From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Christian Weisgerber   wrote:   
   >On 2025-11-16, Thomas Koenig  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Saudi-Arabia wanted to build a 170 km * 200 m (widht) * 500 m (height)   
   >> building/city, outside totally made of glass, including high-speec   
   >> trains.   
   >   
   >I've been mystified why they chose a line.  Doesn't that maximize   
   >the average distance between two arbitrary points?  Isn't that   
   >exactly the opposite of what you want for a city?  Or was the idea   
   >to build this out of repeating segments, so a citizen could spent   
   >their life in one segment and would never have to travel the length   
   >of the line?   
   >   
   >--   
   >Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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