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    Image of Curves Curves
    05/20/09

    In reply to Dragonfly Skyscraper Farm Will Give Pigs the Best Views of Manhattan
    If they want to farm closer to NYC, wouldnt floating "farms" be a lot more ecologically sound and less expensive? This building will only become a target for anti-farming (or anti-bacon) terrorists.
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    05/20/09

    In reply to Dragonfly Skyscraper Farm Will Give Pigs the Best Views of Manhattan
    So basically this is barn
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    05/20/09

    @iPeg: Yes.
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    05/20/09

    @iPeg: The likes t'which no Amish hath ever raised, English.
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    05/20/09

    In reply to Dragonfly Skyscraper Farm Will Give Pigs the Best Views of Manhattan
    I would imagine that an actual swine-breeding tower would not have lush greenery all over it. You don't need beautiful scenery for agriculture. In reality, it would be more like a machine tower from the Matrix, with metal containment cells stuffed with pigs that are fed through tubes.
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    05/20/09

    In reply to Dragonfly Skyscraper Farm Will Give Pigs the Best Views of Manhattan
    Thanks but no thanks. I rather see a giant laser cannon that shot up to space before they have one of these in NYC.
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    05/20/09

    @UltimateIdiot - Imperfection at Best: Uhhh who wouldnt want a giant laser cannon that shot into space?
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    05/20/09

    @Lokiprimary: Hippies and peace activists. A pain to deal with they are.
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    05/20/09

    @UltimateIdiot - Imperfection at Best: Cowcatchers, flames and hemp-detecting laser-guided kill drones deal with hippies just fine.
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    05/20/09

    In reply to Dragonfly Skyscraper Farm Will Give Pigs the Best Views of Manhattan
    If you take away the insect wing veins, it looks more like a big fancy guitar pick than a dragonfly's wing. I'm no architect, but wouldn't a good old-fashioned rectangular monolithic design be the best use of space?


    I'd hate to think that our fair NYC would be turned into a wacky Western Dubai. We don't need giant turbine buildings, dragonfly wings and robotic dinosaur theme parks.

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    05/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I think every city would benefit from more robotic dinosaur theme parks.
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    05/20/09

    @cabjf: Says you. If they're all like the Tyrannosaur on display in the Times Square Toys R Us, Do Not Want.
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    05/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: They have a T. Rex?
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    05/20/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: They have a T-Rex!
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    05/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:


    Yes and I have to stare at that shit from MY buildings!

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    05/20/09

    @LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: As would lots of guests. I can only assume that this goofy shit would lower desirability of staying there, since it would literally destroy a nice view from the eastern side.
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    05/20/09

    In reply to Dragonfly Skyscraper Farm Will Give Pigs the Best Views of Manhattan
    Drive cross-country through the mid-west and you'll quickly realize there is no shortage of open land in the US for farming...
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    05/20/09

    @closhedbb: Yeah but all the hippies and veggies in NY would surely sign up to something like this to believe they're contributing something by producing locally...


    I'm actually surprised it doesn't look bad... now, I'm not sure any New Yorkers (or anyone else, for that matter) would like the smells coming out of this.

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    05/20/09

    @xair: If New Yorkers can manage the olfactory collage of odors and stenches that emanate from the Subway and the NJ Turnpike, we can handle some farm fodder smells.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/20/09

    @xair: I think you're confusing NY with San Francisco.
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    Image of cmaceachen cmaceachen
    05/20/09

    @closhedbb: Reasons to grow food in the city include: decreased deforestation, decreased transportation, increased freshness/less waste as has already been stated. Also important though is that growing food in a closed loop environment greatly reduced water used for irrigation, eliminates the need for herbicides and pesticides, and provides a year-round climate controlled facility that can handle 3+ crop cycles per year.
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    05/20/09

    @cmaceachen: None of those things are exclusive to cities, except transportation. You can build equally advanced farming structures in the middle of the Midwest, with better access to water, and less congestion-related problems.


    It's really a matter of cost. No one is going to pay 10x as much for "socially-responsible" produce. Such a program would quickly bankrupt itself and would devastate the economy if adopted on a large scale.

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    05/20/09

    In reply to Dragonfly Skyscraper Farm Will Give Pigs the Best Views of Manhattan
    Why do they even go to the bother and expense of drawing this stuff up when they know it will never be built. The graffitti would block out the sunshine to this inside a week anyway.
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    04/17/09

    In reply to Friendly Dragonfly Streetlamp Helps You Forget Big Bro Is Watching
    Make them IR LED's, and I will gladly install this as a JerseyCam, so I can stop leaving my Lava Lamp on at night.
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    04/16/09

    In reply to Friendly Dragonfly Streetlamp Helps You Forget Big Bro Is Watching
    No one would ever expect the Butterfly. Muha ha ha ha ha


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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    04/16/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I knew all along....


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    04/16/09

    @Shamoononon thanks Rocephin: Oh sweet fancy Moses. Why??
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    04/17/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: "suspects"
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    04/17/09

    @YoSoyHe-Man!!_GitEmSteveDave: Yeah, caught it right after I posted, but there was no use, and no preview :(
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    04/17/09

    @Shamoononon thanks Rocephin: Dear Gods and Jevus on wheels, I see it even AFTER I close my eyes. Must not blink!
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