How to prevent wild fires.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

I was thinking of a cap with four or five supports that moves vertically. Since that would shade the solar collector, I've moved on to a housing on the North side with pivot points to the East and West for a a retractable segmented lid. Now I'm not sure about a fail-proof actuator.

A dome won't sway. The summit is constrained by the [concentricity?].



Where did that number come from? The (double-hulled California) swimming pool?

Why did you work on broken software instead of architect structures?

I've been thinking my living should be related to the things I can't help but spend time on, seeing how I've used up half my days now.

[freebeard]

Why did you work on broken software instead of architect structures?

If I put in even an hour a day on either one I'd see some progress. Things move slowly. I can't just get up out of a chair; I have to first think about how to get up without hurting myself, then lean forward until I'm looking at the floor, lift with my legs and then stand upright. Yikes, I'm starting sound like Xist.

I'm making incremental progress in Blender. Things react in unexpected ways and there are known unknown shortcuts and keyboard equivalents to learn. But it's free.

For physical structures, the current new thing (truncated 3v octahedron) could be built with ~$352 in materials -- 22ea 1.5"x12' aluminum pipe). I just bought a box of soda straws to make a model for $1.25.

[freebeard]

Here's what I've got so far. It's too nice a day to spend indoors.



It has soffited overhangs, tilt-up decks and a globe of water at the top. Detailing of fenestration and function of the water tank/solar collector/skylight remain.

Only took 5-6 hours so far. Mostly on that skylight, Box Select on vertexes wouldn't work so it got tedious, and it's still not done. Still it's set up for what it needs to do.

[redpoint5]

Perhaps the various house sizes could be represented by a letter system, with the lowest volume ones considered A-size, and each larger increment given an incremented letter designation. Sometimes double the letter instead of incrementing to the next letter, just to mess with people.

[freebeard]

Else you just put two of them side-by-side.