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13. That's definitely worth exploring, although it raises a tricky optimization problem

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 10:39 PM

Dec 2013

in genetic engineering: big flying monkeys are obvious, but it wastes capacity if a giant monkey is only carrying a small car, and there's no backup if the single monkey malfunctions in flight. On the other hand, small monkeys are scalable and there's a built in redundancy (safety factor) if many monkeys group together to carry each vehicle - but if they're too small then it takes a long time to get them all organized.

They should probably just blow up the bridge now, and then organize a conference to discuss the zeppelin vs. big monkeys vs. small monkeys vs. other(?) set of options...

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Like I said in Thread #1, I think the bridge should be replaced by zeppelin car-ferries petronius Dec 2013 #2

Flying monkeys would work too BuelahWitch Dec 2013 #10

That's definitely worth exploring, although it raises a tricky optimization problem petronius Dec 2013 #13

Maybe they could tear down the bridge Nevernose Dec 2013 #33

Good idea - have the little ones start at one end and the big ones start at the other, petronius Dec 2013 #44

Thank god you're not a DOT engineer taterguy Dec 2013 #31

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