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Austrian Town Sees the Light
pin_gween writes "The Austrian town of Rattenberg (a 10 minute walk from sunlight during the winter) plans to install a mirror on a mountain to redirect sunlight towards the town. The town was built in the winter shadow of Rat Mountain. The plan is to place heliostat mirrors to shine light in several locations around town, where villagers could 'congregate and get sunned up.' The EU is ponying up half the $2.4 million costs. The company installing the mirrors, Bartenbach Lichtlabor GmbH, is contributing $600,000, and hopes other communities will use their technology."
SIMPSONS DID IT!!
We played dungeons and dragons for 3 hours.....then i was slain by an elf
If there's a glitch in focusing, then the people get fried like ants?
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There was this project about a decade back - to light up scandinavian countries (or is it Greenland), to bring light the same way. The environmentalists raised a stink. Googled, but could not find it; Can anyone throw light on that one?
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During peacetime, it brings light to the people, but if war is declared - instant Archimedes Death Ray! :D
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...that the mirror companies decision to pay for some of the cost will reflect well on them over time.
Well, yes, probably. That said, I wonder if this might actually attract a certain type of warped tourist to the town? The City of Eternal Darkness, lit only by giant mirrors that reflect an eerie faded sunlight onto its dismal roofs... Chances are something Lovecraftian lives there.
Myself, I'd be heading up the hill to stick a giant cut-out of a bat onto one of the mirrors :-)
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Well, the EU made Finland lower their taxes on alcohol... and since Estonia has joined the EU, the import tariffs on cheap Estonian vodka have fallen, too. ("Viru Valge" at 80%, anyone?) So the EU is actually doing something for the Finns and their cold winter nights ;)
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the puppetiers better be prepared for massive sunburn, then.
the Austrian variety of kangaroo's live deep deep underground in dark cold caverns, they'll be alright.
I can't seem to read the site. It seems to be slashdotted.
So, does anyone have a good...umm...mirror?
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For a sneak peek at what happens next, see the classic Thunderbirds episode "Lord Parker's 'Oliday" :)
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Is Wyle E. Coyote and a giant "Acme" mirror.
Unintended consequences ensue.
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Nah... The lack of hurricanes in my neighbourhood just lowered my thirst for knowledge of how to defeat them.
I already know how to defeat hippies...
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and send a photographer to capture the ensuing hilarity.. er, um.. I'm mean document the event.
Is this the place people have been telling me to stick my head all these years? Gosh I thought they meant something else.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
> Why would the kid sue someone's pants specifically?
Sue their pants OFF. You know these kids nowadays, they can never get enough pr0n, even if they have to sue for it.
stick a giant cut-out of a bat
damn it the only reason i came in this thread was to say that!