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rbowman
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On 08/28/2022 11:06 PM, whit3rd wrote:
Hopefully it isn\'t the sort of veneer that burns like a candle.
Hopefully it isn\'t the sort of veneer that burns like a candle.
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rbowman
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On 08/29/2022 03:11 AM, Martin Brown wrote:
I work in what used to be an old sugar beet factory. Very picturesque
but a HVAC nightmare. On sweltering summer days it\'s not uncommon to see
the engineering staff wearing hoodies while the people on the second
floor suffer heat stroke.
On 29/08/2022 04:41, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 28 Aug 2022 21:13:44 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On 08/28/2022 05:08 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
This is a recently constructed apartment near where I work. It\'s a
start, anyway.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/odtw9e9jumdjoth/18th_St_Bricks.jpg?raw=1
It looks industrial but at least it isn\'t PoMo. I\'m amused at the
attempts to get PoMo eyesores on the historic buildings register to save
them from Howard Roark style remodeling.
There are bits of it that are actually *curved*. And even
*decorative*.
It\'s not even grey. Somebody\'s gonna lose his architecture license.
It looks a bit like an imitation cotton mill to me. Converting them into
homes has been all the rage in places like Manchester.
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-an-old-cotton-mill-in-manchester-converted-into-apartments-uk-41298921.html
Perhaps a little more industrial that yours...
I work in what used to be an old sugar beet factory. Very picturesque
but a HVAC nightmare. On sweltering summer days it\'s not uncommon to see
the engineering staff wearing hoodies while the people on the second
floor suffer heat stroke.
J
John Larkin
Guest
On Sun, 28 Aug 2022 22:06:01 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
wrote:
It fits into the neighborhood, an old mix of industrial and
residential.
There are some modern horrors nearby.
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
wrote:
On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 8:41:20 PM UTC-7, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 28 Aug 2022 21:13:44 -0600, rbowman <bow...@montana.com
wrote:
On 08/28/2022 05:08 PM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
This is a recently constructed apartment near where I work. It\'s a
start, anyway.
It\'s not even grey. Somebody\'s gonna lose his architecture license.
The facing looks like prebuilt \"brick\" tile veneer; it\'s very expensive (masons, scaffolding)
to do brick on-site with that many parts, so... they sell panels, suitable for covering grey concrete.
The diagonal \'brickwork\', for instance, is clearly applied-like-tile, not true brick at all.
It\'s a quicker cosmetic solution than planting ivy.
It fits into the neighborhood, an old mix of industrial and
residential.
There are some modern horrors nearby.
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
W
whit3rd
Guest
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
E
Ed Lee
Guest
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 3:19:48 PM UTC-7, whit3rd wrote:
You have to be driving very high (as in flying) to see the curved reflector. As for driving, down town SF is very safe now, with around 30% of previous traffic.
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
You have to be driving very high (as in flying) to see the curved reflector. As for driving, down town SF is very safe now, with around 30% of previous traffic.
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server
Guest
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
wrote:
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
The top six floors are a giant LED array that displays artsy junk at
night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZh8htqrc
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
The top six floors are a giant LED array that displays artsy junk at
night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZh8htqrc
R
rbowman
Guest
On 08/29/2022 10:29 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower
For real ugly....
https://www.prudentialcenter.com/experiences/photo-galleries/31-nights-of-light-2021/
The Pru has penis envy since it\'s about 50\' shorter than the John
Hancock (discounting the radio antenna) so it has to get fancy.
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
The top six floors are a giant LED array that displays artsy junk at
night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZh8htqrc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower
For real ugly....
https://www.prudentialcenter.com/experiences/photo-galleries/31-nights-of-light-2021/
The Pru has penis envy since it\'s about 50\' shorter than the John
Hancock (discounting the radio antenna) so it has to get fancy.
