Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:59:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Ikvl6-0003Fo-6V for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:59:56 -0700 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.177]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Ikvl3-0003Fg-JE for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:59:55 -0700 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m16so504265waf for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:59:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=Pddao/TW2gTX9NTzPzz3Uv9znCVHScqxpghMA2T+mUU=; b=H7eragYJb3tHf6EXbCBrmnzGQYK02wa25igYNSlcHtiIdtHGnE7Gvl05RqyoQsO2gRfF2/QYNXwprxGmIuYMoqv1pJrOG5/GExTp9+PC1O7ZK2yxNEV1GZw1870QJQnBQcYMnjYZTPdhZTskYWSd29yNIwu/MM9WC2w/MhvV3pc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=avWxFk+nxdmnMjXNSFFgfUaEqN+3RHVbPaCa6QNi/fPtHp0ZacFPZ45czSioLW/LPxq/bSQ3ogLFQ6mV33Fq0aTpUER3MJTv7DilTNH2Mr4WJS5kIROOh9kt1d4JvX0aRapZW6e3wA9orakzAEm89mR083tj0eYo0ZxcN32SvK8= Received: by 10.114.75.1 with SMTP id x1mr1647617waa.1193291987489; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:59:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.74.16 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:59:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8905c87a0710242259y6ccced69w7256ac22e1f6ef51@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:59:47 -0700 From: "Judson Lester" To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: geodesic dome In-Reply-To: <2204fa080710241901k4b916a9t3d930b02ea7ed103@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_23_32269268.1193291987479" References: <2204fa080710241504x4784f740n559fad67f6504056@mail.gmail.com> <71550650710241529q450b70ecn428050e75e6b58b1@mail.gmail.com> <8905c87a0710241646k258db02av554206eded586e11@mail.gmail.com> <200710242131.53655.phma@phma.optus.nu> <8905c87a0710241842h36070025tf625d14918ae8f41@mail.gmail.com> <97f5058c0710241850n14512f0ai2b214c0c39a63b03@mail.gmail.com> <2204fa080710241901k4b916a9t3d930b02ea7ed103@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 5599 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: nyarly@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Content-Length: 1821 ------=_Part_23_32269268.1193291987479 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 10/24/07, Jared Angell wrote: > > Geodesic domes are half-spheres composed out of triangles, does that > help??? Except that they're not. Specifically, not just any arrangement of triangles would not necessarily be geodesic. The important thing about the design is that the struts form lines that are straight in relationship to the curved surface. I think I like {sirzargu boldi'u} more and more. Nice, concise, and with a slightly risque metaphor. -- Your subnet is currently 169.254.0.0/16. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. ------=_Part_23_32269268.1193291987479 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 10/24/07, Jared Angell <angell.jared@gmail.com> wrote:
Geodesic domes are half-spheres composed out of triangles, does that help???

Except that they're not.  Specifically, not just any arrangement of triangles would not necessarily be geodesic.  The important thing about the design is that the struts form lines that are straight in relationship to the curved surface. 

I think I like {sirzargu boldi'u} more and more.  Nice, concise, and with a slightly risque metaphor.

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