Could you have a string so long that it would break under its own weight?
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Yes, any sting would ultimately break under its own weight given sufficient length.  \n\nScientists have actually proposed using a string (cable) to create a space elevator for transporting materials to and from space.  One of the biggest technical challenges they face is finding a material strong enough that it won't break under its own weight.  Composite ribbon of carbon nanotubes appears to be a possible solution.
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Think of a guitar string that has been tuned by stretching the string under tension across the guitar. Depending on how the string is plucked and how much tension is in the string, different musical notes will be created by the string. These musical notes could be said to be excitation modes of that guitar string under tension. \n In a similar manner, in string theory, the elementary particles we observe in particle accelerators could be thought of as the "musical notes" or excitation modes of elementary strings. \n In string theory, as in guitar playing, the string must be stretched under tension in order to become excited. However, the strings in string theory are floating in spacetime, they aren't tied down to a guitar. Nonetheless, they have tension. The string tension in string theory is denoted by the quantity 1/(2 p a'), where a' is pronounced "alpha prime"and is equal to the square of the string length scale.
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...a question that ha plagued manking for centuries, this is the quantum view of the problem.\nsay we are dealing with a hypothetical piece of string, we want to know it's length but we have no means of measuring it because it is hypothetical, therefore we can not even see it. In quantun physics, this string would be described as being in a superposiion of states. This 'superposition of states' basically means that the string must be all possible lengths all the way from 0 up to infinite. The superposition of states applies to the string right up until it is measured, at which point the string 'decides' what length it is. But as i said this string is hypothetical. So, how long is a piece of string?: all possible lengths in the universe!
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Not unless it's really inflated, and as that only happens when the animal is emitting its sounds (i.e. relaxed and in its natural habitat), you would just puncture it and nothing special would happen. \nThe walls of the vocal sac are really tough and elastic, so it wouldn't be easy.\nAnd why would anyone want to do such a thing?
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Jump with it.  It may break, but you'll never know.
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Tightening the string (or making it shorter, or a smaller diameter).
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how long is a piece of string?\n\nit depends where in the world you live, which city, whether you're going to buy it online or in a store, brand new or second hand.\n\nwithout details we can't tell you anything.
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You could tie a long string or ribbon on it and let it go.  At some point, the balloon will stop rising.  Cut the string just where it touches the floor.  Neutral bouyancy achieved!
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Dear friend, a strong will.\nU can do anything with a string will if u really want to do or stop something.\nBy the way, there are many ways to get rid of a bad habbit, like doing something else when it's the time of the bad habbit.
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elephant like chaplinesque on long string elements.
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NO! leave then strung and in tune..you will have to retune anyway. If you release the tension on a GOOD guitar, you run a greater chance of neck warp than if left strung. This is for long term storage..short term..days, etc....leave the thing alone. They are designed to be under tension. And if normal stringing causes warp, you didn't get much of a guitar.
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actually, it can! If you understand physics, the website below has proof. (but I dont know how hard you threw it.)
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The string holds it all together, nothing would work without string. Even the internet is held together with string. As for the dry roasted peanuts well if we knew that the universe would unravel and we'd be left with nothing but string.
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In some cases it is because of weight.
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More than it could handle. You fed it precisely the amount you needed to over-feed it so that it burst. That is the answer that you require, is it not? I believe you will be selecting my answer as best, shortly from now. And, if it is not too premature, thank you or the ten points!
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Be careful, it may explode!
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When one end of the unbreakable cable felt a tug, the force would be transfered along the cable to the satelite. When the cable is close enough the a blackhole, the acceleration at one end would cause the cable to break.. despite unbreakable. This is because the force cannot be transmitted fast enough along the cable... one end would be moving so fast while the other end barely felt the force yet and hence has not started moving.\n\nBlackhole is a very dense matter. So, it's straightforward to think that after the whole string is "in" the blackhole, they are condensed into very very dense form. However, is this so? Nobody can tell as known physical laws cannot be extended into this singularity in spacetime.\n\nIt might be a lame answer but I have to say it. The above situation cannot arise because there simply can be no unbreakable cable. Just like in QM... what if I know the velocity and position of an electron exactly. It's interesting to know what will happen, but QM tells us, u cannot know it. So, even though it is interesting to know it, it's beyond the domain of our universe. Yes, if it exist, it'll break the laws of logics in our universe..... but that's exactly why it does not exist..... because logic is consistent. Logic itself prevent such situation from arising. Know what I mean?\n\nAnyway, even if the cable is unbreakable... what about the part of the satellite it is tied to? Let's just imagine the cable and the satellite are unbreakable, then the blackhole would simply stretch the cable infinitely long without breaking it... allowing time for the force to "flow" thru the whole cable to accelerate the satellite. Is it reasonable to think of sth that can be stretch infinitely but would not break? Or u can set another rule that the cable cannot be stretched at all. This would then violate the rule of special relativity, that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, as the force would be transfered to the satellite instantaneously.