L
Lasse Langwadt Christensen
Guest
tirsdag den 30. august 2022 kl. 06.29.13 UTC+2 skrev jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com:
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, covered in titanium
After complaints they calculated the problem spots and a guys spend months dulling the surface of those spots up with and orbital sander
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, covered in titanium
After complaints they calculated the problem spots and a guys spend months dulling the surface of those spots up with and orbital sander
M
Martin Brown
Guest
On 29/08/2022 23:19, whit3rd wrote:
There was a famous one in London - nicknamed the Walkie Talkie that had
concave sides and at certain times of year came very close to setting
fire to parked cars and shops that were at its focal point.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675
Cooked and melted a Jaguar car amongst others that made the news.
There were scorched shop windows too.
--
Regards,
Martin Brown
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
There was a famous one in London - nicknamed the Walkie Talkie that had
concave sides and at certain times of year came very close to setting
fire to parked cars and shops that were at its focal point.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675
Cooked and melted a Jaguar car amongst others that made the news.
There were scorched shop windows too.
--
Regards,
Martin Brown
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server
Guest
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:50:16 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
wrote:
Hideous.
In engineering school, we made fun of artsy architects who couldn\'t
build a reliable doghouse.
Architectural critics love those awful glass boxes. \"Ugly\" is simply
not in their vocabulary.
wrote:
On 08/29/2022 10:29 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
The top six floors are a giant LED array that displays artsy junk at
night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZh8htqrc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower
Hideous.
In engineering school, we made fun of artsy architects who couldn\'t
build a reliable doghouse.
For real ugly....
https://www.prudentialcenter.com/experiences/photo-galleries/31-nights-of-light-2021/
The Pru has penis envy since it\'s about 50\' shorter than the John
Hancock (discounting the radio antenna) so it has to get fancy.
Architectural critics love those awful glass boxes. \"Ugly\" is simply
not in their vocabulary.
S
server
Guest
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:04:38 -0700 (PDT), Lasse Langwadt Christensen
<langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:
I think there is a glass car cooker in Dallas too.
Downtown Dallas is especially ugly. Most of Dallas is ugly.
<langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:
tirsdag den 30. august 2022 kl. 06.29.13 UTC+2 skrev jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, covered in titanium
After complaints they calculated the problem spots and a guys spend months dulling the surface of those spots up with and orbital sander
I think there is a glass car cooker in Dallas too.
Downtown Dallas is especially ugly. Most of Dallas is ugly.
R
rbowman
Guest
On 08/30/2022 08:13 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
up an interview at Mostek in Carrollton. On the final to DFW I looked
around and thought \'This ain\'t going to work.\'
Back in the \'80s I had some strange urge to relocate to Texas and linedOn Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:04:38 -0700 (PDT), Lasse Langwadt Christensen
langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:
tirsdag den 30. august 2022 kl. 06.29.13 UTC+2 skrev jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, covered in titanium
After complaints they calculated the problem spots and a guys spend months dulling the surface of those spots up with and orbital sander
I think there is a glass car cooker in Dallas too.
Downtown Dallas is especially ugly. Most of Dallas is ugly.
up an interview at Mostek in Carrollton. On the final to DFW I looked
around and thought \'This ain\'t going to work.\'
R
rbowman
Guest
On 08/30/2022 08:07 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
Several of my friends were architects. I\'d hang around when they were
pulling their all-nighters in the Greene building doing grunt work and
making runs to McDonalds for nourishment.
\'From Our House to Bauhaus\' by Tom Wolfe. Fledgling architects in the
\'60s worshiped Mies and Le Corbu. \'Form follows function!\' was the
battle cry. Ironically their nest was a 1931 pile of brick.
https://archives.rpi.edu/institute-history/building-histories/greene-building
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:50:16 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On 08/29/2022 10:29 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
The top six floors are a giant LED array that displays artsy junk at
night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZh8htqrc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower
Hideous.
In engineering school, we made fun of artsy architects who couldn\'t
build a reliable doghouse.
