Spider wrote:
> 
> Oooops...
> I forgot to say that I really like the idea, and it is a good job so far...
> 
> It _is_ a good job..
> I haven't yet read the books... maybe I should...

You should, definitely...

Markus
-- 

 Ich nicht eine Sekunde!!!" H. Heinol in Val Thorens

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In article <36983FA2.7E305562@inlink.com>, nhp### [at] inlinkcom says...
> Here is the Ringworld built closely to scale.  The dimensions state that
> the ring if layed flat is 600 millin miles lon and is 1 million miles
> wide.  Sooo..... the Radius of the circle is 191.083 units with a width
> of one unit.

	Actually, Niven states that the radius of the RingWorld system is 
93 million miles (giving it an Earth orbit and similar global climate).  
This gives you a circumference of ~585 million miles, which is close to 
your figure.  The ring is a million miles wide, with walls that reach up 
1,000 miles toward the sun on each edge of the ring.  The thickness of 
the "floor" and walls of the ring are about 1 kilometer, making seas look 
like bumps and mountains like sharp dents if you looked at the ring from 
the outside.
	Great inspiration for yet another POV project, I haven't thought 
of the RingWorld in years!

Rich Allen

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