"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:04:07 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

Not if they can't find you because you've sunk. I believe that's what Joe
said he was carrying. You couldn't do that in your Mac, but you could load
it with 10000 lbs of lead. Try it and let us know if it still floats.

Joe was carrying coffee, which is not very dense. The water cannot
occupy the space taken up by the coffee. There is a technical term
called ' sinkage ' which reflects the actual floodable volume. This is
much more for the lead, which has little volumn. The coffee might even
float, for all I know, in which case it would acually be floatation
materal. There is lots of air space between the beans.

Casady


Great idea! We could make a Mac out of coffee!!

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