Good point residentweevil, but I disagree: it's not that they name it differently but they actually classify the colors differently. According to the chart above, for Himba people, red is composed of different hues than what we call red.
There are two scientific camp of thoughts here: the first , called "cultural relativitist" said that culture shapes man's perception and hence his classification of color. The second, called "universalist" said that color is so basic it's hard coded in the brain.
Which one is correct? Who knows, there is evidence for both.
I heard that the British govt is trying to dismantle them due to concern for public safety (some people comandeered and lived in these forts for a while!)
It's still amusing even if it's not real! :) I heard that Kingdom Ka is bigger than TTD - only that it closed a week after opening, due to technical difficulties and never re-open again (it's been a year?)
Thanks Nicholas Dollak - you're right about the link, it's fixed now. Also, I misspelled harpsichord - fixed too.
The builder wanted to build a lego piano at first, but found out that the structure couldn't stand up to the tension. From the website:
"Originally, upon thinking about the potentials of making a LEGO musical instrument, I had hoped to reproduce a piano, but ditched the idea due to the enormous tension involved (40,000 lbs.)--there's a reason why pianos have steel frames. Its ancestor, the harpsichord, seemed more practically possible--the key/jack workings are simple levers, the strings are plucked, it's smaller, and it maintains less tension. Coincidentally, I was in my Bach phase anyways."
Guessed right in just 9 minutes by yawfren - a record, btw. Er, how come so many of you know that it's a thumbscrew? What kind of people read Neatorama?
Here's where I get it from: Yossie Silverman's freakishly cool collection of handcuffs and other strange devices at Blacksteel
There are two scientific camp of thoughts here: the first , called "cultural relativitist" said that culture shapes man's perception and hence his classification of color. The second, called "universalist" said that color is so basic it's hard coded in the brain.
Which one is correct? Who knows, there is evidence for both.
The builder wanted to build a lego piano at first, but found out that the structure couldn't stand up to the tension. From the website:
"Originally, upon thinking about the potentials of making a LEGO musical instrument, I had hoped to reproduce a piano, but ditched the idea due to the enormous tension involved (40,000 lbs.)--there's a reason why pianos have steel frames. Its ancestor, the harpsichord, seemed more practically possible--the key/jack workings are simple levers, the strings are plucked, it's smaller, and it maintains less tension. Coincidentally, I was in my Bach phase anyways."
Here's where I get it from: Yossie Silverman's freakishly cool collection of handcuffs and other strange devices at Blacksteel