Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: M$ 365 Down, Again Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 10:35:37 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <2d7ff7c3-5aa6-acff-bf69-8aee193ce9ac@example.net> <38799da0-b66c-ef55-675c-b1b1068c4452@example.net> <12f8009a-b8a0-9f85-ba66-508512e93ab4@example.net> <67a28066@news.ausics.net> <5hqb7lxb81.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:35:38 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="dee726625c2ac490357f1e8869adfdb0"; logging-data="3067777"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+k2dA2jSk/AdO3usXOLhtriX+1CWxiRdw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:m3A7kCk8i5Pqe3hZJFu4bmcitRE= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2850 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 >   Hmmm ... MAYbe there can be a 'gas' lighter than >   hydrogen - some kind of exotic matter ? Perhaps >   some high electrostatic charge - center electrode >   and envelope both negatively charged, then the >   vacuum would not SEEM to be a vacuum so far as >   the structural components are concerned. Sounds >   kinda sparky alas. Cant be a 'gas lighter than hydrogen' -- It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom. Jonathan Swift