Several of my friends were architects. I\'d hang around when they were
pulling their all-nighters in the Greene building doing grunt work and
making runs to McDonalds for nourishment.
Architectural critics love those awful glass boxes. \"Ugly\" is simply
not in their vocabulary.
\'From Our House to Bauhaus\' by Tom Wolfe. Fledgling architects in the
\'60s worshiped Mies and Le Corbu. \'Form follows function!\' was the
battle cry. Ironically their nest was a 1931 pile of brick.
https://archives.rpi.edu/institute-history/building-histories/greene-building
S
server
Guest
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:53:06 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
wrote:
Yes, Bauhaus didn\'t want to work in a Bauhaus building.
\"Form Follows Function\" is ironic, when those glass monsters sway and
tilt and drop slabs of glass on the sidewalk.
wrote:
On 08/30/2022 08:07 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:50:16 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On 08/29/2022 10:29 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
The top six floors are a giant LED array that displays artsy junk at
night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZh8htqrc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower
Hideous.
In engineering school, we made fun of artsy architects who couldn\'t
build a reliable doghouse.
Several of my friends were architects. I\'d hang around when they were
pulling their all-nighters in the Greene building doing grunt work and
making runs to McDonalds for nourishment.
Architectural critics love those awful glass boxes. \"Ugly\" is simply
not in their vocabulary.
\'From Our House to Bauhaus\' by Tom Wolfe. Fledgling architects in the
\'60s worshiped Mies and Le Corbu. \'Form follows function!\' was the
battle cry. Ironically their nest was a 1931 pile of brick.
https://archives.rpi.edu/institute-history/building-histories/greene-building
Yes, Bauhaus didn\'t want to work in a Bauhaus building.
\"Form Follows Function\" is ironic, when those glass monsters sway and
tilt and drop slabs of glass on the sidewalk.
S
server
Guest
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:41:10 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
wrote:
I had the same experience with Simmonds in New Jersey. Got a hotel,
looked around, canceled the interview, flew back home.
wrote:
On 08/30/2022 08:13 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:04:38 -0700 (PDT), Lasse Langwadt Christensen
langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:
tirsdag den 30. august 2022 kl. 06.29.13 UTC+2 skrev jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, covered in titanium
After complaints they calculated the problem spots and a guys spend months dulling the surface of those spots up with and orbital sander
I think there is a glass car cooker in Dallas too.
Downtown Dallas is especially ugly. Most of Dallas is ugly.
Back in the \'80s I had some strange urge to relocate to Texas and lined
up an interview at Mostek in Carrollton. On the final to DFW I looked
around and thought \'This ain\'t going to work.\'
I had the same experience with Simmonds in New Jersey. Got a hotel,
looked around, canceled the interview, flew back home.
J
Joe Gwinn
Guest
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:39:21 +0100, Martin Brown
<\'\'\'newspam\'\'\'@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
I do remember that. Was there a real long-term solution?
Joe Gwinn
<\'\'\'newspam\'\'\'@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
On 29/08/2022 23:19, whit3rd wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
There was a famous one in London - nicknamed the Walkie Talkie that had
concave sides and at certain times of year came very close to setting
fire to parked cars and shops that were at its focal point.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675
Cooked and melted a Jaguar car amongst others that made the news.
There were scorched shop windows too.
I do remember that. Was there a real long-term solution?
Joe Gwinn
R
rbowman
Guest
On 08/30/2022 10:05 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
It\'s now the \'Signature Room at the 95th\' and I forget what it was
called at the time but it\'s the 95th floor of the John Hancock in
Chicago. My wife and I dined there and the sway was noticeable.
It was \'72 or \'73 since the Sears Tower was still under construction. To
calibrate my personal inflation index when the bill came for the dinner
and a couple of bottles of champagne I put a hundred dollar bill on the
tray that covered the cost and a generous tip.
