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I read Qu as a pun on the character of Q in the James Bond stories who supplies the hero with all sorts of technologically bizarre weapons.
I read Qu as a pun on the character of Q in the James Bond stories who supplies the hero with all sorts of technologically bizarre weapons.
:That's what it says in [[Qu]], and I agree --[[User:Iron Hippo|Iron Hippo]] 19:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
:That's what it says in [[Qu]], and I agree --[[User:Iron Hippo|Iron Hippo]] 19:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
==Life imitates art==
[http://ibnservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Flywheel-Energy-Storage.png A Roundworld procrastinator hall]. The massive flywheels in the cylinders store
energy rather than time, but what's one without the other?  --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 03:27, 3 May 2018 (UTC)


==Engineering==
==Engineering==
I've usually seen illustrated and assumed that the procrastinators spun on a vertical axis. This seems intuitive and puts most of the stress on the bottom bearing which can be buttered quickly by the attendant. {{NW}}, however, mentions the set Lu-Tze uses in Ankh-Morpork which "look like your grannie's mangle". "Backpack" personal models would need to work in any orientation, so it's the old problem of priorities.  --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 01:34, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
I've usually seen illustrated and assumed that the procrastinators spun on a vertical axis. This seems intuitive and puts most of the stress on the bottom bearing which can be buttered quickly by the attendant. {{NW}}, however, mentions the set Lu-Tze uses in Ankh-Morpork which "look like your grannie's mangle". "Backpack" personal models would need to work in any orientation, so it's the old problem of priorities.  --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 01:34, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

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I read Qu as a pun on the character of Q in the James Bond stories who supplies the hero with all sorts of technologically bizarre weapons.

That's what it says in Qu, and I agree --Iron Hippo 19:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Engineering

I've usually seen illustrated and assumed that the procrastinators spun on a vertical axis. This seems intuitive and puts most of the stress on the bottom bearing which can be buttered quickly by the attendant. Night Watch, however, mentions the set Lu-Tze uses in Ankh-Morpork which "look like your grannie's mangle". "Backpack" personal models would need to work in any orientation, so it's the old problem of priorities. --Old Dickens (talk) 01:34, 16 March 2021 (UTC)