Sujet : Re: xkcd: Anchor Bolts
De : dtravel (at) *nospam* sonic.net (Dimensional Traveler)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.written rec.arts.comics.stripsDate : 19. Apr 2025, 21:57:22
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On 4/19/2025 1:22 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
xkcd: Anchor Bolts
https://xkcd.com/3078/
I want to see the drill. The largest earthen drill in the world to date is less than a couple of hundred feet in diameter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_(tunnel_boring_machine)
That bolt shaft has got to be at least a mile in diameter. Maybe a hundred miles in diameter, the scale is difficult to ascertain.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3078:_Anchor_Bolts
And somehow made of something that CANNOT melt....
-- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.
xkcd: Anchor Bolts
Re: xkcd: Anchor Bolts
