tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post114251645560829071..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: Jefferson's Wall, Take TwoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-4203566295478732932007-08-22T00:02:00.000-07:002007-08-22T00:02:00.000-07:00I would run it past an engineer and then see if yo...I would run it past an engineer and then see if you can sell the idea. Maybe you can make a few bucks for it. <BR/><BR/>stuart<BR/>my <A HREF="http://www.politicsforumpoliticalworld.com/" REL="nofollow">political forum</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1152775962621645832006-07-13T00:32:00.000-07:002006-07-13T00:32:00.000-07:00You are one arrogant SOB. Why not rewrite the Decl...You are one arrogant SOB. Why not rewrite the Declaration of Independence, re-design the Taj Mahal, and send out blank Christmas cards?<BR/><BR/>AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1142627295342709672006-03-17T12:28:00.000-08:002006-03-17T12:28:00.000-08:00My thinking, exactly, Gavin! But you remain ahead...My thinking, exactly, Gavin! But you remain ahead of me in execution; I've not gotten around to trying. I intuit two problems (hardly insurmountable, but still notable): 1) Figuring out the arc lengths of the sine curves; and 2) Fixing in place the bottom of the wall.<BR/><BR/>Regarding 1), it turns out that the calculus for deriving the arc length of a sine curve has been done already--see the Mathematica site, for instance. It's not a pretty integral, but it'll do. Also, Jefferson used a clever hack--see the notes I linked to.<BR/><BR/>Regarding 2), I suppose it ought to suffice to run a string from end to end, connecting at each vertical portion of the wall. That should save the trouble of, say, carving a sine curve into a foam base.Tom W. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790351458154066358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1142549696787501102006-03-16T14:54:00.000-08:002006-03-16T14:54:00.000-08:00I suppose I *could* patent it, Glen, supposing the...I suppose I *could* patent it, Glen, supposing their no prior art that gets in the way. I've poked around and found nothing. Well, anyhow, now that I've published that blog post, I have one year to file a patent.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you can picture it, and can only apologize that I didn't do a better job of sketching it out. I drew those plans for our architect, who undoubtedly knows how to decipher plans drafted in the standard the FRONT/TOP/SIDE format. I really should just make a wee model and photograph it.<BR/><BR/>The colors, by the way, are simply sections--vertical slices through the wall, designed to help reveal its structure. They bring out, in particular, the fact that the structure of the wall creates a series of arches. That'll get you bonus points for strength.Tom W. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790351458154066358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1142543749146663122006-03-16T13:15:00.000-08:002006-03-16T13:15:00.000-08:00Cool. You should totally patent that. I mean, uh...Cool. You should totally patent that. I mean, uh, buy up all those "someone improves serpentine masonry" futures before the word gets out. <BR/><BR/>But seriously, I think it's a neat idea. I'm pretty sure I have a good picture of it in my head from the verbal description, but I'm not a draftsman, so your diagrams didn't help much. Maybe a better key for the meanings of the colors would have clarified things.Glen Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425907466575991113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1142531082791292562006-03-16T09:44:00.000-08:002006-03-16T09:44:00.000-08:00Yeah, yeah. I bet the Canadians said the same thi...Yeah, yeah. I bet the Canadians said the same thing about Jefferson's Declaration of Independence. "Can you believe what they're building next door? An independent nation! There go our property values, down the loo. Isn't there a zoning regulation forbidding that sort of thing?"Tom W. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790351458154066358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1142530382841992712006-03-16T09:33:00.000-08:002006-03-16T09:33:00.000-08:00...and there goes the neighborhood. at the very l......and there goes the neighborhood. <BR/><BR/>at the very least, this design should earn us a series of anonymous postcards from that villain known only as "landscaping man."<BR/><BR/>i kid! i kid because i love.dgmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049888210783313681noreply@blogger.com