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Re: Datsville Update
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Date: 
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 21:40:44 GMT
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On 09/09/1999, at 2:24 PM, John VanZwieten wrote:

In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999 16:13:02 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
<john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote:

From Bram's pov file:
#declare r_w=2800;     // width of river heightfield
#declare r_b=80;       // height of river bank
#declare r_d=240;       // depth of river

Yeouch!  Are those LDU's?  The river's over 4 baseplates wide!  Must be • the
Mississippi.  Maybe I'll have to rethink this as a suspension bridge.


Hmm.  I may have to mess with that a bit.  I want to go with something • more
like 30 studs across.

I would do at least 60 studs across(I mean that's only two town
blocks). And, John, would you seriously consider naming it the
River Kwai, please.

Have you seen the new bridge they're building in London?  It was in a • recent
edition of Popular Science.  The deck of the bridge curves out over the • water,
and the support structure has the same curve, but vertically.  When the • bridge
opens, the whole thing rotates so that both deck and support are 45 • degrees
compared to the water.


I seem to remember that. Wouldn't that be impressive made out of
LEGOS(no not at 100% either, I just mean a model)

Ryan



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(...) Hmm. I may have to mess with that a bit. I want to go with something more like 30 studs across. Have you seen the new bridge they're building in London? It was in a recent edition of Popular Science. The deck of the bridge curves out over the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)

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