XPost: comp.theory.cell-automata   
   From: gumboot@REM-alnhatetnl-OVEclear.net.nz.retro.com   
      
   Gene P. wrote:   
   > Why does every variant of these structures I've read about insist on   
   > living INSIDE the structure and using spin or unobtainium as a proxy for   
   > gravity?   
   >   
   > Why not live OUTSIDE the shell and let solar gravity hold you down.   
      
   Firstly, is gravity really all that important?  If you're fussing over   
   all the environmental conditions that make life on earth work right then   
   you've got bigger problems than gravity.  With the scale of the project,   
   I'd have thought people would be happy to wait for suitable lifeforms to   
   evolve.  Although, you risk playing a eugenics game, there.  Is that it?   
   Is gravity only necessary to avoid the e-word?   
      
   Is the shell itself supposed to be weightless?  If not, can't its   
   gravity be put to some use?  I'm using this here 'Earth' collection   
   plate at the moment, and it seems to be working out alright.  I haven't   
   fallen off once.   
      
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