Las Vegas Hotel Vdara an Accidental Death Ray 218
evanism writes "A hotel in Las Vegas is accidentally designed to be a massive parabolic dish that focuses the suns rays into a death ray! Burns hair, plastic and causes pain." It apparently lasts for several minutes during afternoons of bright sunlight, but if you need to perform science on it, you better hurry since they plan to ruin/fix it.
Too much money to fix, thing outside the box (Score:5, Funny)
you better hurry since they plan to ruin/fix it.
Rather than paying the incredible expense of re-engineering the hotel's windows they should just rename. Simply change the stationary and signage to "L'Hotel du Auschwitz".
Hey, they could offer free tatoos, too. Tell people that they're lucky numbers.
It's a feature (Score:2, Funny)
They just haven't gotten around to installing the Sterling motors and generators yet.
Post a warning? (Score:3, Funny)
Wouldn't the simplest solution be to post a warning? They could set up an infrared camera to monitor where the hot spot is, and have a monitor displaying it, so people could avoid it.
Or rent it out (Score:5, Funny)
After all, your beginners science class taught that "focus" is where the sons raise meat.
Re:Post a warning? (Score:5, Funny)
They could set up an infrared camera...
Damn engineers and their overcomplicated solutions. Why can't people just look for where the smoke and smell of charred human flesh is coming from?
One pun over the edge (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Post a warning? (Score:5, Funny)
"Do not look into hotel with remaining eye."
What Happens In Vegas (Score:2, Funny)
Hooray! (Score:3, Funny)
S'mores for everyone!
Rejected marketing slogan... (Score:3, Funny)
What lies in Vegas, fries in Vegas.
Re:Too much money to fix, thing outside the box (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Images (Score:3, Funny)
Damn you, now I am going to have to read the article.
Hotels in Space (Score:3, Funny)
In order to circumvent the treaty to not weaponize space, the USA plans to build "Hotels" in space.
Re:Too much money to fix, thing outside the box (Score:2, Funny)
An elegant weapon, from a more civilized age
Re:They did exactly that!! (Score:3, Funny)
Read the whole article - the "solution" is to put in a small forest of very thick umbrellas! No joke, they are not touching the windows at all!
Well, this certainly isn't the first time someone has tried to fix architectural flaws in windows with a patch that's nothing more than a coverup.