Building Melts Car

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Posted by Unknown on Monday September 2, 2013 @04:47PM from the when-buildings-attack dept.

eionmac writes "A new London skyscraper dubbed the 'Walkie Talkie' has been blamed for reflecting light which melted parts of a car parked on a nearby street."

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I'm melting! I'm melting! by kervin · 2013-09-02 16:51 · Score: 5, Funny

What a world... what a world...
1. Re:I'm melting! I'm melting! by Cryacin · 2013-09-02 22:29 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Eat that mythbusters! Archimedes was right! (Now all we need is to sail a trireme in to Fenchurch St somehow...)
  
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Happened in L.A., too... by sconeu · 2013-09-02 16:54 · Score: 5, Interesting

The Disney Concert Hall actually had to be "brushed". It was originally too shiny, and focused the sunlight in places. They had to give it a brushed finish after the fact to avoid this.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-02-24-concert-hall_x.htm

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1. Re:Happened in L.A., too... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-02 23:00 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The Captcha probably referred to your spelling. ;-)
Talk about a sensationalist headline by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-02 16:57 · Score: 4, Informative

If you say "Building melts car," I expect to see a photo of an entire car melted. Seriously.
1. Re:Talk about a sensationalist headline by oursland · 2013-09-02 23:36 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Next time someone says they were "burned" by something, I expect to a photo of the entire person converted to ashes. Seriously.
No! by puddingebola · 2013-09-02 17:04 · Score: 4, Funny

Dammit, I told them to angle the mirrored glass like I said! Parliament should be in flames and now the authorities have been alerted. They've failed me for the last time!
1. Re:No! by Tarlus · 2013-09-02 17:38 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Remember, remember
  The Second of September
  The Walkie-Talkie Building Parabolic Reflection
  And plot
  
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Re:Don't build big convex glass buildings by Zontar+The+Mindless · 2013-09-02 17:12 · Score: 4, Informative

I'm pretty sure you meant "big concave glass buildings".

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Re:Firies will tell you by bill_mcgonigle · 2013-09-02 17:12 · Score: 5, Interesting

yep - for the same reason, always pick up any glass bottles you find in the woods. It may be wet and rainy today, but they last a *long* time.

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Prior art in Las Vegas by danceswithtrees · 2013-09-02 17:22 · Score: 5, Interesting

Reminded me of this article a couple years back:
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/09/29/1622250/las-vegas-hotel-vdara-an-accidental-death-ray
Must be a hoax by scsirob · 2013-09-02 17:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Can't be. This is supposed to have happened in the UK, where there are only vague rumours that there's such an entity as the sun.
In the UK, the Sun is flat, made of paper and ink, and would definitely melt people's character if it gets a chance.

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Re:Don't build big *concave* glass buildings by ab8ten · 2013-09-02 19:00 · Score: 5, Informative

Yep. That hotel in Vegas, The Vdara, was designed by Rafael Vinoly. The London building was designed by..... Yep. Rafael Vinoly. No joke.

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