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  Re: The Ringworld revisited (day and night)  
From: Bill Pragnell
Date: 22 Jun 2010 11:15:01
Message: <web.4c20d2d2325a7df36dd25f0b0@news.povray.org>
Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
> > Well, they only had a finite amount of material, and it was practically
> > indestructible. No reason to do it any other way really!
>
> Why not leave it flat? It's not like you're planning on fooling anyone who
> lives there. That takes even less material than sculpting it.

Pretty boring living on a table top tho :) If they wanted a range of ecosystems
they'd have to reproduce a planet's surface topology, surely? And anyway, where
would they put the water? :D


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