{"id":24941,"date":"2024-04-16T17:01:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T22:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=24941"},"modified":"2024-04-18T09:43:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:43:12","slug":"the-suburban-pyramid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=24941","title":{"rendered":"The Suburban Pyramid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UC#4 has expressed an interest in building a backyard suburban pyramid. He is unable or unwilling to articulate why he wants to do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pyramids – The Basics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A pyramid (from Ancient Greek \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03af\u03c2 <\/strong>(puram\u00eds) ‘pyramid’) is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular and converge to a point at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be of any polygon shape, such as trilateral or quadrilateral (a 2-dimensional shape is a triangle.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids. The largest pyramid by volume is the Mesoamerican Great Pyramid of Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla. For millennia, the largest structures on Earth were pyramids<\/strong>\u2014first the Red Pyramid in the Dashur Necropolis and then the Great Pyramid of Khufu, both in Egypt\u2014the latter is the only extant example of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.<\/p>\nWikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Cool animated svg<\/a> file on the Wikipedia pyramid page to visually show the relative sizes of historic pyramids:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WLBOTT Word of the Day:<\/strong> Pyramidion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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i.e. Pyramid-on-Pyramid<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pyramidia were usually made of limestone<\/strong>, sandstone<\/strong>, basalt <\/strong>or granite<\/strong>, and were sometimes covered with plates of copper<\/strong>, gold <\/strong>or electrum<\/strong>. From the Middle Kingdom onward, they were often “inscribed with royal titles and religious symbols”.<\/p>\nWikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Bonus Word-of-the-Day: Electrum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Pyramid of Infamy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I was responsible for a approximately one nano acre of this beast….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For anyone interested in the gruesome details, there is are Wikipedia pages here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Suburban Pyramid: Architectural Concepts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Floorplan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Bill of Materials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Prototype<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Compliance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We contacted the City of Austin<\/strong> concerning zoning restrictions for having a burial chamber in our backyard. Our city is quite customer-service oriented. They said to expect several representative from the Austin Police Department within the hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

True to their word, The Pyramid Squad<\/strong> showed up shortly after our call. Turns out that APD had a group of dedicated individuals who monitor pyramid compliance. Who knew there was such a thing?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pyramid Squad<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Nice guys. A bit intense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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APD visit to WLBOTT Corporate Headquarters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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WLBOTT Exclusive: Proof Aliens Built the Pyramids<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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