On: Dandelion Seeds Fly Using ‘Impossible’ Method Neve...

[strainer]

  """   """
  "" ^v^ ""
  "" ^v^ ""
  "" ^v^ ""  ... low pressure
  """..."""      held by vortex
  #########  ### dandelion falling   
  """""""""  """ rising air

I wonder about the chances of creating this kind of toroidal vortex above a duct for lift. It seems necessary for the air to pass in the same direction as the lift, yet lift is normally created by throwing air in the opposite direction.

[CraneWorm → strainer]

I had to read your comment twice before I realized it's not, in fact, a short poem.

[Edit] Maybe it is after all. :)

[dleslie → strainer]

Excuse me, I'm going to go launch SyncTerm now and browse some Mystic and SynchroNet boards.

[Angostura → dleslie]

I'm going to dig through the alt.fan.warlord archives