June 27, 2008: Very Big Ball

YellowBolt · 06-27-2008, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I might be wrong, no idea where Teipei lies in regards to the epicentre.
But it seems unlikely that even "tourists" would stand and talk if they felt the building shake on its foundations.

It's... like 900 miles away. About the distance from California to Missouri.

I saw the ball a few years ago when I went to Taiwan. It was... bally.

Karenv · 06-27-2008, 12:13 PM

This is experimental technology. They have no business erecting their phallic symbols full of human beings just 600 feet from a fault line. What part of "Don't build big buildings next to fault lines" don't they understand?

I do not understand this mania for the world's biggest buildings going up all over. Give me something where I can see the ground and open the windows, and get out in case of emergency.

newtimer · 06-27-2008, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YellowBolt

It's... like 900 miles away.

Correct. Chengdu to Taipei is a little more than 1,100 miles. That's about the distance from Dallas, straight north, to the Canadian border.

Flint · 06-27-2008, 04:35 PM

I'm out of time here. I need somebody to write a clever reply, having something to do with Quasimodo. kthxbai

dar512 · 06-29-2008, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I'm out of time here. I need somebody to write a clever reply, having something to do with Quasimodo. kthxbai

I don't know his name, but his face rings a bell.

Sorry. All I had in stock was the punchline.

06-27-2008, 12:13 PM	#2
Karenv Slacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 144	They Built the World's Largest Skyscraper 600 feet from a Fault Line??!! This is experimental technology. They have no business erecting their phallic symbols full of human beings just 600 feet from a fault line. What part of "Don't build big buildings next to fault lines" don't they understand? I do not understand this mania for the world's biggest buildings going up all over. Give me something where I can see the ground and open the windows, and get out in case of emergency.

06-27-2008, 04:35 PM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I'm out of time here. I need somebody to write a clever reply, having something to do with Quasimodo. kthxbai __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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