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:53:06 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On 08/30/2022 08:07 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:50:16 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On 08/29/2022 10:29 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
The top six floors are a giant LED array that displays artsy junk at
night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZh8htqrc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower
Hideous.
In engineering school, we made fun of artsy architects who couldn\'t
build a reliable doghouse.
Several of my friends were architects. I\'d hang around when they were
pulling their all-nighters in the Greene building doing grunt work and
making runs to McDonalds for nourishment.
Architectural critics love those awful glass boxes. \"Ugly\" is simply
not in their vocabulary.
\'From Our House to Bauhaus\' by Tom Wolfe. Fledgling architects in the
\'60s worshiped Mies and Le Corbu. \'Form follows function!\' was the
battle cry. Ironically their nest was a 1931 pile of brick.
https://archives.rpi.edu/institute-history/building-histories/greene-building
Yes, Bauhaus didn\'t want to work in a Bauhaus building.
\"Form Follows Function\" is ironic, when those glass monsters sway and
tilt and drop slabs of glass on the sidewalk.
It\'s now the \'Signature Room at the 95th\' and I forget what it was
called at the time but it\'s the 95th floor of the John Hancock in
Chicago. My wife and I dined there and the sway was noticeable.
It was \'72 or \'73 since the Sears Tower was still under construction. To
calibrate my personal inflation index when the bill came for the dinner
and a couple of bottles of champagne I put a hundred dollar bill on the
tray that covered the cost and a generous tip.
J
John Larkin
Guest
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:16:18 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
wrote:
Bourbon Street about that time, oysters were 10 cents each and a draft
beer was 25.
wrote:
On 08/30/2022 10:05 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:53:06 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On 08/30/2022 08:07 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:50:16 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On 08/29/2022 10:29 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
The top six floors are a giant LED array that displays artsy junk at
night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZh8htqrc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower
Hideous.
In engineering school, we made fun of artsy architects who couldn\'t
build a reliable doghouse.
Several of my friends were architects. I\'d hang around when they were
pulling their all-nighters in the Greene building doing grunt work and
making runs to McDonalds for nourishment.
Architectural critics love those awful glass boxes. \"Ugly\" is simply
not in their vocabulary.
\'From Our House to Bauhaus\' by Tom Wolfe. Fledgling architects in the
\'60s worshiped Mies and Le Corbu. \'Form follows function!\' was the
battle cry. Ironically their nest was a 1931 pile of brick.
https://archives.rpi.edu/institute-history/building-histories/greene-building
Yes, Bauhaus didn\'t want to work in a Bauhaus building.
\"Form Follows Function\" is ironic, when those glass monsters sway and
tilt and drop slabs of glass on the sidewalk.
It\'s now the \'Signature Room at the 95th\' and I forget what it was
called at the time but it\'s the 95th floor of the John Hancock in
Chicago. My wife and I dined there and the sway was noticeable.
It was \'72 or \'73 since the Sears Tower was still under construction. To
calibrate my personal inflation index when the bill came for the dinner
and a couple of bottles of champagne I put a hundred dollar bill on the
tray that covered the cost and a generous tip.
Bourbon Street about that time, oysters were 10 cents each and a draft
beer was 25.
R
rbowman
Guest
On 08/30/2022 10:07 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
Fortunately the Simmonds I worked for was in Vergennes VT. Scenic but it
was the longest winter of my life.
The best interview I ever had was at an aerospace company in San Diego.
They flew me out from Boston and the interview consisted of \'Do you know
<insert obscure programming language here>?\' When I said I didn\'t, he
thanked me for my time.
Now that may seem like a waste of time, but trust me a couple of free
days in San Diego in January beats the hell out of Boston. The return
flight was delayed at O\'Hare. It was 17 below and the service gantry
froze to the plane.
I suppose it would have made sense to ask the question during the
telephone interview but that\'s the war toys industry for you.
