November 30, 2006: Paris by night panorama - Page 2

Shawnee123 · 11-30-2006, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

How would you gradually accelerate a walkway? It's a unit. The entire walkway would have to be going the same speed.

Yeah, unless they make them wait in a line for their turn to "ride" while the other people accelerate away.

Anyway, why do people stand still on walkways? Or escalators for that matter?

glatt · 11-30-2006, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Anyway, why do people stand still on walkways? Or escalators for that matter?

Probably for the same reason they circle around parking lots for a minute, looking for that one spot just a few feet closer to the store's door.

Shawnee123 · 11-30-2006, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Probably for the same reason they circle around parking lots for a minute, looking for that one spot just a few feet closer to the store's door.

Heheee, they drive me nuts, too.

Don't get me started on a rant about people and their shopping carts. :p

Happy Monkey · 11-30-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

How would you gradually accelerate a walkway? It's a unit. The entire walkway would have to be going the same speed.

You could have multiple parallel walkways moving at increasing speed, but that would make handrails an issue.

Wombat · 11-30-2006, 04:18 PM

Amazing pic. Paris seems to have two churches that look just about identical... you can see one of them at the far left of the picture, and the other at the far right.

;-)

skysidhe · 11-30-2006, 04:49 PM

I love that Paris by Night panaroma website.

Yupa · 11-30-2006, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bromskloss

I think the camera just is on the roof across the street

It is. I once stayed in the hospital to the left. There is a hotel on the top floor. If I stood on the bed and stuck my head out of the skylight I got a similar view of about quarter of that photo.

>>I have heard they have a very fast moving walkway at one of the railway stations.

Yeah. I got lost in there. I think they have everyone fooled. You walk for miles and never see a train but eventually get where you want to go.

lumberjim · 11-30-2006, 06:53 PM

i'm getting the AFU error code

Hagar · 11-30-2006, 07:04 PM

We had a weekend in Paris about three years ago. Stayed in a little hotel not too far from Notre Dame. Got to see the Arc de Triumph (sp?) Inside Notre Dame, the Louvre, ate crepes up the Eiffel Tower, got happy on absynth, ate snails and saw the Moulin Rouge show. All in the crappiest (freezing hortizontal rain) weather possible, and spent a bloody fortune.

It was huge fun and I'd do it again in an instant....

xoxoxoBruce · 11-30-2006, 08:47 PM

Welcome to the Cellar, Yupa.

pdaoust · 11-30-2006, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

Yes I've been there three times -- all on business. But I did take some extra time to do some exploring. It's a lovely city, pleasant people, and the subway is very convenient.

When you were on the metro, did you notice all the rabbits running around? I think Paris must have some sort of infestation or something. I bet the metro takes care of a bit of the surplus rabbit population

I think I walked down one of those streets there! I went to Paris once, because while we were visiting Bosnia (no, I'm serious) in 1999, Tony Blair and NATO decided to bomb what used to be Yugoslavia (and is now Serbia). So it was a little tricky getting a flight out, because all the planes were grounded in Bosnia and Croatia. Eventually we were re-routed to Paris, where Air Canada paid for an overnight stay in a three-star hotel (think four-star in North American terms). It was quite an adventure.

breakingnews · 12-01-2006, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Wombat

Amazing pic. Paris seems to have two churches that look just about identical... you can see one of them at the far left of the picture, and the other at the far right.

;-)

It doesn't seem right to me, but the photo is actually a full 360 degrees. The far left and right sides overlap by about one full building.

Pretty neat. I've never used the 360-degree function on my photostitching software, but then again, I've never thought to shoot a 360 panorama in the first place.

This guy does awesome panoramic and 360 work. <jealous>

Oh right, and YES, I have been to Paris. Was there from May to September 2001.

SPUCK · 12-01-2006, 05:31 AM

Ahhhh this is what dual 1280x1024 monitors are good for!!

chrisinhouston;
I think that guy's pants are down around his ankles!!

Ah hell it is Paris..

Scriveyn · 12-01-2006, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SPUCK

...
I think that guy's pants are down around his ankles!!
...

I feel tempted to photoshop some more people into some of those many windows

12-01-2006, 06:26 AM

Are those lights or burning cars?

11-30-2006, 04:18 PM	#20
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	Amazing pic. Paris seems to have two churches that look just about identical... you can see one of them at the far left of the picture, and the other at the far right. ;-) __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

11-30-2006, 06:53 PM	#23
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i'm getting the AFU error code __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-30-2006, 08:47 PM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar, Yupa. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-30-2006, 04:49 PM	#21
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I love that Paris by Night panaroma website.

11-30-2006, 07:04 PM	#24
Hagar Master of the Domain Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 220	We had a weekend in Paris about three years ago. Stayed in a little hotel not too far from Notre Dame. Got to see the Arc de Triumph (sp?) Inside Notre Dame, the Louvre, ate crepes up the Eiffel Tower, got happy on absynth, ate snails and saw the Moulin Rouge show. All in the crappiest (freezing hortizontal rain) weather possible, and spent a bloody fortune. It was huge fun and I'd do it again in an instant....

12-01-2006, 05:31 AM	#28
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Ahhhh this is what dual 1280x1024 monitors are good for!! chrisinhouston; I think that guy's pants are down around his ankles!! Ah hell it is Paris..

12-01-2006, 06:26 AM	#30
jaybat Guest Posts: n/a	Are those lights or burning cars?

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