July 23, 2009: Tilt Bridge - Page 2

Shawnee123 · 07-25-2009, 12:18 AM

Different is.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-25-2009, 12:35 AM

If it's just for pedestrians they don't need a damn bridge, just a big ass A ladder.

Shawnee123 · 07-25-2009, 12:48 AM

Requirements for ladder:

1) Must be huge
2) Must be buoyant
3) Must love foot traffic
4) This is not a step

xoxoxoBruce · 07-25-2009, 12:57 AM

Buoyant? No not buoyant... across the water, not in it.

Shawnee123 · 07-25-2009, 01:00 AM

If it's a stepladder, it damn well better be buoyant. You know how people ignore the fact that it's not a step. Ask any civil (or mean) engineer.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-25-2009, 01:02 AM

It doesn't go in the damn water, it goes over it. Buoyancy is not an issue.

Shawnee123 · 07-25-2009, 01:08 AM

Eh, be all scientific and shit. It's still a stepladder. Who is calibrating the tensile strength of that thing? Are the calibration devices calibrated, and to what standard?

I think, in the grand scheme, buoyancy is an important safeguard. Think of the children.

Shawnee123 · 07-25-2009, 10:34 AM

heh heh...

I was silly last night!

capnhowdy · 07-25-2009, 01:49 PM

Why not a ferry? That seems like the best solution to me. But what do I know? I'm just a dumbass Marine who loves ferries. Carry on.

spudcon · 07-25-2009, 07:37 PM

Here's a cheaper way to go.

ZenGum · 07-25-2009, 08:07 PM

Ferry? Hell, build a giant catapult!

ETA: Here it is, the human trebuchet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo_oigyFlTA

wolf · 07-25-2009, 08:11 PM

Trebuchets are so last millenium, tho', dawg!

07-25-2009, 12:18 AM	#1
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Different is. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-25-2009, 12:35 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If it's just for pedestrians they don't need a damn bridge, just a big ass A ladder. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-25-2009, 12:48 AM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Requirements for ladder: 1) Must be huge 2) Must be buoyant 3) Must love foot traffic 4) This is not a step __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-25-2009, 12:57 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Buoyant? No not buoyant... across the water, not in it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-25-2009, 01:00 AM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	If it's a stepladder, it damn well better be buoyant. You know how people ignore the fact that it's not a step. Ask any civil (or mean) engineer. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-25-2009, 01:02 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It doesn't go in the damn water, it goes over it. Buoyancy is not an issue. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-25-2009, 01:08 AM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Eh, be all scientific and shit. It's still a stepladder. Who is calibrating the tensile strength of that thing? Are the calibration devices calibrated, and to what standard? I think, in the grand scheme, buoyancy is an important safeguard. Think of the children. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-25-2009, 10:34 AM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	heh heh... I was silly last night! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-25-2009, 01:49 PM	#9
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Why not a ferry? That seems like the best solution to me. But what do I know? I'm just a dumbass Marine who loves ferries. Carry on. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-25-2009, 07:37 PM	#10
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Here's a cheaper way to go. Attached Images __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

07-25-2009, 08:07 PM	#11
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Ferry? Hell, build a giant catapult! ETA: Here it is, the human trebuchet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo_oigyFlTA __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-25-2009, 08:11 PM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Trebuchets are so last millenium, tho', dawg! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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