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:41:10 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On 08/30/2022 08:13 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:04:38 -0700 (PDT), Lasse Langwadt Christensen
langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:
tirsdag den 30. august 2022 kl. 06.29.13 UTC+2 skrev jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, covered in titanium
After complaints they calculated the problem spots and a guys spend months dulling the surface of those spots up with and orbital sander
I think there is a glass car cooker in Dallas too.
Downtown Dallas is especially ugly. Most of Dallas is ugly.
Back in the \'80s I had some strange urge to relocate to Texas and lined
up an interview at Mostek in Carrollton. On the final to DFW I looked
around and thought \'This ain\'t going to work.\'
I had the same experience with Simmonds in New Jersey. Got a hotel,
looked around, canceled the interview, flew back home.
Fortunately the Simmonds I worked for was in Vergennes VT. Scenic but it
was the longest winter of my life.
The best interview I ever had was at an aerospace company in San Diego.
They flew me out from Boston and the interview consisted of \'Do you know
<insert obscure programming language here>?\' When I said I didn\'t, he
thanked me for my time.
Now that may seem like a waste of time, but trust me a couple of free
days in San Diego in January beats the hell out of Boston. The return
flight was delayed at O\'Hare. It was 17 below and the service gantry
froze to the plane.
I suppose it would have made sense to ask the question during the
telephone interview but that\'s the war toys industry for you.
S
server
Guest
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:29:50 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
wrote:
I spent some weeks at Simmonds in Vergennes. My company supplied a
PDP-11 system to compute LNG volume in a bunch of tanks on a big
barge. They supplied the capacitance gages and analog electronics, we
digitized and did the math, taking into account tank shape and barge
tilt and stuff. PDP-11 assembly code.
I can\'t recall the name of the very nice lady I worked with (and got
very drunk with.)
At one point, roughly 1979, you could find an ad in Electronic News,
make a call or two, and have a ticket waiting at the airport for an
interview most anywhere. Great fun.
wrote:
On 08/30/2022 10:07 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:41:10 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On 08/30/2022 08:13 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:04:38 -0700 (PDT), Lasse Langwadt Christensen
langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:
tirsdag den 30. august 2022 kl. 06.29.13 UTC+2 skrev jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.
Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...
The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, covered in titanium
After complaints they calculated the problem spots and a guys spend months dulling the surface of those spots up with and orbital sander
I think there is a glass car cooker in Dallas too.
Downtown Dallas is especially ugly. Most of Dallas is ugly.
Back in the \'80s I had some strange urge to relocate to Texas and lined
up an interview at Mostek in Carrollton. On the final to DFW I looked
around and thought \'This ain\'t going to work.\'
I had the same experience with Simmonds in New Jersey. Got a hotel,
looked around, canceled the interview, flew back home.
Fortunately the Simmonds I worked for was in Vergennes VT. Scenic but it
was the longest winter of my life.
I spent some weeks at Simmonds in Vergennes. My company supplied a
PDP-11 system to compute LNG volume in a bunch of tanks on a big
barge. They supplied the capacitance gages and analog electronics, we
digitized and did the math, taking into account tank shape and barge
tilt and stuff. PDP-11 assembly code.
I can\'t recall the name of the very nice lady I worked with (and got
very drunk with.)
The best interview I ever had was at an aerospace company in San Diego.
They flew me out from Boston and the interview consisted of \'Do you know
insert obscure programming language here>?\' When I said I didn\'t, he
thanked me for my time.
Now that may seem like a waste of time, but trust me a couple of free
days in San Diego in January beats the hell out of Boston. The return
flight was delayed at O\'Hare. It was 17 below and the service gantry
froze to the plane.
I suppose it would have made sense to ask the question during the
telephone interview but that\'s the war toys industry for you.
At one point, roughly 1979, you could find an ad in Electronic News,
make a call or two, and have a ticket waiting at the airport for an
interview most anywhere. Great fun.