June 27, 2008: Very Big Ball

Sundae · 06-27-2008, 08:20 AM

If I was there with someone else I'd be talktalktalk too.
Are we in the safest place?
Hang on, does this mean there is an earthquake going on, I can't feel it?
Should we head off or do you think this is a test [yes, stupid response, but I might], the building doesn't appear to be shaking?

If I was on my mobile I would carry on talking:
Mum, are you okay? I'm in this weird place and there's a huge ball that's just started moving! It can't mean what I think it does!

My assumption is that if there were any normal indications of an earthquke these people would have exhibited all the screaming and running you hoped to see.
The fact that they didn't, and only the ball responded, meant that it was reacting to tremors that could have damaged the building, but weren't destroying anything at that point.

I might be wrong, no idea where Teipei lies in regards to the epicentre.
But it seems unlikely that even "tourists" would stand and talk if they felt the building shake on its foundations.

YellowBolt · 06-27-2008, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I might be wrong, no idea where Teipei lies in regards to the epicentre.
But it seems unlikely that even "tourists" would stand and talk if they felt the building shake on its foundations.

It's... like 900 miles away. About the distance from California to Missouri.

I saw the ball a few years ago when I went to Taiwan. It was... bally.

Karenv · 06-27-2008, 12:13 PM

This is experimental technology. They have no business erecting their phallic symbols full of human beings just 600 feet from a fault line. What part of "Don't build big buildings next to fault lines" don't they understand?

I do not understand this mania for the world's biggest buildings going up all over. Give me something where I can see the ground and open the windows, and get out in case of emergency.

newtimer · 06-27-2008, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by YellowBolt

It's... like 900 miles away.

Correct. Chengdu to Taipei is a little more than 1,100 miles. That's about the distance from Dallas, straight north, to the Canadian border.

Flint · 06-27-2008, 04:35 PM

I'm out of time here. I need somebody to write a clever reply, having something to do with Quasimodo. kthxbai

dar512 · 06-29-2008, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I'm out of time here. I need somebody to write a clever reply, having something to do with Quasimodo. kthxbai

I don't know his name, but his face rings a bell.

Sorry. All I had in stock was the punchline.

06-27-2008, 08:20 AM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	If I was there with someone else I'd be talktalktalk too. Are we in the safest place? Hang on, does this mean there is an earthquake going on, I can't feel it? Should we head off or do you think this is a test [yes, stupid response, but I might], the building doesn't appear to be shaking? If I was on my mobile I would carry on talking: Mum, are you okay? I'm in this weird place and there's a huge ball that's just started moving! It can't mean what I think it does! My assumption is that if there were any normal indications of an earthquke these people would have exhibited all the screaming and running you hoped to see. The fact that they didn't, and only the ball responded, meant that it was reacting to tremors that could have damaged the building, but weren't destroying anything at that point. I might be wrong, no idea where Teipei lies in regards to the epicentre. But it seems unlikely that even "tourists" would stand and talk if they felt the building shake on its foundations. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-27-2008, 12:13 PM	#3
Karenv Slacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 144	They Built the World's Largest Skyscraper 600 feet from a Fault Line??!! This is experimental technology. They have no business erecting their phallic symbols full of human beings just 600 feet from a fault line. What part of "Don't build big buildings next to fault lines" don't they understand? I do not understand this mania for the world's biggest buildings going up all over. Give me something where I can see the ground and open the windows, and get out in case of emergency.

06-27-2008, 04:35 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I'm out of time here. I need somebody to write a clever reply, having something to do with Quasimodo. kthxbai __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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