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[Il Palazzo]

Beware the day microwave ovens are made illegal.

[Scoops Novel]

Wisee not only does sound like an orwellian, Big Brother oppresive government-style control tool, it actually is a perfectly serviceable one.

<Citizen #92341, you have been unproductively masturbating five minutes longer than your daily quota allowes. Proceed to the reeducation centre.>
...
<contemptuous hand gestures incur penalty of: Five days of hard labour>

You know it's going to happen. If your government won't abuse it, then your mother will.

Damn you. I hadn't thought of omnipresent surveillance you utter bastard.

[10ebbor10]

Beware the day microwave ovens are made illegal.

Aluminum foil

[Loud Whispers]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7547-further-steps-towards-artificial-eggs-and-sperm.html <- 2005
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1223617/No-men-OR-women-needed-artificial-sperm-eggs-created-time.html <- 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8682142/Stem-cells-used-to-make-artificial-sperm.html <- 2011
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/japanese-scientists-create-artificial-sperms-from-stem-cells/ <- 2013
FUCK YEAH SCIENCE
Now we just need artificial wombs - THEN NATURE CAN NEVER GET RID OF US

HA HA HA HA HA HA

NATURE, YOU WERE A TERRIBLE MOTHER, ALWAYS TRYING TO KILL US AND SHIT
FUCK YOU
SOON WE SHALL MAKE BABIES FROM BLOCKS
SOOOOON

[Sheb]

3D print babies?

[Scoops Novel]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7547-further-steps-towards-artificial-eggs-and-sperm.html <- 2005
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1223617/No-men-OR-women-needed-artificial-sperm-eggs-created-time.html <- 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8682142/Stem-cells-used-to-make-artificial-sperm.html <- 2011
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/japanese-scientists-create-artificial-sperms-from-stem-cells/ <- 2013
FUCK YEAH SCIENCE
Now we just need artificial wombs - THEN NATURE CAN NEVER GET RID OF US

HA HA HA HA HA HA

NATURE, YOU WERE A TERRIBLE MOTHER, ALWAYS TRYING TO KILL US AND SHIT
FUCK YOU
SOON WE SHALL MAKE BABIES FROM BLOCKS
SOOOOON

I didn't expect that- SOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[alway]

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-06/chinese-firm-gets-green-light-build-worlds-tallest-building-90-days

Building taller than Burj Khalifa to be built in China... In a mere 90 days.

[kaian-a-coel]

Beware the day microwave ovens are made illegal.

Aluminum foil

it would actually work... My gosh, tin foil hats, WORKING? For its intended purpose?

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-06/chinese-firm-gets-green-light-build-worlds-tallest-building-90-days

Building taller than Burj Khalifa to be built in China... In a mere 90 days.

And less than half the price.
THERE IS NO WAY ANYTHING COULD GO WRONG

[Mech#4]

Beware the day microwave ovens are made illegal.

Aluminum foil

it would actually work... My gosh, tin foil hats, WORKING? For its intended purpose?

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-06/chinese-firm-gets-green-light-build-worlds-tallest-building-90-days

Building taller than Burj Khalifa to be built in China... In a mere 90 days.

And less than half the price.
THERE IS NO WAY ANYTHING COULD GO WRONG

Pff, what's a tower then a bunch of houses stacked on top of each other.

[Sheb]

I dunno, it could work, although I don't expect them to maintain schedule once you account for all the wiring and stuff that need to be done inside.

It's only one floor every 10 hours after all.

Here's them building a 15 floor building, 2 days for the structure and 40 hours to finish it.

[10ebbor10]

The awesomeness that is prefab.

It would be very silly if they find out that they're missing a single piece afterwards.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

There's some skepticism over the 6-mile internal ramp, because it makes the building very weak.

[Sheb]

The awesomeness that is prefab.

It would be very silly if they find out that they're missing a single piece afterwards.

"Chief, why do we have one beam left?"

It's like an Ikea skyscraper.


MSH: any sources on that? I don't see what make ramp incompatible with the building's structure. the way I see it, you could just have it wind through the "cells", without interfering with them.

[10ebbor10]

Buildings like these derive their strength from uniformity of all the cells, and a near perfect weight distribution. The ramp winding itself through the cells disturbs that, and could form a weakpoint.

[Sheb]

Could be, but the company has experience building towers of that kind, although none that big. They can probably deal with the ramp.

According to wikipedia, they wanted to make the tower a "mere" 660 m high, but the local authority wanted the highest building in the world. I'm afraid they're being pushed beyond their capabilities.