karohemd: by LJ user gothindulgence (Mad)
[personal profile] karohemd
Too bad it's going to be in Dubai.
If you time it right, you could set it up so you'll always most effective use of daylight.

Date: 27/6/08 10:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
I give it a snowball's chance in hell of working for more than a year. Apart from any other problems, how the hell will they keep the plumbing connected - or will that all be in the central core, which means only one flat per floor?

Date: 27/6/08 10:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
one flat per floor
That's how I understood it but utility supply is an interesting issue.

Date: 27/6/08 11:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] undyingking.livejournal.com
And I hope they've got a really good system for keeping desert sand out of the moving parts.

Date: 27/6/08 10:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demondaz.livejournal.com
'If you time it right, you could set it up so you'll always most effective use of daylight'

If you time it right you can always ensure you are in the shade ;-)=

D

Date: 27/6/08 10:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
The interpretation of "effective" is up to the individual, of course.

Date: 27/6/08 10:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] von-geisterhand.livejournal.com
And if you fiddle with the electronics, you could speed it up until the centrifugal force enables you to put all your stuff on the former walls.
In which case your icon would be very appropriate. ;-)

Date: 27/6/08 10:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] morthrai.livejournal.com
Yay for the coriolis effect!

Date: 27/6/08 10:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] devalmont.livejournal.com
That wouldn't be the coriolis effect, that's a visual effect caused by items appearring to move in relation to the viewer. The items would actually be moving towards the outside of the room and so although at a high enough speed the Coriolis effect would be apparent, it wouldn't be the force that moved the items. It would be the same motion creating both ficticious forces, but it would be the centrifugal force moving you. It's a touchy subject, but the centrifugal force is what would move the furniture away from its axis.

Date: 27/6/08 11:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] morthrai.livejournal.com
Oops, that's true enough and I did know the difference but for some reason that's what I typed. Anyway, I wouldn't fancy living in there!

Date: 27/6/08 11:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] devalmont.livejournal.com
Whenever I discuss the issue of ficticious forces I can't help but think of this, possibly the best webcomic of all time:

Date: 27/6/08 12:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pmoodie.livejournal.com
That would be very groovy if it worked, but I foresee many mechanical failures...

Date: 27/6/08 02:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feanelwa.livejournal.com
I wonder if you would get that fairground ride feeling every time you stepped out of the front door, or whether it would be too slow...

Date: 27/6/08 02:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
As a full rotation takes between one and three hours, most likely not.

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