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Message no. 1
From: acgetchell@*******.edu (Adam Getchell)
Subject: Re: Mono Whips (A different question)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 17:20:06 -0800 (PST)
>Could Dikote (sp?) be applied on a monowhip? A player suggested it, but he
>also proposed two facts against it.

Given that a viable monowhip is composed of a buckminsterfullerene string
(Carbon atoms rolled up in a tube), Dikoting wouldn't add anything to the
monowhip except thickness.

If anything, Dikoting would decrease the effectiveness of a monowhip even
assuming heat stresses from the microwave lacquer were insignificant.

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"Invincibility is in oneself, vulnerability in the opponent."
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Message no. 2
From: cobaltblue@********.net
Subject: Re: Mono Whips (A different question)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 22:12:09 PST
Adam, also Dikote does crack after a certain amount of time. I doubt it would be elastic
enough to be very effective with a monofilament whip.
Message no. 3
From: HALOWEEN JACK <SBC3KCB@*******.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Mono Whips (A different question)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:47:26 GMT
The whole crux of a mono whip is that it is supposedly only
one layer thick so that it can slice through the gap between other
atoms hence it is so sharp. And before I start an arguement
supposedly the strongest bond possible is a covalent link between two
maolecules. What I am saying is that if you Dikote a monowhip you are
essentially adding to its thickness so that it can no longer act as a
monowhip thus you lose game effects.

p.s. I thought that buckminsterfullerine was a large sphere of carbon
atoms hence its nickname of the buckyball.
Message no. 4
From: Robert Watkins <robertdw@*******.com.au>
Subject: Re: Mono Whips (A different question)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 22:49:45 +1100 (EST)
>p.s. I thought that buckminsterfullerine was a large sphere of carbon
>atoms hence its nickname of the buckyball.

It is... however, the existence of buckyballs implies theoretical
possibilites for buckytubes... which is what a true monofilament line
would have to be.


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Robert Watkins robertdw@*******.com.au
Real Programmers never work 9 to 5. If any real programmers
are around at 9 am, it's because they were up all night.
Message no. 5
From: "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Mono Whips (A different question)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 12:18:05 +0000 (GMT)
|p.s. I thought that buckminsterfullerine was a large sphere of carbon
|atoms hence its nickname of the buckyball.

It is. I was wondering about that as well.
Perhaps they've found a way of linking Buckyballs together (or perhaps it's
a different organic polymer (Nylon with a single thread molecule or
something.....)
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