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unixsource.org — This is what happens when a designer forgets which way the sun goes and puts glass in the shape of a parabolic mirror on a building.

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 11, 2007

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  • z00k, on 10/10/2007, -2/+356Must... Find... Ants...
  • AcidAsylum, on 10/10/2007, -4/+142haha... Mirror...
  • Sp0rAdiC, on 10/10/2007, -1/+135I like the path of dead grass. They should integrate some kind of sculpture in that spot that does something, varying on times of day and season, with the alignment of the reflections.
  • snarkleclackers, on 10/10/2007, -3/+116Mirror: http://flickr.com/photos/11123850@N06/1078249784/
    Because no one wants a server to die.
  • briansearles, on 10/10/2007, -0/+99It would be nice if we had an outside picture.
  • cshields, on 10/10/2007, -2/+87Google street view of the building (55 S Almaden, San Jose, CA): http://tinyurl.com/23gax7
  • lastdalek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8030 second tanning anyone?
  • Lane, on 10/10/2007, -4/+79lets hope this i fixed by coating each window with it's own color which could not only reduce the glare but also make a very entertaining rainbow effect.
  • Pile, on 10/10/2007, -2/+77They need to put a bar-b-cue pit in the front courtyard.
  • snarkleclackers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+72No. But I like to pretend that it was.
  • antdude, on 10/10/2007, -2/+52Noo! Not me!! :(
  • Muncher, on 10/10/2007, -0/+50Wow, you're easily offended.
  • InetRoadkill, on 10/10/2007, -0/+49Looks like a good place for a solar panel ---- shaped like an ant.
  • zeroooooooooooo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+47Parabolas focus incoming light to a point. As the sun moves, so does this point. Burnination.
  • Lavarock, on 10/10/2007, -7/+54You found an interesting photo, but for christsakes learn to title.
  • coheedcollapse, on 10/10/2007, -0/+41If I made a sculpture on that spot, it would be a man on fire.
  • Flame500, on 10/10/2007, -1/+42Worlds biggest solar hot dog cooker!

    Science fair here I come
  • vagrantwade, on 10/10/2007, -2/+40That's awesome! A van parked on a sidewalk!
  • petard, on 10/10/2007, -1/+36pun intended?
  • tugger, on 10/10/2007, -3/+36Not possible, us brits only get 4hrs of sun a year, and thats in mid-winter.

    Norman foster could have designed this building... no-one can ***** something up like he can....
  • ChildeRoland420, on 10/10/2007, -3/+36Why would someone want to burn their gras... em... lawn?
  • TnTBass, on 10/10/2007, -0/+29They were standing right under it... I only see a brown spot now... can't imagine what happened to them.
  • zuul86, on 10/10/2007, -2/+30Look that ant is still smoking...oh...thats a human...
  • Frostek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/skymirror/frames/skylongframe.html

    There's the Sky Mirror in Nottingham which is covered at certain times of the day, for fear it might ignite pigeons...
  • RogerStrong, on 10/10/2007, -2/+29Didn't this also happen in Britain a few years ago, where it started cooking the pavement below?
  • eelriver, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25That must have driven the groundskeepers crazy. They probably show up first thing in the morning when the sun isn't on the grass and had no idea what was happening.
  • solidsnake1298, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24Don't forget about plastic army men.
  • anamanaman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24Start with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics
  • smackhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23i'd put a solar panel just large enough to capture the light that you've already concentrated in that small area.
  • ChrisAlbon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25Someone needs to buy these guys a solar panel.
  • redfox2600, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23cshields posted it below
    Google street view of the building (55 S Almaden, San Jose, CA): http://tinyurl.com/23gax7
    *insert subprime banking joke here*
  • ADent, on 10/10/2007, -1/+24Anybody have a picture of the building itself?
  • KennMac, on 10/10/2007, -2/+23He's being buried because he just made a "the sky is blue" comment.
  • digggggggggg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21"Oh yeah, our company had a solar powered hot tub. We had all our meetings there!

    Yup... it was great, right up until that minute where everyone went blind and got second degree burns all over..."
  • germ007, on 10/10/2007, -6/+25Crazy how it's killed the grass. Shoulda put hot tub there - perfect for those afternoon meetings.
  • jmpeagle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18the light is being reflected off a curved shiny surface and concentrating on a smaller area like so http://library.thinkquest.org/22915/parabolic2.gif although the arrows should be going the other way
  • StarManta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Except that the sun would glare in your eyes from every direction.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17Looks like a job for a temp.
  • screensnot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17Yeah, cause there is no better way to make a sun dial easy to read, than reflecting light at it from a bunch of different directions.
  • berb, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18I doubt that point is even the focus of the converged light, thankfully (it's probably somewhere below the ground but on the same angle if you know what I'm trying to get at).

    If it really was the focus, then all the light being reflected from the gigantic building on a sunny day would easily ignite that dead grass.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16they should put a pond there with the hot water boilers intake pipes running through it, would save a bit of money.
  • haydesigner, on 10/10/2007, -5/+20You might want to think that through one more time.
  • KennMac, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15The chared, dead, grass around the focal point's movement is the whole point of the picture, you geniuses!

    What, you thought a picture of some reflected light just makes the front page?
  • Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Yeah. Someone should think to put a matte black statue in that area. With a heat sink. Attach it to the boiler room, get some energy efficiency out of the deal.
  • AeonTorpor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13More like 31 second 2nd degree burns.
  • Hayaemsay, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Why not a pool? It would be self heating in the summer.
  • Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Um. Disgusting? I assume you're disgusted that an architect got *paid* for designing a heat hazard.
  • Mooky555, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16Looks like a ghost trap from Ghostbusters
  • Sneakeh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Just kill yourself. Thanks.
  • lujoko, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12if i was smart enough, i would have done it on purpose.
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