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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I deliberately glossed over itit is quite weird. I can never get my head around how they actually built them. How much they planned out what shape the stonework would be, and how many bits and what shape they should be.
amazing things.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:15,
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More so than the random by-productsof tectonic activity, for that very reason, if you ask me.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:28,
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I'm tornI like both things for different reasons
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:31,
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The cathedral was designed by hanging weights on a lattice work of stringthuis creating an upside down skelton for the building. This apparently showed how the loads worked together.
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:55,
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I've seen the modelfucking awesome idea. the weights were scaled to represent the loads from the structure, and the strings described the perfect arch shape to support them.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:21,
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