"Joey Tribiani" > wrote in message
news:gibee.1396$sy6.247@lakeread04...
>
> "Lorem Ipsum" > wrote in message
> ...
> > [... attributes lost ...]
> > > as a follow up, please Dan-d-man tell me why a helium balloon will
burst
> > > when you release it into the "sky"?....the pressure inside the balloon
> > > decreases the higher it goes..but it still ruptures
> >
> > True. The pressure inside the balloon lowers as the atmospheric
pressures
> > lowers, and the ballooon ruptures because it expands beyond its
elasticity
> > (elasticity is lost mostly due to stretching but also in part by the low
> > temperature of the environment), but what's the point of the
observation?
> > How does it relate to Dan's position?
> >
> >
> >
>
> it relates simply because dan is proposing that stepping on a balloon will
> in essence *raise* the pressure till it pops...it won't...the pressure
> inside is just displaced from under the foot and the balloon stretches
until
> the surface ruptures.... what he thought it had to do with tires, I don't
> know either, but he was kinda swinging at something, so I posed the
question
> to show that the balloon will still pop when the reverse of what he
believes
> happens...that's all...
>
>

And just what do you think causes it to stretch??? PRESSURE!!!

Hell, this is grade school level science.