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Perpetual Skislope

Posted by michael on from the round-and-round-she-goes dept.

the hollow room writes: "How about skiing on a never ending slope? A story at New Scientist suggests that some fool is going to try to build one of these. Built like a huge tilted record player, it can spin at up to 30 km/h. Any takers?"

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  1. And when you fall on your ass... by R2.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You travel up the hill, go into the equipment area, get sprayed with man made snow, and turn into a mogul.

    I want to see it built just for the entries into the Darwin Awards it will generate.

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  2. Let me be the first to predict... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that it's all downhill from here.

  3. Hang on... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Didn't M.C.Escher draw one of these?

    Oh wait, that was steps...

  4. rotational speed is important by LM741N · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Scientists debated for weeks over whether 33, 45, or 78 rpm was the best speed for skiing"

  5. The old saying... by FakePlasticDubya · · Score: 4, Funny

    So couldn't this somehow be used so that someone could end up walking to school, in the snow, uphill BOTH ways?

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