Dave Bell wrote: > > Wouldn't all shadows look like noon in the tropics, and just be > "puddles" at one's feet? > > Seriously, a sperical shell doesn't work, as there is no gravity inside, > and it would be difficult to keep your feet on the ground!
Hey, what's the matter with you? We are creating this so we can redefine Newton's laws. We can say that a source of light in the core of a sphere will generate a certain attraction, so on and so forth. Or else we can make the sphere to be magnetic and attract our feet, magnetic too, with opposed pole ;-) - fernando > A cylindrical > shell, with a glowing central core (presumably fusion-powered), may be > slowly spun on its axis, giving full-time zenithal sunshine. > > Moving shadow planes have been suggested as a means of providing at least > twilight conditions, without the need to extinguish the fusion core. These > could orbit near the core, in near-weightless conditions. > > There are exciting recreational possibilities, as well, for low-G mountain > climbing at the endwalls, and free flight in the space "above" the living > surface... > > Dave > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Fernando Cabral wrote: > > > Dave Bell wrote: > > > > > > Even easier, Fernando: "Invent" a spherical, but hollow Earth, with the > > > "Sun" quite close, at the center! Perfectly common design for a > > > sufficiently large, and sufficiently advanced space habitat, or entire > > > civilisation, living within a Dyson Sphere... > > > > huuummm... How about the shadows extending from feet to head? > > Won't them look phantasmagoric? If not, this is a wonderful > > idea. > > > > - fernando > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Fernando Cabral wrote: > > > > > > > Thierry van Steenberghe wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Steve Lelievre wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ireland is on the same timezone at the UK, and so is Portugal. It s > > > > > > Anyway, timezones don't solve the whole problem. When I lived in > > > > > > England I > > > > > > did a lot of business with Finland (+2 hours), and France and > > > > > > Germany (+1). > > > > > > It was difficult to contact colleagues when we needed to. Yes, this > > > > > > was due > > > > > > > > > > Still, it's more easy to find somebody in UK or Finland than in the > > > > > US, from > > > > > Europe, that is, don't you think? I remember when I was in a company > > > > > here in > > > > > Brussels, how difficult it was to call equipment providers in the US. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey, guys, how about inventing a flat world with a sun > > > > burning from far, far, far away and turning itself on and > > > > off 12 hours? If it is very, very far away every corner of > > > > the new, flat world will be equally lit. And if it turns itself > > > > on and off regularly there will be no time zones, no shift > > > > differences, no daylight saving in the Summer and none of > > > > the problems some of us have been discussing. > > > > > > > > Let's accept for a fact that all those problems are NOT created > > > > by time zones or daylight saving time. They are not even > > > > problems. > > > > They are the reality we are provided with. And if we are > > > > interested in causes, it is because the Earth is a ball, > > > > it revolves and moves, so on and so forth. :-) > > > > > > > > - fernando > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Fernando Cabral Padrao iX Sistemas > > > > Abertos > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pix.com.br > > > > Fone Direto: +55 61 329-0206 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > PABX: +55 61 329-0202 Fax: +55 61 326-3082 > > > > 15º 45' 04.9" S (23 L 0196446/8256520) 47º 49' 58.6" W > > > > 19º 37' 57.0" S (23 K 0469898/7829161) 45º 17' 13.6" W > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Fernando Cabral Padrao iX Sistemas > > Abertos > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pix.com.br > > Fone Direto: +55 61 329-0206 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > PABX: +55 61 329-0202 Fax: +55 61 326-3082 > > 15º 45' 04.9" S (23 L 0196446/8256520) 47º 49' 58.6" W > > 19º 37' 57.0" S (23 K 0469898/7829161) 45º 17' 13.6" W > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Fernando Cabral Padrao iX Sistemas Abertos mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pix.com.br Fone Direto: +55 61 329-0206 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PABX: +55 61 329-0202 Fax: +55 61 326-3082 15º 45' 04.9" S (23 L 0196446/8256520) 47º 49' 58.6" W 19º 37' 57.0" S (23 K 0469898/7829161) 45º 17' 13.6" W ------------------------------------------------------------------
