Breakthrough - New World Record - Page 2

Re: Breakthrough - New World Record#220445

By The_Stig_Money - 16 Oct 10, 07:30

- 16 Oct 10, 07:30#220445

bud wrote:wow they dug a hole...

And did not have a cave in. LOL

Is it to early Chile?

"Ecclestone? You have to show respect for your elders..."

Luca di Montezemolo on B.E.'s response to "flag-gate"

Re: Breakthrough - New World Record#220453

By madbrad - 16 Oct 10, 13:02

- 16 Oct 10, 13:02#220453

darwin dali wrote:
madbrad wrote:I am well aware of all the Niagara tunnel's pertinent figures. I wasn't claiming anything great about the niagara tunnel. I just wanted to spew a statistic. It has the biggest machine.
That's a claim you're making which is not really supported:

I said I just wanted to spew a statisitc. I didn't claim it

I see from your news there's now a wider one, so my statistic is outdated. No matter what you build, if you're going for size, someone will eventually beat it. Hence you should go for beauty instead. Anyway that's why I used the word "apparently" earlier.

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Re: Breakthrough - New World Record#220459

By darwin dali - 16 Oct 10, 14:26

- 16 Oct 10, 14:26#220459

madbrad wrote:
darwin dali wrote:
madbrad wrote:I am well aware of all the Niagara tunnel's pertinent figures. I wasn't claiming anything great about the niagara tunnel. I just wanted to spew a statistic. It has the biggest machine.
That's a claim you're making which is not really supported:
I said I just wanted to spew a statisitc. I didn't claim it
I see from your news there's now a wider one, so my statistic is outdated. No matter what you build, if you're going for size, someone will eventually beat it. Hence you should go for beauty instead. Anyway that's why I used the word "apparently" earlier.

I don't think size was really a consideration. It was necessity and feasibility that guided them when they started it. At any rate, I think that was quite an engineering feat.