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April 28, 2004
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I do not understand why there is a prevalence of elevators in Hong Kong that service only odd or even floors. For those who counter it is quicker and more efficient, it is obvious you have never ridden one. Inevitably at least one person gets in the wrong lift and either tries to get out while they still can or they hit the nearest floor to change over. Instead you could have all the lifts servicing all the floors at the same time. Revolutionary, I know. That way there can be twice as many people charging in or out, thereby increasing the shoulder charging and full body contact that is elevator riding in Hong Kong. posted by Simon on 04.28.04 at 09:32 PM in the
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I can beat that - at one time I lived in a building that had two sets of three lifts, each of which stopped on every 3rd floor. Each floor had two lifts (on opposite sides) and each side had the display for the other side, so (if you were in a hurry) you could rush round to the other side - and probably just miss the lift! posted by: Chris on 04.29.04 at 11:50 AM [permalink]There's a software toy called SimTower that allows you to build your own hi-rise. One interesting feature is scheduling elevators, it let's you easily adjust their parameters and play with them to see what works and what doesn't. posted by: Ted on 04.29.04 at 10:43 PM [permalink]Lift etiquette of total lack therof---is down to an art in the mainland. It always amused me how they act in exactly the same way whether they are using the lift alone or if it's packed with people. posted by: MJO on 04.30.04 at 05:20 PM [permalink] Some one beat me to the mention of SimTower (later YootTower). The trick to a really big tower was to make the lifts stop every second floor. Using this you could still build a maximum size tower even when the number of lifts was restricted. My guess would be that the building lifts were constructed by someone who played too much SimTower :-) posted by: Ozguru on 05.03.04 at 01:49 PM [permalink] |
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