Comments on: Tower Envy? http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:45:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Sukanta Biswas http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-5632 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 06:52:57 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-5632 Can any body can tell me how many vehicles are there on Mumbai road? Personal car- Service car- Three wheeler (auto Rickshaw)- Public Bus- Manual rickshaw (three wheeler)- Motor cycle & Scooter- Sukanta Can any body can tell me how many vehicles are there on Mumbai road?
Personal car-
Service car-
Three wheeler (auto Rickshaw)-
Public Bus-
Manual rickshaw (three wheeler)-
Motor cycle & Scooter-

Sukanta

]]> by: anya http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1922 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1922 I have not read the whole post yet, leave alone the links provided. However AFAIK you cannot "suck up" water directly from a water line. [cannot as in its prohibited]. One is prohibited to attach a pump directly to a water line. The water must fall into some sort of tank, and then you can pump the water from that tank up into another tank. That is why almost everybody has 2 tanks, one on the ground level and one on top. This reduces the threat of a powelful pump "sucking" all the water from the main line. Agreed, its not a fool proof solution, but it helps. I have not read the whole post yet, leave alone the links provided. However AFAIK you cannot “suck up” water directly from a water line. [cannot as in its prohibited]. One is prohibited to attach a pump directly to a water line. The water must fall into some sort of tank, and then you can pump the water from that tank up into another tank. That is why almost everybody has 2 tanks, one on the ground level and one on top. This reduces the threat of a powelful pump “sucking” all the water from the main line. Agreed, its not a fool proof solution, but it helps.

]]> by: Yazad http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1923 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1923 anya, you're not allowed to use a "booster" pump. Ordinary pumps are okay. I'll check with the BMC on Monday morning and update you. anya, you’re not allowed to use a “booster” pump. Ordinary pumps are okay. I’ll check with the BMC on Monday morning and update you.

]]> by: Ronak http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1924 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1924 Jane Jacos has a nice concept about first "attrition of the city by automobile" and later "attrition of automobile by the city". This may not be in line with market philosophy of charging toll from whoever wants to use the road. However, it is an interesting view where she suggests that as cities like New York and Mumbai are more and more urbanized, people (rather car owners) are faced with attrition and hence will have great difficulty going around. It should be interesting to compare the outcome of both these concepts, i.e. market mechanism versus doing nothing and allow buildings (and hence cars) on vacant lands. Jane Jacos has a nice concept about first “attrition of the city by automobile” and later “attrition of automobile by the city”. This may not be in line with market philosophy of charging toll from whoever wants to use the road. However, it is an interesting view where she suggests that as cities like New York and Mumbai are more and more urbanized, people (rather car owners) are faced with attrition and hence will have great difficulty going around. It should be interesting to compare the outcome of both these concepts, i.e. market mechanism versus doing nothing and allow buildings (and hence cars) on vacant lands.

]]> by: Ck http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1925 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1925 Yazad the reason behind favoring a lower building to a high-rise even if they have the same number of flats is a little thing called water-pressure. The higher the building the more water pressure you need for your jacuzzi on the penthouse floor - the lower the building the less water pressure (reference : any class V physics text book ;) Yazad the reason behind favoring a lower building to a high-rise even if they have the same number of flats is a little thing called water-pressure. The higher the building the more water pressure you need for your jacuzzi on the penthouse floor - the lower the building the less water pressure (reference : any class V physics text book ;)

]]> by: Yazad http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1926 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1926 Ck, true, but irrelevant. That little physics lesson has an economic impact but only for those living in the new construction. What difference would it make to the neighbours (who BTW are the ones complaining)? Ck, true, but irrelevant. That little physics lesson has an economic impact but only for those living in the new construction. What difference would it make to the neighbours (who BTW are the ones complaining)?

]]> by: Ck http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1927 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1927 Yazad it also has an impact for anybody who lives down-pipe of the new construction. As you probably know (or apparently not) water pressure cannot be selective applied but has to be applied across the pipe. If somebody along the pipeline requires a lot of pressure, then the folks who live down the pipe will have less pressure. Which is why if you're taking a hot shower and your neighbor downstairs flushes, you are treated to an unpleasant 3 seconds of cold water. Yazad it also has an impact for anybody who lives down-pipe of the new construction. As you probably know (or apparently not) water pressure cannot be selective applied but has to be applied across the pipe. If somebody along the pipeline requires a lot of pressure, then the folks who live down the pipe will have less pressure.

Which is why if you’re taking a hot shower and your neighbor downstairs flushes, you are treated to an unpleasant 3 seconds of cold water.

]]> by: anya http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1928 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1928 <i>if you're taking a hot shower and your neighbor downstairs flushes, you are treated to an unpleasant 3 seconds of cold wate</i>: Ck, this might be true in the States where the entire building has a common hot water pipe .. but not so in India where (mostly) everyone heats their own water. Ofcourse .. unless the neighbour flushes with hot water. ;-) if you’re taking a hot shower and your neighbor downstairs flushes, you are treated to an unpleasant 3 seconds of cold wate: Ck, this might be true in the States where the entire building has a common hot water pipe .. but not so in India where (mostly) everyone heats their own water. Ofcourse .. unless the neighbour flushes with hot water. ;-)

]]> by: Ck http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1929 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1929 That is true Anya - the purpose was to let Yazad know a little bit about how water pipes work - one persons use affects anothers - but unfortunately, as in other cases, annoying things like physics get in the way of Yazad's brilliant plans ;). Now if only the BMC would hire Yazad as technician in place of all those people who have years of experience in ugh ...engineering or some such irrelevent discipline who keep bringing up all these annoying concepts like gravity and pressure into an intellectual discussion ;) That is true Anya - the purpose was to let Yazad know a little bit about how water pipes work - one persons use affects anothers - but unfortunately, as in other cases, annoying things like physics get in the way of Yazad’s brilliant plans ;).

Now if only the BMC would hire Yazad as technician in place of all those people who have years of experience in ugh …engineering or some such irrelevent discipline who keep bringing up all these annoying concepts like gravity and pressure into an intellectual discussion ;)

]]> by: badi http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1930 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/09/17/tower-envy/#comment-1930 i would like to ask u that bldgs above 100 years are going to get renovated ,so is B I T chawl nos 18 new nagpada .is under BMC and we have not received any notice regarding the repairing of bldg.so,how can we get the information from BMC so please let us know and our bldg is in a danger position so kindly do the needful. i would like to ask u that bldgs above 100 years are going to get renovated ,so is B I T chawl nos 18 new nagpada .is under BMC and we have not received any notice regarding the repairing of bldg.so,how can we get the information from BMC so please let us know and our bldg is in a danger position so kindly do the needful.

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