Originally posted by Robtard
Vacuum tubes, that is a terrible idea, just how big can these tubes be, how much weight can they carry, what happens to the tubes when two packages each going 800mph collide? We already have 24-48 hours delivery to most parts of the world with FedEx, DHL and over overnight companies, kiddo.
I'll just wait until my perfect future comes about and we have telepods (ie transporters), near instant delivery and you can gene splice. Ever want a monkey's ass, you can.
It's an elaborate joke, dude.
The exaggerated slurping sound didn't give it away?
And to address your concerns, everything will be assigned a "course" when entering the system. The system will include sensors and adjustments in speed. At 800 MPH with accurate package course tracking, slowing and speeding up 100,000 packages to accommodate one addition is rather simple. Hell, you could build a software program in Java with an undefinable array size that uses a continuous loop with appropriate looping math to adjust all items in the array. (Sure it would be a complicate loop that is mapped to the tubes in the entire effing world....but it could be done.)
In fact, it could be thousands or even millions of smaller arrays that link to each other, making it much easier to manager. (Object oriented programming.) Again, this was just supposed to be a joke. Vacuum tubes? Come one. No reason to use something so stupid. The energy required to send those would be unnecessarily high. Something like magnetic rails would be more realistic...and, I'm referring to technologies that exist now, mostly.
And, no, you're absolutely incorrect about international shipping taking 24-48 hours, dude. Is there supersonic shipping available?
Just do the math and you'll see how retarded it is to think that there's international shipping in 24-48 hours. Sure, if you're shipping to Canada or Mexico (or any other country that is relatively close to the US origin location.)
And the vacuum tubes would could be as large as you want them. With tertiary, quaternary, etc. tubing systems in place, and not just a secondary or primary system, you could have many types to each and every home. There could be a big ass and a letter sized entrance tube for every home. The backbones could be huge tunnels that have a diameter wider than highways. Industrial locations would have entrance tunnels that are as large as the primary system. Dude, with enough money, you can think of anything and make it happen, as long as the technology is there.
Alas, I think this "joke" got waaaay too serious and I admit it was my fault for including too much information to begin with. I'd rather focus and imaging a slurping sound as a package (teehee) moves all around in the system.
We should even have vacuum tube transportation for hoomanz.
Father: "Time to load up in da toooooooooobez!"
Kids: "HOOORAAAAAY!"
Tubez: "SLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIUHHHLLPPPPPPPPP!"
Kids: "WEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Grandma: "*TTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHBBB!* Damn bumbs. Pull this car over. I shit myself*."
*Cause grannies say "I shit myself" all the time... .....SHUT UP!