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So they brought sunlight to a parking lot. A. Parking. Lot. I was hoping for a decent cafe, restaurant, playground, meeting place, mosque or such to emerge. Let

So they brought sunlight to a parking lot. A. Parking. Lot. I was hoping for a decent cafe, restaurant, playground, meeting place, mosque or such to emerge. Let's see if that's going to happen.

acqq 13y ago
I was hoping that support for worship of non-existing supernatural beings wouldn't appear in the comments. And in case any worshiping object should appear there, I vote for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_teapot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_teapot
- StavrosK 13y ago
  What, because he mentioned "mosque" in that list? I think you're being oversensitive.
- shabble 13y ago
  I'd prefer a Utah Teapot[1]. Then you can at least have a decent reference for your shadow rendering implementation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot
Luc 13y ago
http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Product/?pid=30978 http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Product/?pid=30978 It's the town square, which is usually a multifunctional space. Markets, fairs, dance festivals, pagan rituals, etc.
erokar 13y ago
Most Norwegian towns of Rjukan's size are essentially parking lots.
Shivetya 13y ago
I was curious, why not direct the light towards a tower mirrors arranged such that the dispersion is better? I can see advantages through out the year.
- masklinn 13y ago
  It would defeat the purpose, which is to provide a place where residents can bathe in sunlight (see cable car mention, where residents can/could take trips to the hilltop for some spot sunbathing) during winter months. The point is not to light up the village (electricity can do that[0]), it's to provide a sunbeam when the sun does not reach high enough above surrounding hills and mountains to directly light up the valley bottom in winter (actually from september to march). [0] with ~98% of Norway's electricity being hydro, and norway being a net exporter of electricity, feeding electrical appliances is not a huge issue
DanBC 13y ago
What are the businesses surrounding the parking lot?
altero 13y ago
More mirrors would be needed for mosque, 1000 should do.

So they brought sunlight to a parking lot. A. Parking. Lot. I was hoping for a decent cafe, restaurant, playground, meeting place, mosque or such to emerge. Let's see if that's going to happen.

acqq 13y ago

I was hoping that support for worship of non-existing supernatural beings wouldn't appear in the comments. And in case any worshiping object should appear there, I vote for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_teapot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_teapot

StavrosK 13y ago
What, because he mentioned "mosque" in that list? I think you're being oversensitive.
shabble 13y ago
I'd prefer a Utah Teapot[1]. Then you can at least have a decent reference for your shadow rendering implementation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot

Luc 13y ago

http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Product/?pid=30978 http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Product/?pid=30978 It's the town square, which is usually a multifunctional space. Markets, fairs, dance festivals, pagan rituals, etc.

erokar 13y ago

Most Norwegian towns of Rjukan's size are essentially parking lots.

Shivetya 13y ago

I was curious, why not direct the light towards a tower mirrors arranged such that the dispersion is better? I can see advantages through out the year.

masklinn 13y ago
It would defeat the purpose, which is to provide a place where residents can bathe in sunlight (see cable car mention, where residents can/could take trips to the hilltop for some spot sunbathing) during winter months. The point is not to light up the village (electricity can do that[0]), it's to provide a sunbeam when the sun does not reach high enough above surrounding hills and mountains to directly light up the valley bottom in winter (actually from september to march). [0] with ~98% of Norway's electricity being hydro, and norway being a net exporter of electricity, feeding electrical appliances is not a huge issue

DanBC 13y ago

What are the businesses surrounding the parking lot?

altero 13y ago

More mirrors would be needed for mosque, 1000 should do.