From: newsposter@andor.dropbear.id.au   
      
   On Sun, 8 Oct 2017 01:15:56 -0700 (PDT), nuny@bid.nes    
   wrote:   
   | On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 7:29:14 PM UTC-7, 0something0 wrote:   
   |> I meant a Banks Orbital only in the structure itself, not the people of   
   |> culture in it.   
   |   
   |   Then you're back to Ringworld.   
      
      
   That's not the only difference. Ringworld is mind-bogglingly huge, with   
   the star located at the center, and shadow rings for day-night cycles.   
      
   Orbitals are much smaller, down to single planet sized surface areas,   
   (or less) and orbit the star like a normal planet would.   
      
   I can't remember how they did the day-night thing. Maybe shutters on an   
   enclosing roof structure?   
      
      
   |> This means I gotta figure out how a civilization can make hypermaterials   
   |> and yet not acheive total automation and singularity.   
   |   
   |   You can have a priest/philosopher/engineer social class that delves into   
   ancient languages, hunts up old books and whatnot, and experiments in forges   
   blazing at odd hours of the day and night.   
   |   
   |> Better look into Dune...   
   |   
   |   Why Dune?   
      
      
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