ORB Doors

jamieh

Is it just me or does anyone else find the main doors of the O'Rahillly Building really annoying? It takes so much effort openin the two doors, and there's usually someone behind you so you gotta keep it open for them aswell......Wouldn't automatic doors be soo much handier!!??

Stark

Yeah.

embraer170

Yeah and it's a pity the building doesn't have access from somewhere near the student centre. One of the side (emergency) exits could surely be used as a normal entrance, at least during the day.

Tazzle

The trick is to shoulder barge them, but cushion it with your arm. So, grab handle, don't push. Just take it in so your hand is against your chest and use your body weight to move it. Just come at it at speed and kinda cushion push it.

Ninja Turtle

embraer170 wrote:

Yeah and it's a pity the building doesn't have access from somewhere near the student centre. One of the side (emergency) exits could surely be used as a normal entrance, at least during the day.

The door thats nearest the chapel is usually open.

solice

speaking as an engineer i have no real reason to go in to the ORB but on the odd occassion i do, it scares teh jaysus out of me!!! if i go anywhere off the ground floor i get lost

Ninja Turtle

heh, the place is a bit of a maze if your not used to it all right. The link corridoor is the key though - once you know where that is, your grand!

solice

have never even heard of it

Ninja Turtle

It's the corridor that links the two rooms with the elevators together.

vector

Ninja Turtle wrote:

It's the corridor that links the two rooms with the elevators together.

While the the ORB is better than the Kane Building (formerly known as the Science Building) I don't like it

The panopticon garden starred upon by 1000 windows
The Gaelgor elevators
The Gaelgor seomra
The excessive internal brightness, white floors, whiteish walls
The overly narrow stairs
The exclusive keycard protected "go away" BIS "we have too much money" computers

vector

Tazzle wrote:

The trick is to shoulder barge them, but cushion it with your arm. So, grab handle, don't push. Just take it in so your hand is against your chest and use your body weight to move it. Just come at it at speed and kinda cushion push it.

the wheelchair door to the left (as you exit) it easier to open and is often open permanently, weather permitting

on the subject stiff doors are an archictural trick, they make the user feel smaller than the building, they make him respect the building, buildings affect users, consider the church, even leaving aside its religious significance the high roof is intimidating, superior

there is a good journal article on this I don't have the URL anymore though

chippo

You want to see a maze, take a trip through the new bioscience thingy building! Gotten lost in there nearly every time i go into the bloody place!

vector

chippo wrote:

You want to see a maze, take a trip through the new bioscience thingy building! Gotten lost in there nearly every time i go into the bloody place!

I'm afraid to go in there os there is a sign saying that access is only for those who have business in the building, on the walkway from the FSB

Squall

The exclusive keycard protected "go away" BIS "we have too much money" computers

solice

vector wrote:

I'm afraid to go in there os there is a sign saying that access is only for those who have business in the building, on the walkway from the FSB

im fairly sure that anyone can go into the biosci building, its just the walkway from the FSB to the BioSci that is closed to students "who dont have business there"

vector

Why are there keycards on the door anyway, to stop people from other depts using their precious computers? ok fair enough, but surely the required username and password does that, well maybe it is to stop people wandering "off the street" again, no, it is withing the building, cctv, security desk, damn BIS

(that said if I had a access, I would dance to their tune)

embraer170

Money generating, charging people for access cards.

Squall

10 euro for the access card, which apparently you get back when you finish fourth year. How true that is I dont know but anyway.

jamieh

Hey now lads, there's nothing wrong with BIS people!! Ye'er just jealous coz we have our own cool labs with cool swipe cards and stuff!!!

embraer170

Cool labs but crappy computers.

Squall

Cool labs but crappy computers.

They could definately use a bit more RAM, running .NET is like pulling teeth

daveirl

This post has been deleted.