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I'm imagining this as a one-person tube-shaped vertical shaft. From the ground floor, a person gets in, presses the button for the floor to which they wish to go. The hydraulic floor accelerates you to the velocity necessary for you to get to that floor. As you go sailing up to your floor, the hydraulic
device sinks back to the ground to wait for the next passenger. When you arrive at your floor (the apex of your flight), you start to fall, and a metal floor slides into the cylinder to comfortably catch you.
Elevator Music.
http://www.lyricsfr...n-halen/142804.html [Amos Kito, Oct 04 2004]
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Presumably this shaft is only one way. I wouldn't want to meet someone on the way down as I'm on the way up. |
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Yes, I think it would have to be one-way. Also probably could only start at the ground floor, unless this hydraulic "booster" was as long as the building is tall. |
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Could the hydraulic floor decelerate you when you want to go back to the ground floor? If so, I'd better get a take-out lid for my coffee. |
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//sounds like The Jetsons// No, the Jetsons suck. In the elevator. Whatever. Nevermind. |
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Has anyone else here played in a paternoster??Whohooo! |
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// I think it would have to be one-way // |
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That's what the 20-story fire pole is for... |
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//No, the Jetsons suck.// I think the Jetsons blow. From underneath. Could be wrong. |
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I'm not so sure I want to be upchucked. |
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In the Dragonlance fantasy world, the gnome race (a bunch of humorously impractical inventors) uses gnome-a-pults to get from floor to floor of their mountain home. Which also happens to be a mordant volcano. |
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I knew there was something you guys reminded me of. |
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[eugene]! You take that back now!...er hang on... |
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