ta! palmr The speaking clock says:, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:40, archived)
# Well, it better be done
I'm expecting a fleet of BHS stores to be in orbit around this planet by next Autum at the
earliest, for the introduction of the stylish and fashionable Winter Clothing Range
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:43, archived)
# if i were you
i would get my angy keyboard out (the one you use to hit keys hard with when you get angry) and type a "stern" letter to BHS with your spatial store demands on.
(I helped save b3ta! palmr The speaking clock says:, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:44, archived)
# No gravity in space
so you could store stuff all over. no need for floors!
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:40, archived)
# they need very very lightweight
but very strong "ropes" basically...

carbon based molecules, like nanotubes, are good for this.
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:40, archived)
# its not weight or strain
its the speed of movement and the conductivity of them that is the key, as you could make a whole new circuit every pico second if you wanted
(I helped save b3ta! palmr The speaking clock says:, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:42, archived)
# I mean for the space elevator cables.
you dont want a few tons of satellite and cable screaming through the atmosphere towards you...
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:47, archived)
# depends if your'e into that kind of thing
(I helped save b3ta! palmr The speaking clock says:, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:48, archived)
# he meant geostationary but has been
a bit too embarrassed to mention it yet.
(I helped save b3ta! Zoot Cadillac . do androids dream of electric sheep?, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:48, archived)
# means the same doesnt it?
if it doesn't, I am tired.

*excuse given*
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:49, archived)
# indeed, they are both the same
(I helped save b3ta! palmr The speaking clock says:, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 1:51, archived)