Spider web

[The Dread Pirate]

Think he would disagree with that plan and kick you to Mars.

I don't think so there's plenty of the Chuck to go around

 

[Morba]

WEll why dont we build stuff out of it instead of steel then? The world trader centre probably wouldnt have fallen down if it had been

Wow, that doesn't even merit a proper response :/

 

[monkeysmith]

A building made out of spider silk would be covered in dead flies?

 

[Morba]

A building made out of spider silk would be covered in dead flies?

or live ones, all trying to fly away. a flying building!!

 

[shauncr91]

WEll why dont we build stuff out of it instead of steel then? The world trader centre probably wouldnt have fallen down if it had been

 

[rsatd]

Ok, then we need an experiment, lots of flies and a spider silk building. We just need to make sure they fly in the same direction and their wings are not stuck

 

[SideWinder]

Sigh, 5 stars it is.

 

[Tom0]

Moronic.

 

[MooMoo444]

I want to see a giant spider farm for silk and then when they are too old to make silk we can eat them like cows.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Spider silk = Extremely Flammable

 

[Thunderbirdz]

Well you could easily have a farm they dont take up much space do they? and then when they die you can collect them up and they will decompose and then you can dump them on the rainforest so it grows back again

 

[titchard]

Well you could easily have a farm they dont take up much space do they? and then when they die you can collect them up and they will decompose and then you can dump them on the rainforest so it grows back again

You're a special kind of troll aren't you.

It would take far more time / effort and probably tens of millions of spiders to make the equivilent of a 100th of the time and effort for a steel mill.

Rich.

 

[Fibre_Optic]

Dragline spider silk is actually stronger than Kevlar synthetic fibre and Kevlar is several times stronger than steel! FACT!

 

[Steve2000]

Well you could easily have a farm they dont take up much space do they? and then when they die you can collect them up and they will decompose and then you can dump them on the rainforest so it grows back again

Look, just NO.

 

[titchard]

Dragline spider silk is actually stronger than Kevlar synthetic fibre and Kevlar is several times stronger than steel! FACT!

Yet no one is disputing this.

FACT!

Rich

 

[Thunderbirdz]

Yet no one is disputing this.

FACT!

Rich

well i think you did, also spider silk is renewable

 

[SideWinder]

well i think you did, also spider silk is renewable

1) How do you plan on getting spider silk?
2) If it breaks, will you simply tie a knot in it to secure it again?
3) As above, spider farms?
4) Are you drunk?
5) Wait, renewable how?!

 

[Fibre_Optic]

Yet no one is disputing this.

FACT!

Rich

Really!
What crawled up your ass this morning??

Its strength to weight ratio is comparable to kevlar

 

[titchard]

God you post / talk some crud.

weight for weight of spider silk vs steel, spider silk is stronger - it's not the strongest thing on earth though is it?

Thats blantantly Chuck Norris.

Rich

well i think you did, also spider silk is renewable

Well, as you can see above I didn't.

And renewable in TINY TINY quantities - it is only useful if the chemical structure that makes it so strong can be analysed and that used in conjunction with other substances to make useable building materials for humans - spidersilk is stronger yes but it is sticky, and flammable as previously stated.

learn to read posts.

Rich

 

[Morba]

Ok, then we need an experiment, lots of flies and a spider silk building. We just need to make sure they fly in the same direction and their wings are not stuck

I wonder if you could harness all the power from the combined buzzing you would hear / feel. Would be a self powered building