---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Mark Tiller" <mtiller at ntlworld.com> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:56:10 +0100 >-----Original Message----- >From: 'Matthew Hunter' [mailto:matthew at infodancer.org] >Sent: 03 September 2003 16:39 >To: dragaera at dragaera.info >Subject: Re: floating castles >>> 2. The rope would have to be several miles long as a single strand and >>> strong enough to support it's own weight and the cargo. > >>My God Man, have you never heard of knots? We are not building a >>space elevator! > >Somebody mentioned using a block and tackle (well pulleys anyway). Putting >a rope with knots in it through a block and tackle is very difficult. >And why not a space elevator! :) ... "Morrolan e'Drien And the Great Glass Elevator." The only saving grace of that would be Morrolan in bottle- glass-green tight pants. >P.S. I can't understand why the Dragereans are so focused on their own >world. They know that other worlds exist. Maybe there's a rule against having extra worlds in your closet, or something? Maybe the gods won't permit people to focus too much on those other worlds, for fear of people storing up power and allies and demons and whatnot in a convenient little extradimensional box. ¬ MJ "Daymar And The Chocolate Factory" would rock.