(urth) Ansible Interview

[Matthew Groves]

Cerainly "up" is always toward the axis of the spin, regardless of
whether anything is tilted.  Presumably the long sun is aligned along
that axis, no?  But the point regarding shadows is that it's always
noon under the long sun, and so there wouldn't be any "valleys filled
with shadow."

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:46 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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