(urth) Ansible Interview

[James Wynn]

I don't understand the controversy here. 

>Thing is, the Whorl is the interior surface of a cylinder. Therefore, 
>"up" is always toward the center.

Absolutely not true. The premise here seems to be that all the land in the Whorl is "flat" (relative to the LS), and the mountains all point perpendicular to the LS. Very simplistic idea, and difficult to acheive for an environment that is a hollowed out asteroid. Anything built using a plumb would be perpendicular to the LS. All else would not unless it was coincidentally tilting parallel with the LS.

When it is Nightside, the sky consists of the lighted lands and people overhead. 

J
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