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Re:Hyperloop Freight is a Joke by Turing_Machine on Sunday October 30, 2016 @08:17PM (#12833398)
"The challenges of maintaining a closed vacuum pipe that spanned a mere 17 miles were vast and expensive."

The vacuum level required for a particle accelerator (10^-11 torr or something like that) and the one posited for the Hyperloop (0.75 torr) are so far apart that they have virtually nothing in common.

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Re:Hyperloop Freight is a Joke by LordHumungous on Sunday October 30, 2016 @08:29PM (#12833441)
That is actually a valid point, Musk only proposes a partial vacuum which is a lot different from a pure vacuum. However, I think that is still a lot to ask for heavily used transit infrastructure.
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Re:Hyperloop Freight is a Joke by smokeyj on Sunday October 30, 2016 @09:05PM (#12833567)
It almost sounds like you have no credibility on the matter along with a highly critical opinion of Musk.
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Re:Hyperloop Freight is a Joke by LordHumungous on Sunday October 30, 2016 @09:21PM (#12833622)
Well this is the internet. We're all just assholes with opinions, aren't we?
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Re:Hyperloop Freight is a Joke by cvs268 on Sunday October 30, 2016 @10:26PM (#12833898)
Assholes on the internet. Now that's an image i won't be forgetting soon.

Reminds me of the following quote:

Assholes ARE like opinions - Everyone has one.

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Re:Hyperloop Freight is a Joke by paulsutter on Sunday October 30, 2016 @09:37PM (#12833691)
Just the opposite - agreeing with TuringMachine boosted his credibility for me.
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Re:Hyperloop Freight is a Joke by pizza on Monday October 31, 2016 @12:45AM (#12834363)
Heaven forbid someone updates their beliefs
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