[TML] "Dies the Fire"

[Timothy Little]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 08:41:00PM -0500, Richard Aiken wrote:
> BTW, how could you have a hole that only opens into ocean on one
> side?

Water will settle to a state where the surface is at the same
gravitational potential everywhere - "equal height", except that
height in this case is measured in both directions from the centre.


> Hey!  I just thought of a design reason for having big holes.
> Incoming debris - comets, asteroids, etc - can't be destroyed
> without the pieces continuing on to impact the disk anyway.  So if
> there isn't enough time for robotic tugs to steer such debris away
> from the disk entirely, big holes exist to allow a chance at passing
> safely *through* it.

There's already a big hole in the middle easily big enough for a
*star* to pass through, but if you want the holes in there for plot
purposes anyway ...  ;-)


- Tim