Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 01:47:16 -0700
To: balloon@balloonhq.com
From: Mark Balzer <mbalzer@balloonhq.com>
Subject: Re: twists adding weight.

>Just to clarify:  the balloon does NOT get heavier; it just takes up
>less area with the same amount of weight.  You're not adding more
>helium to the balloon, but compressing the helium that's already there.
>  The weight remains the same as the area of the balloon decreases.
>This makes the helium more dense, and thus less bouyant.

Arghhh, not another one!

No, no, no!  It's VOLUME, not area!  The compression is negligible. 
And why are you people twisting full hard balloons?

Now go read this web page and surf every single link on it 10 times:

       http://www.amasci.com/miscon/miscon.html

Mark, who was in a good mood until he started reading his email


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Hmmmm, now where have I seen that before...
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