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Re: Datsville Update
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lugnet.cad
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 (...) (27 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)

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