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Re: Throwing Down the Gauntlet (was Re: 2nd Annual Space Building Contest?)
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Tue, 4 Dec 2001 08:15:43 GMT
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In lugnet.build.contests, Dave Schuler writes:
What color is the solar sail?  It kind of looks like transluscent dk grey.

Well firstly let's make sure we agree it's an imaginary "force-field"
generated sail that isn't even really there to begin with...after that I can
readily acknowledge that it is merely trans-white rendered in POV.

Geez, it's not even integral to the design!  You two boys are going to the
top of MY list!!!

"There was a dead silence for about half a minute, during which the falling
of a leaf, or of a feather, might have been heard. It was interrupted by a
low, but harsh and protracted grating sound which seemed to come at once
from every corner of the room."

-- Hop-Frog (exits laughing)



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  Re: Throwing Down the Gauntlet (was Re: 2nd Annual Space Building Contest?)
 
(...) Ooh- ooh! He's making a list- let's hope he checks it twice! (...) You know, I've grated plenty of cheese in my life. But I've never thought of the sound as being "harsh". Protracted, perhaps- especially when we're making burritos for a large (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
  Re: Throwing Down the Gauntlet (was Re: 2nd Annual Space Building Contest?)
 
(...) See, the thing is I thought it looked pretty cool and considered building something like it, but I didn't know what color to use. I have enough trans blue 1/4-domes to make it, but I didn't know if that's what you used. (...) Woohoo! It's (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)

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(...) What color is the solar sail? It kind of looks like transluscent dk grey. Dave! (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)

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