<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> David Duffy <davidD@qimr.edu.au><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><br>
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010, Jerry Friedman wrote:<br><br>>> What details does he have? The room is big, with a low ceiling, and he<br>>> recognizes it as a drop ceiling.<br>>> There are lots of alcoves and niches around the walls, presumably the outlines<br>>> of the original rooms,<br>>> and there's a uniform tile floor. That might be enough. Big rooms usually have<br>>> high ceilings; this one's<br>>> low ceiling suggests the ceiling isn't the original. And big rooms in a palace<br>>> might be expected to have<br>>> neat, symmetrical plans; this one's irregular outlines, probably shaped like<br>>> parts of rooms, would also be a clue.<br>>><br>>> Stay tuned for the next episode of This Old House Absolute.<br><br>>I always took this as an homage to _The Trial_.<br><br>Sorry, I haven't read _The Trial_. What's the homage? The architecture of the
antechamber?<br>The possibility of waiting indefinitely? (Though Wikip tells me Josef K.'s case was disposed<br>of in a year.)<br><br>Jerry Friedman <br><br>Cheers, David Duffy.<br>_______________________________________________<br>Urth Mailing List<br>To post, write <a ymailto="mailto:urth@urth.net" href="mailto:urth@urth.net">urth@urth.net</a><br><span>Subscription/information: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.urth.net">http://www.urth.net</a></span><br></div></div>
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