From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Stefan Ram  schrieb:   
   > danny burstein  wrote or quoted:   
   >>pretty decent set of Wiki writes-up   
   >   
   >   From what I've seen as a software designer, mostly on the side,   
   >   here's how I'd roll with building something reflective that's   
   >   200 meters wide, 170 km long, and 500 meters tall:   
   >   
   >   Start by making something reflective but smaller - like 20 meters   
   >   wide, 50 meters long, and 10 meters high - and run with that for   
   >   a few years to get the hang of it.   
   >   
   >   After that, you can maybe scale up by adding something next   
   >   to it that's 150 meters long, 50 meters wide, and 50 meters   
   >   tall, and keep going like that.   
   >   
   >   I'm thinking of calling it "agile building architecture" and   
   >   patenting it.   
      
   Unfortunately, the scaling laws of mechanics are not that easy.   
   Compare the thickness of legs for mice and elephants, and you   
   may get an idea why.   
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