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From: Mike Horvath
Subject: Re: Ringworld (continued)
Date: 18 Sep 2018 23:15:48
Message: <5ba1bf64$1@news.povray.org>
On 9/18/2018 2:58 PM, Sven Littkowski wrote:
> River World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfs-BotdsVw


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Ringworld (continued)
Date: 19 Sep 2018 02:58:31
Message: <5ba1f397$1@news.povray.org>
On 19-9-2018 5:16, Mike Horvath wrote:
> On 9/18/2018 2:58 PM, Sven Littkowski wrote:
>> River World

No, no: Philip José Farmer for that one.

> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfs-BotdsVw
> 
> 


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Ringworld (continued)
Date: 19 Sep 2018 03:36:58
Message: <5ba1fc9a$1@news.povray.org>
On 19/09/2018 07:58, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 19-9-2018 5:16, Mike Horvath wrote:
>> On 9/18/2018 2:58 PM, Sven Littkowski wrote:
>>> River World
> 
> No, no: Philip José Farmer for that one.
> 
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfs-BotdsVw
>>
>>
> 
> 

And David Niven was an English actor.


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     Stephen


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Ringworld (continued)
Date: 19 Sep 2018 06:53:11
Message: <5ba22a97$1@news.povray.org>
On 19-9-2018 9:36, Stephen wrote:
> On 19/09/2018 07:58, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 19-9-2018 5:16, Mike Horvath wrote:
>>> On 9/18/2018 2:58 PM, Sven Littkowski wrote:
>>>> River World
>>
>> No, no: Philip José Farmer for that one.
>>
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfs-BotdsVw
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> And David Niven was an English actor.
> 
> 

I had a blackout. :-)

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Thomas


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Ringworld (continued)
Date: 19 Sep 2018 07:05:59
Message: <5ba22d97$1@news.povray.org>
On 19/09/2018 11:53, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 19-9-2018 9:36, Stephen wrote:
>> On 19/09/2018 07:58, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> On 19-9-2018 5:16, Mike Horvath wrote:
>>>> On 9/18/2018 2:58 PM, Sven Littkowski wrote:
>>>>> River World
>>>
>>> No, no: Philip José Farmer for that one.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfs-BotdsVw
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> And David Niven was an English actor.
>>
>>
> 
> I had a blackout. :-)
> 

There is a link. His memoir "The Moon's a balloon"


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     Stephen


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Ringworld (continued)
Date: 20 Sep 2018 02:56:00
Message: <5ba34480@news.povray.org>
On 19-9-2018 13:05, Stephen wrote:
> On 19/09/2018 11:53, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 19-9-2018 9:36, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 19/09/2018 07:58, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>> On 19-9-2018 5:16, Mike Horvath wrote:
>>>>> On 9/18/2018 2:58 PM, Sven Littkowski wrote:
>>>>>> River World
>>>>
>>>> No, no: Philip José Farmer for that one.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfs-BotdsVw
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> And David Niven was an English actor.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I had a blackout. :-)
>>
> 
> There is a link. His memoir "The Moon's a balloon"
> 
> 

Lol. Yes indeed!

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Thomas


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From: Sven Littkowski
Subject: Re: Ringworld (continued)
Date: 20 Sep 2018 11:19:53
Message: <5ba3ba99@news.povray.org>
The movie is not as good as the various books of that amazing SciFi
novel series. I read all of them. Much better than that movie.

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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Ringworld (continued) vs Banks Orbitals
Date: 21 Sep 2018 03:34:07
Message: <5ba49eef$1@news.povray.org>
On 6-8-2018 23:15, Mike Horvath wrote:
> An old scene, but I've been sprucing it up in preparation toward 
> uploading it to the Object Collection. I can't remember if it's to 
> proper scale however. Also I'm thinking there may be a little too much 
> cloud cover.
> 

A reminder about Banks Orbitals in comparison to the traditional Ringworld.

https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/4845ef5c4ca7c


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Thomas


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From: Mike Horvath
Subject: Re: Ringworld (continued) vs Banks Orbitals
Date: 21 Sep 2018 03:39:19
Message: <5ba4a027@news.povray.org>
On 9/21/2018 3:33 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 6-8-2018 23:15, Mike Horvath wrote:
>> An old scene, but I've been sprucing it up in preparation toward 
>> uploading it to the Object Collection. I can't remember if it's to 
>> proper scale however. Also I'm thinking there may be a little too much 
>> cloud cover.
>>
> 
> A reminder about Banks Orbitals in comparison to the traditional Ringworld.
> 
> https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/4845ef5c4ca7c
> 
> 

Seems a lot cozier than a ringworld. Only 42 billion people!


Mike


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Ringworld (continued) vs Banks Orbitals
Date: 21 Sep 2018 03:45:39
Message: <5ba4a1a3@news.povray.org>
On 21-9-2018 9:39, Mike Horvath wrote:
> On 9/21/2018 3:33 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 6-8-2018 23:15, Mike Horvath wrote:
>>> An old scene, but I've been sprucing it up in preparation toward 
>>> uploading it to the Object Collection. I can't remember if it's to 
>>> proper scale however. Also I'm thinking there may be a little too 
>>> much cloud cover.
>>>
>>
>> A reminder about Banks Orbitals in comparison to the traditional 
>> Ringworld.
>>
>> https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/4845ef5c4ca7c
>>
>>
> 
> Seems a lot cozier than a ringworld. Only 42 billion people!
> 
> 

It has many advantages over a ring and in The Culture universe created 
by Iain M. Banks, orbitals are very popular.

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Thomas


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