Message-ID: <67a67a1d@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: M$ 365 Down, Again Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <38799da0-b66c-ef55-675c-b1b1068c4452@example.net> <12f8009a-b8a0-9f85-ba66-508512e93ab4@example.net> <67a28066@news.ausics.net> <5hqb7lxb81.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <67a51b61@news.ausics.net> <9IudneM3jY3V4zj6nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <67a59caa@news.ausics.net> User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 8 Feb 2025 07:24:45 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 44 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:65261 WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote: > On 2/7/25 12:39 AM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote: >>> On 2/6/25 3:28 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>> On 06/02/2025 03:19, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote: >>>>>> Anyway, sorry, I just CAN'T see any sort of useful >>>>>> and safe vacuum blimp. One goose bumps into the >>>>>> thing and it will all implode in an instant. >>>>>> >>>>> This is substantially correct. The strength to weigh ratio of a vacuum >>>>> filled blimp or dirigible means it probably cannot exist at any useable >>>>> size >>>> >>>> If you can make small vacuum balls that float in the air, you >>>> could potentially fill a blimp with them instead of gas. Or >>>> instead of one hollow vacuum chamber, join the balls (or honeycomb >>>> segments) up into one solid lighter-than-air structure of tiny >>>> sealed vacuum chambers where only the outer ones are vulnerable >>>> to impact. >>> >>> But ONE little dent compromising the structural >>> integrity and ...... >> >> And the rest of the sealed balls/segments still keep the thing up, >> that was my point. > > But they WON'T ... implosions can be quite violent. > If one goes it'll be a chain reaction. That might be. Or it might be possible to avoid that with the right design, depending on the nature of the material. It'd be an interesting challenge if the materials were around to start with, although you'd still have the old problem of airships/blimps being easily blown about in strong winds. Note that pieces of such a light material wouldn't have much mass compared to materials used in regular vacuum chambers, so the impact force of bits flying around from an implosion would be less than commonly experienced. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#