# Yes, once, for 20 min a deathray happens in Vegas, bet it stays there **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507 "2010-09-29T19:43:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/1 "2010-09-29T19:43:16Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog\_upshot/20100929/bs\_yblog\_upshot/swanky-new-vegas-hotels-death-ray-a-mild-inconvenience-for-some-guests](http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100929/bs_yblog_upshot/swanky-new-vegas-hotels-death-ray-a-mild-inconvenience-for-some-guests) Submitted for your approval ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/2 "2010-09-29T20:10:14Z")
Rebel forces on Endor have been notified. Let us hope that it can be destroyed before the main reactor comes online. May the force be with you. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/3 "2010-09-29T20:36:47Z")
Ha! Our office is in a high rise off the Strip and I can attest to the fact that some of those hotels are blindingly shiny in the midday sun. I often have to draw the blinds in my office because my clients end up squinting while trying to talk to me or I can’t read my computer monitor. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/4 "2010-09-29T20:42:14Z")
A giant concave mirror in the middle of the desert. What could possibly go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/5 "2010-09-29T21:39:01Z")
[Death Rays](http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100929/bs_yblog_upshot/swanky-new-vegas-hotels-death-ray-a-mild-inconvenience-for-some-guests). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/6 "2010-09-29T22:06:46Z")
We [done](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=580097) this. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/7 "2010-09-30T16:16:00Z")
I thought this was funny. Concave shaped building with mirrored glass exterior in Vegas = oops! > **[Vegas Hotel Pool 'Death Ray' Burns Tourists](https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/las-vegas-hotel-pool-sunlight-swimming-tourists/story?id=11739234&page=1)** > > Forget sunscreen. At one Las Vegas pool, you might want to consider full-body armor to protect you from the sun's powerful rays. Guests at the new Vdara hotel have been complaining that because of an architectural flaw on the glass skyscraper, the... ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/8 "2010-09-30T16:40:17Z")
That’s my favorite Elvis song. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/9 "2010-09-30T16:46:19Z")
This is what, the third or fourth thread on this. Doesn’t anybody do a search before posting any more? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/10 "2010-09-30T17:28:38Z")
oh, and get off **Silenus’** lawn! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/11 "2010-09-30T17:32:41Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > This is what, the third or fourth thread on this. So it is. I merged the threads by **outlierrn** , **Ludovic** and **voltaire**. I think that’s all of them. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/12 "2010-09-30T17:37:14Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > This is what, the third or fourth thread on this. Doesn’t anybody do a search before posting any more? I actually did search, though it’s not the easiest subject to search for, particularly with 2 minutes between searches. The only thread I came up with was: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=543765&highlight=Vdara](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=543765&highlight=Vdara) …and that had no mention of this phenomenon. And since this seemed to be a recent news story, and I saw nothing on the first couple of pages, I let 'er rip. Welp, mods may feel free to close it. If anyone has a link to a duplicate thread handy, TIA! ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/13 "2010-09-30T17:40:52Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > > [@silenus](#): > > > > This is what, the third or fourth thread on this. > > So it is. I merged the threads by **outlierrn** , **Ludovic** and **voltaire**. I think that’s all of them. Thanks. Too bad about the title… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/14 "2010-09-30T18:37:50Z")
I searched, as well. If “Death Ray” were spaced per the classic formulation, then I wouldn’t have double-posted. Just sayin’ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/15 "2010-09-30T19:03:21Z")
I was going to post it, (I even searched for Vdara) but only found a thread on when it opened for $8.5 billion back in December. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/16 "2010-09-30T21:04:08Z")
> [@dzero](#): > > Rebel forces on Endor have been notified. Mmmm, grilled Ewok. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/17 "2010-09-30T21:08:15Z")
[quote=“Marley23, post:11, topic:555507”] > [@silenus](#): > > This is what, the third or fourth thread on this.[threads/QUOTE] > So it is. I merged the threads by **outlierrn** , **Ludovic** and **voltaire**. I think that’s all of them. Damn didn’t your daddy tell you never to cross the streams(or threads)when dealing with death rays? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/18 "2010-09-30T21:20:20Z")
I searched for it too, must be a conspiracy to hide The Truth. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/19 "2010-09-30T23:37:16Z")
“Vdara” is obviously not a name any _human_ would give to a hotel. It’s not even pronounceable. I suspect [she](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Morena_Baccarin_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg) has something to do with it. (Although Vdara is also suspiciously close to “Vader”. Hmmm…) ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-once-for-20-min-a-deathray-happens-in-vegas-bet-it-stays-there/555507/20 "2010-10-01T02:42:20Z")
Every time a death ray is brought up, this is the first place I go for the facts. 😃