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    Amazing 400ft Tall Spherical "Cloud" Structure Proposed for London Skyline

    World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!

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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    11/11/09

    In reply to Amazing 400ft Tall Spherical "Cloud" Structure Proposed for London Skyline
    They've got some respectable engineering talent, but I get the feeling it won't be built for 5-50 million pounds. Due to London's fairly unique geology (among large cities), structures like that need very complex and expensive foundations. That's why there aren't many skyscrapers in London, outside of the financial district (Canary Wharf).

    If I were a betting man, I'd bet the plan would be to use the initial funding to begin construction, then go begging to the government for the extra £100m required to make it work. #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Amazing 400ft Tall Spherical "Cloud" Structure Proposed for London Skyline
    In the London fog, will you even be able to see it? #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    Image of Matt Flick Matt Flick
    11/11/09

    @Curves: There is no such thing as "london fog," it was the haze from when they burned coal in their households and since they outlawed that practice 100 years ago it has never come back. #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    @Matt Flick: I have spent years wanting to go to London to SEE the fog (and have tea with Her Maj, and tickle a Beefeater, etc) and your telling me there IS no fog? Next thing you know, someone will be telling me there is no Santa or Tooth Fairy or Great Pumpkin...... Thanks for crushing my dreams. ;) #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    @Curves: Nannerpuss is still real. And guess what... he likes pancakes! #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    @toblathe: I had to look that up, since I had not ever heard that term. I see what you mean, but the Urban Distionary had some VERY interesting definations of this that term and they do not involve pancakes. (The stuff I learn at Giz!) #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    @Curves: Well for all your hard work, I present you with a sideways video of my friend in his homemade nannerpuss costume from halloween. My treat. [www.youtube.com] #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    @toblathe: I clicked on the link with some trepidation, fearing it might have been video of definintions 4 or 5. Yes, I was greatly relieved. I am still pretty upset about London not being foggy though. I feel like my rain coat has been lying to me all these years.... #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Amazing 400ft Tall Spherical "Cloud" Structure Proposed for London Skyline

    This will be soo tempting to pop! #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    Image of jetRink jetRink
    11/11/09

    @Bertone77: That is a fantastic photo. Where is it from? #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    11/11/09

    @jetRink: The photographers name is is richard.heeks. You can find him on [www.flickr.com] #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Amazing 400ft Tall Spherical "Cloud" Structure Proposed for London Skyline
    I wish I had a giant pin to pop em like it's hot. #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Amazing 400ft Tall Spherical "Cloud" Structure Proposed for London Skyline
    It looks like a terrorist attack waiting to happen. #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    @Lite: It also looks like a waste of money waiting to happen. It looks very cool and all, but is this really necessary? #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: I think it looks more like a tower that got terrorized by bubbles. We don't have much time, get out your needles.
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    11/11/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : I think it is important that cities, states, and countries fund projects that make towns interesting, unique, or quirky. I think that's part of the allure of living somewhere.

    If they didn't, then you might as well live in old Soviet Era Eastern Block apartment housing... #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: There's some truth to that, but when you take a giant, ugly bubble dome for example... I wouldn't exactly call it "alluring". #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    11/11/09

    @Anonymity: I said Quirky, not alluring. They are two completely different things. #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    Does anyone see a Tall Man with a hearse lurking around....?
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    So um...whats the use of these perfect balls? I don't see a benefit besides the fact that they are life size replicas of my own.
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    07/15/09

    @dimsum4u: Maybe it's to demonstrate their precision manufacturing capabilities.
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    07/15/09

    @dimsum4u: They replace the current kilogram standard.
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    07/15/09

    @dimsum4u: You have 1Kg balls?

    Dude, go see a doctor NAO!
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    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!

    One can almost see MC Escher on them...
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    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    Yes, but if I walk into one of them, will millions of jellyfish descend upon us?
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    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    When do the blades come out and try to stab people?
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    Pffft! Everyone knows that OMG Ponies has the most Perfect Pair of balls...right? Hello.......oh...what?...nevermind...
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    07/15/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: Thank you. When you're done under my desk, could you go pick up my documents off the printer.
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    07/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Wait...that's just what I heard.
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    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    So what now? ... The perfect triangle? Square? Parallelogram?



    I can see the appeal, the perfect sphere. But, come on, what was the point?
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    07/15/09

    @aaj111: Exactly. They're perfect spheres. There is no "point".
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark:



    +25 internets.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: Technically, they're not really perfect spheres. They're just the closest to perfect spheres that we have.
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    07/15/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Oh, ok, smartguy. Make a more perfect sphere, if you're so high'n'mighty. Go on. We'll wait.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: I'm on it. I just need to find my tiny pick axe.
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    07/15/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: I never say this because I think it's a bastardization of the English language and another of the thousand-plus cuts that the poor girl suffers from every time some twitter-fool or facespace-moron gets in front of a device with a keyboard...



    but lol, man... lol.
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    Isn't it best to just use 1 liter (litre?) of ultrapure water to measure out a kilo? And does this mean that my coke shipments have been off by as much as 0.0000000003 grams?!!?! Those Colombian theives!
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    07/15/09

    @qbrad: Those American drug addicts.
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    07/15/09

    @qbrad:



    One liter of water sure, but that isn't free of any issues either:



    What about variations in temperature? Density? Evaporation?



    Even if you could measure 1 litre of water with this kind of precision, why not just make these spheres instead?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/15/09

    @qbrad: One liter of water does not have the mass of exactly one kilogram. It's just pretty close. Even if this was not the case, the previous guy mentioned the practical difficulties of this approach.



    It's also worth mentioning that the kilogram is not a static unit. It's defined by a physical object - a machined metal cylinder in France called the International Prototype Kilogram. It's mass changes infinitesimally as atoms fall off or attach to it.
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    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    all to all, by my balls
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    07/15/09

    @Nick: Don't get Ponies started again...
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/15/09

    @@prixdc: You assume I stop.
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    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    When does Chen get to pants these? And will we have front row seats?
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