Unwashed Village

General Discussion => Unwashed Village => Topic started by: Doombot on August 11, 2007, 06:14:35 PM

Title: Take THAT ants!
Post by: Doombot on August 11, 2007, 06:14:35 PM: This is what happens when a designer forgets which way the sun goes and puts glass in the shape of a parabolic mirror on a building. (http://digg.com/design/Building_s_glass_reflections_PIC)

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1431/1078249784_e3a34a511b.jpg)

Link to outside the building.
55 S Almaden Blvd San Jose, CA 95113 (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=55+S+Almaden+Blvd,+San+Jose,+Santa+Clara,+California+95113,+United+States&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.658568,68.027344&ie=UTF8&cd=1&ll=37.334934,-121.894308&spn=0.005502,0.008304&z=17&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.333137,-121.894363&cbp=1,244.68750000000017,0.5191298145724453,0)
Title: Re: Take THAT ants!
Post by: Tank on August 11, 2007, 06:46:45 PM: My god, that's brilliant :fireman:
Title: Re: Take THAT ants!
Post by: Doombot on August 12, 2007, 05:37:06 AM: Quote from: Tank on August 11, 2007, 06:46:45 PM
My god, that's brilliant :fireman:

The patches of dead grass really make the photo funny. =)
Title: Re: Take THAT ants!
Post by: The SysMan on August 13, 2007, 11:22:49 PM: Case in point: My Dad's idea at our kitchen.
He made it with a sort of glass window that comes up over your head so you can see the sky and everything.
Its great.

...

Until it gets dark.
Then the only lightsource is behind you. Try cutting things with your shadow over everything. Not the BEST idea he's had, but at least he had a go :P
Title: Re: Take THAT ants!
Post by: Doombot on August 13, 2007, 11:43:13 PM: Quote from: The SysMan on August 13, 2007, 11:22:49 PM
Case in point: My Dad's idea at our kitchen.
He made it with a sort of glass window that comes up over your head so you can see the sky and everything.
Its great.

...

Until it gets dark.
Then the only lightsource is behind you. Try cutting things with your shadow over everything. Not the BEST idea he's had, but at least he had a go :P

My Uncle Lefty had a similar situation in his kitchen.
Title: Re: Take THAT ants!
Post by: The SysMan on August 13, 2007, 11:56:06 PM: How did he fix it?
Title: Re: Take THAT ants!
Post by: Doombot on August 14, 2007, 12:02:11 AM: Quote from: The SysMan on August 13, 2007, 11:56:06 PM
How did he fix it?

He didn't... at least not in time, hence the name: Uncle Lefty. =/
Title: Re: Take THAT ants!
Post by: The SysMan on August 14, 2007, 03:48:04 AM: Ah.
Gotcha
Title: Re: Take THAT ants!
Post by: Hoopy Frood on August 14, 2007, 04:15:54 AM: Had he done it to the other side he would have been all right.
Title: Re: Take THAT ants!
Post by: Doombot on August 14, 2007, 05:18:57 AM: Quote from: Hoopy Frood on August 14, 2007, 04:15:54 AM
Had he done it to the other side he would have been all right.

Gotta hand it to you... you're right. Unlike Lefty.
Title: Re: Take THAT ants!
Post by: The SysMan on August 14, 2007, 06:03:42 AM: Ahh. Manual Humour. How quaint.
Title: Re: Take THAT ants!
Post by: Larspeart on August 14, 2007, 07:53:41 AM: F--king ants! Little bastards deserve it.

With their higher social structures, and perfectly harmonious society. Arrogent pricks.