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# the yanks really have gone mad...
here


i think they'll start on tube technology next...

almost as good as their last invention... powdered milk...
(erm, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:44, archived)
# i want one!
Should attach it to the moon so we can fiddle with its speed and cause tidal waves.
(Jackie Treehorn, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:47, archived)
# use their
own technology against them....

create the south canadian sea!
(erm, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:49, archived)
# Just not California, okay?
I'm sort of happy with my non-drowned state
(Kimbo, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:51, archived)
# lol
it would probably sink without help from a giant elevator tugging the moon to-and-fro...

just another great big earth quake

heh :P
(erm, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:53, archived)
# I have been drinking a lot of caffeine lately though...
maybe that'd speed up the evolutionary process and I'll get fins before I drown, like in that episode of Futurama!
(Kimbo, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:55, archived)
# Just imagine
the music.

Though the space elevator itself is a bloody brilliant idea, provided the technology can be implemented.
(Indole Ring, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:47, archived)
# imagining...
ARRRRG!!!
make it stop!!!
(erm, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:48, archived)
# They will
when they find out how much it'll cost to put up there.
(I helped save b3ta! Ijon Tichy, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:48, archived)
# It's like the Roald
Dahl book woo! :)
(I helped save b3ta! mnb098mnb used to be here, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:48, archived)
# yeah
I was about to say that Willy Wonka's been there and done that.
(I helped save b3ta! crouchingbadger, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:56, archived)
# its just silly...
have they forgotten that the moon goes around the earth, and the eath also spins... what are they thinking!!!
(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:48, archived)
# Er, how about
Geo-stationary orbit?
(der_der_der_der_der_british_airfield, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:51, archived)
# eh
?
(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:52, archived)
# The earth spins
and you have satellites spinning at the same radial speed as the earth, so they're always above the same spot of the earth. That's how TV satellites etc work.
(der_der_der_der_der_british_airfield, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:55, archived)
# how
would you make the moon do that?

(erm, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:57, archived)
# Sorry
I thought the idea was to have the elevators attached to these geo-stat satellites at the 'top' end, rather than to the moon. Maybe I am thinking Arthur C Clarke, rather than what was actually in the article.
(der_der_der_der_der_british_airfield, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 14:04, archived)
# Just bring it closer
By about 217000 miles.
And build up those sea defences around Selsey...
(I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 14:06, archived)
# Personally I'm waiting for the next step in instant food technology:..
food that anticipates your hunger, cooks itself, and is waiting for you on the table right when the thought hits you!
(Kimbo, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:50, archived)
# whats a great idea
quick... patent it!!!
(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:51, archived)
# bugger
you got there before me :(


(erm, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:52, archived)
# Or possibly for those watching their weight...
food that tastes incredible and jumps out of your throat again when you're not paying attention, so you'll never get fat, no matter how much you eat!
(Kimbo, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:54, archived)
# Bulimiaburgers!
woo!
(I helped save b3ta! crouchingbadger, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:57, archived)
# .
yay!
(erm, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:58, archived)
# space elevator
I've been reading about space elevators for years in sci-fi stories. They always seem to get blown up.
(I helped save b3ta! Staticgirl, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:50, archived)
# they do, don't they
"Let's build a fucking huge target for terrorists to attack"

Have you read Chasm City? (Alastair Reynolds) - he am a good writer.
(I helped save b3ta! brainstuff can eat a whole shredded wheat, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:52, archived)
# Twas
Arthur C Clarke's invention.
(Al__S is constantly suprised, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:54, archived)
# He
invented the geo-stationary orbit at the same time and teaching millions of physicists (possibly) a thing or two.

and coincidentally helping Rupert Murdoch get very rich
(I helped save b3ta! Ijon Tichy, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 14:00, archived)
# hmm

the Red Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson had one of those - had an awesome description of what happened when it came crashing down.

scary thought.

Saying that, no-ones destroyed the channel tunnel yet which everone said would be the main target of the IRA/whoever the war against terrorism was against at the time.
(I helped save b3ta! djdirect, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 14:01, archived)
# no doubt i'd get stuck in the fucker
jusy my bloody luck!
(I helped save b3ta! M@rkoni, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:52, archived)
# that bad
hmmm...
(erm, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 14:00, archived)
# that's not mad
it's brilliant!

I'd need to bring a walkman on the journey though, I don't fancy sitting through muzak for that long!
(Mystery Woo Yay Boy, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 13:53, archived)
# bah
have they not read "The Science of Discworld"?

The only thing thats supposedly strong enough whilst being light enough to form the cords to connect the capsules is spider-webbing. Supposably. Or summat.
(I helped save b3ta! shindig, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 14:01, archived)
# 'Tis a
good book, that.
(der_der_der_der_der_british_airfield, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 14:05, archived)