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To: Jonty30
It also limited how high we could because to build them higher would have required bigger bases ...

There's a math problem in there somewhere....

14 posted on 12/31/2011 6:49:58 PM PST by Principled
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To: Principled

No, in principle there isn’t.

Like all building structures, there is an optimal ration, when using any building material as to how much of a foundation is needed in order to build up.

If your foundation is too narrow, the structure will be too unstable and will collapse. And you can only build your structure as high as your materials will support. If you try to build higher, your foundation material will eventually crack and stop supporting the building.


16 posted on 12/31/2011 6:57:40 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Principled; Jonty30
Jonty30 ~ It also limited how high we could because to build them higher would have required bigger bases ...

Principled ~ There's a math problem in there somewhere....

All your base are belong to us.

19 posted on 12/31/2011 7:25:04 PM PST by null and void (Day 1075 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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