Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01943
To: Nigel Joyce nigel.joyce@qr.com.au; beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Ian Bernstein ian@beam-online.com
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:37:25 +1000
Subject: Re: The VoreBall
> Here's a couple questions....
>
> - Great concept idea but....
> - Lets say the light source was paralell to the surface the ball was on?
> What would happen?
> - I could be wrong but arn't solanids very unefficint?
> - What about the weight of 20 solanoids?
> - Would the ball even move with the power/weight ratio?
>
> I'd like to hear some other ideas on this.
>
> Just my $.0000000002 worth
>
>
>
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>
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> - Dr. McCoy, Star Trek: the Motionless Picture
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