5656
Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:20PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Does the U.S. Navy have one?
Yup Yup
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:24PM - in reply to 5656 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
U.S. Navy? Hell, I made one myself out of 100% styrofoam. Doesn't take all that much to make it unsinkable.
5u
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:27PM - in reply to 5656 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
The Titanic is unsinkable...
father time
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:30PM - in reply to Yup Yup Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Eventually time will win. Your styrofoam will get eroded by water and crumble into tiny pieces.
sniffy
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:33PM - in reply to 5u Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

5u wrote:

The Titanic is unsinkable...


This. The Titanic absolutely will not and cannot sink.
Yup Yup
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:34PM - in reply to father time Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

father time wrote:

Eventually time will win. Your styrofoam will get eroded by water and crumble into tiny pieces.


Each of which will continue to float.
Wannabe Goldbug
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:35PM - in reply to 5656 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Depends on your definition of unsinkable
5656
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:38PM - in reply to Wannabe Goldbug Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Can a ship be built today that will not sink because of the influence of another existing technology(ies)?

I'd say the styrofoam boat would sink if you were able to make a huge piece of steel and place it on top of the styrofoam.
sniffy
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:40PM - in reply to 5656 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

5656 wrote:

Can a ship be built today that will not sink because of the influence of another existing technology(ies)?

I'd say the styrofoam boat would sink if you were able to make a huge piece of steel and place it on top of the styrofoam.


Wrong. Styrofoam is by definition an alternating fibre -- composed mostly of methane and colloidal silver. It would absorb most of the volume from the steel and share its mass.
orbit
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:46PM - in reply to 5656 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

5656 wrote:

Can a ship be built today that will not sink because of the influence of another existing technology(ies)?




Yes. Make a space ship. Put it into orbit. There. You have a ship that will never sink.
father time
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:50PM - in reply to Yup Yup Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Ummm, you forgot the ship part.

SHIP: A vessel larger than a boat for transporting people or goods by sea.

How do tiny styrofoam pieces transport people and good?
Concerned Citizen
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:54PM - in reply to father time Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
The Unsinkable Molly Brown?
Yup Yup
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:54PM - in reply to father time Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

father time wrote:

Ummm, you forgot the ship part.

SHIP: A vessel larger than a boat for transporting people or goods by sea.

How do tiny styrofoam pieces transport people and good?


Ummm...you forgot about Whos.
SumguyI
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 12:55PM - in reply to father time Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
There are canoes made out of Royalex. It is a plastic composite and the material itself is bouyant. Even if it floods 100%, it won't sink. You could use Royalex for a ship, just make it thicker.
father time
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 1:11PM - in reply to Yup Yup Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
No Whos as they do not apply. I forgot and "s" after "good."

Fishing for spelling trolls is not to difficult.
Yup Yup
RE: Does a truly unsinkable ship exist? 4/30/2012 1:18PM - in reply to father time Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

father time wrote:

No Whos as they do not apply. I forgot and "s" after "good."

Fishing for spelling trolls is not to difficult.


Oh, no, my young friend. They do indeed apply. After all, a person's a person, no matter how small.
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Spelling trolls? WTF are you talking about?