From lojban+bncCNTPpI2KGxDO69fiBBoEPef_TA@googlegroups.com Sun Aug 01 15:32:18 2010 Received: from mail-yx0-f189.google.com ([209.85.213.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ofh4Y-0003WF-Bf; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:32:17 -0700 Received: by yxj4 with SMTP id 4sf7069339yxj.16 for ; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:31:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:x-authority-analysis:x-cloudmark-score :x-originating-ip:received:received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:message-id:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=6zgQVChC0QR9DBod249++X0nfZEmKNcckM2bJcXVls8=; b=N7EjP58M9E3ww2dMxDGZnuEKBkSS7/NBGNL/cbpxNvmqSMyoLBWvap7Zc2J+VQn3X3 VKo3jbPcG9qPVcD4szQgQmWPwvMEgQrgChBlDJABvaa2wbBmNk0I/Ozny7Tc52MJMJtJ jF57yQ/slqd6EBkS3MH4/yW2Vg7nhp2lZyNzI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:x-authority-analysis:x-cloudmark-score :x-originating-ip:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:message-id:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; b=oAvPv0UBqXUMQ5GHFzTO7xAmcm/adSK20tCGhoc8qOQ+qsrvY6Qu3faf/INjJolzZu H7i1MSSvs1EgXDUt3FrYLoVzYFmVFNVcTEtKhMeGEEsk6c35VWjgSLiZaPgrDIV3LBdh T3pcfGAR19bk1hOlYiJUjKZQeSduDgMDlm3HM= Received: by 10.90.91.6 with SMTP id o6mr1070747agb.34.1280701902872; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:31:42 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.231.125.77 with SMTP id x13ls1128472ibr.1.p; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:31:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.191.68 with SMTP id dl4mr776488ibb.18.1280701901806; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:31:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.191.68 with SMTP id dl4mr776487ibb.18.1280701901777; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:31:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.120]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id z11si3164994ibb.0.2010.08.01.15.31.41; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:31:41 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 75.180.132.120 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of phma@phma.optus.nu) client-ip=75.180.132.120; X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=8Ouyix1mjDiY39+WXI3mGP2cYJJcyvuZWGfIWBrWPVc= c=1 sm=0 a=_xglUdgbOGAA:10 a=ORa4HqFjfvEA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=ITGCJgwGTuG7H/gKGaarIQ==:17 a=twS0jpgOh4WZn6BSMLIA:9 a=xDwOesLERUxPqYxAbCoA:7 a=ZpB8pOSm-R6iNzAwazMxd-Q-83AA:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=ITGCJgwGTuG7H/gKGaarIQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 71.71.198.100 Received: from [71.71.198.100] ([71.71.198.100:44457] helo=chausie) by cdptpa-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id 61/77-27492-DC5F55C4; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:31:41 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EAA65AA6 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2010 18:31:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Pierre Abbat To: lojban@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban Kids Show - connecting the tubes Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 18:31:31 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: <201008010014.33555.phma@phma.optus.nu> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201008011831.33828.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-Original-Sender: phma@phma.optus.nu X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 75.180.132.120 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of phma@phma.optus.nu) smtp.mail=phma@phma.optus.nu Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 01 August 2010 17:52:05 Lindar wrote: > That part doesn't worry me so much. What does bug me is how the lift > works. They start out in a stationary tube, and then have to go into a > spinning medium? The lift would have to be still for boarding, and > then it would have to accelerate to match the spin of the tube... and > it just seems like a bad idea. The stationary tube could have a room at the end which either spins or=20 doesn't, using a clutch. On Sunday 01 August 2010 17:57:33 Lindar wrote: > Also, I was under the impression that the reflectors were stationary/ > not attached to the tubes. If the reflectors are stationary but the tubes spin, the reflection of the = sun=20 will move around the sky many times per hour in the tube's reference frame.= =20 Maybe we could make do with three or four shorter mirrors, together with=20 mirrors attached lengthwise to the edges of the windows to direct the obliq= ue=20 reflection onto the opposite land. Also, the ends of the mirrors could be= =20 attached by cables to the tube, which would mean they wouldn't have to=20 support huge bending forces. Pierre --=20 La sal en el mar es m=E1s que en la sangre. Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang. --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegrou= ps.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= ?hl=3Den.