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    03:11 PM

    In reply to Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?
    Your last paragraph is what took this article from good to great. That idea was so powerful that it almost made me anxious for the day to come. #oscarpistorius
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    03:10 PM

    In reply to Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?
    You should be credited for not only challenging preconceived notions of how the "disabled" can participate is sport, but also for challenging the notion that an athlete is unlikely to be a great writer. Amazing work. #oscarpistorius
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    03:00 PM

    In reply to Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?
    super interesting article! Thanks!
    something else to add to the mix: money
    The PGA is about money, the NBA is about money etc etc etc...
    the Olympics are supposed to be amature (but of course that has been basically tossed out the window)
    I think, very seriously, we should go back to the original ways of dong things....you're in an event, you show up, drop trou, do your best.
    no augmentation, no drugs, no nothing.
    at some point there will be artificial hip/legs that can function as well as regular meat legs (there may be already, I don't know)...the point is that meat legs can get tired, titanium and carbon fiber can't. #oscarpistorius
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    02:54 PM

    In reply to Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?
    Wow. This was a fantastic read. Thorough and riddled with perspective most folks won't (or choose not to) get in their life.

    Thank you, Aimee. #oscarpistorius
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    02:51 PM

    In reply to Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?
    Awesome article, Aimee. I'm glad that Gizmodo has been able to get such great guest writers for their theme weeks. #oscarpistorius
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    02:40 PM

    In reply to Inside Apple's Newest Temple
    It appears that Apple stores are the new churches. To that I say fine because church is just a store without a product. At least here I get a laptop for sacrificing the financial equivalent of my firstborn son. #applestore
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    02:48 PM

    @The Lab: The goal is to eventually get you to sacrifice your firstborn son for no laptop. #applestore
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    02:54 PM

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: I'd do it for a iPhone with a free data plan. #applestore
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    03:13 PM

    @The Lab: Did you forget the first line of the Apple catechism:

    The chief end of man is to glorify Jobs and enjoy Him forever. Amen.

    Where in this do you think you get an iPhone with a free data plan? Blashpemer! When you reach the Pearly Gates Jobs will say to the gatekeeper:
    "Cast him into the pit for I knew him not."

    And in this place there will be much weeping and nashing of teeth. #applestore
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    02:12 PM

    In reply to Inside Apple's Newest Temple
    I really like what their doing with the service areas in new stores. Designating a whole floor, out of view of the rest of the store, is an excellent idea, especially for the genius bar.

    It's been a major flaw in their retail stores design. You have all these amazing computers and gadgets to look at and play with, and then at the back of the store, you have people getting them fixed. Not the vibe I'm sure there going for. #applestore
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    02:10 PM

    In reply to Inside Apple's Newest Temple
    Well, up until now I had no idea what I was going to do all day on Tuesday when I drive up to NYC from Philly for the Live Diggnation. Now I know, should be a good way to kill a few hours. #applestore
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    02:07 PM

    In reply to Inside Apple's Newest Temple
    so what you're saying is the secret's out and apple's in? now everyone in the world is privy to the information skinny panted hipsters have been hiding all these years? (don't ask me where they were hiding it in the those jeans) #applestore
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    01:34 PM

    In reply to Your Next Body Is Growing In a Lab Right Now
    I just want a second brain to do all my thinking for me... #dranthonyatala
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    01:39 PM

    @negated: has star powah: Trust me... It's not worth it. Mine does nothing but get me in trouble. #dranthonyatala
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    01:46 PM

    @DustyButt™: Mine does that too, maybe I could just use the second one to get me out of the trouble the first one gets me in. Who needs thinking, anyways? #dranthonyatala
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    02:16 PM

    @negated: Or you'll just get in twice as much trouble. #dranthonyatala
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    01:25 PM

    In reply to Your Next Body Is Growing In a Lab Right Now
    I dont want a new body. A lot of time, effort (and money) went into ruining this one. I cant waste that. #dranthonyatala
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    01:23 PM

    In reply to Inside Apple's Newest Temple
    I always find it amazing how Apple seems to do soo little with such a vast amount of space. Such hardcore minimalists.

    Also, I swear I have seen that staircase before...oh yeah.
    Boston - [www.flickr.com]

    Fifth Ave - [farm1.static.flickr.com]

    w14th st - [www.crunchgear.com]
    They love their consistency.

    I don't have a problem with this. I guess my point is, every time there is a new store opening, there is a big fuss. You guys expect something to be different? #applestore
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01:16 PM

    In reply to Inside Apple's Newest Temple
    Just so we're clear:

    We're talking about a store, right? It doesn't do anything like launch into space or anything like that... it just is a place that has stuff to buy in meatspace that you can just as easily purchase on the internet.

    I just want to make sure. Because the fawning makes it seem like it is more than just a retail establishment.
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    Image of RADEN RADEN
    01:21 PM

    @OMG! Ponies!: I was wondering why there have been so many updates on this store. Just. A. Damn. Store. #applestore
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    01:38 PM

    @OMG! Ponies!: No, there's nothing terribly special about it. I mean, the walls are made of happiness, and the floor built from planks of concentrated orgasm. That aside, though... #applestore
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    01:41 PM

    @OMG! Ponies!: I'm not really fawning. I'm saying it feels like Apple built a temple to itself, more so than any other Apple Store. #applestore
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    Image of Hachiken Hachiken
    01:42 PM

    @RADEN: I dunno. Spending time in a nicely designed store can add to the experience. When I was a kid there was a high-end audio store in town...Threshold, B&O, McIntosh, B&W, etc. Entering the shop was like entering a temple: dark, subdued lighting, with ceiling spots picking out the expensive glowing components. It was a bit like being in an Egyptian museum with rare finds on display. 'Course, I couldn't afford any of it then, but that didn't stop me from visiting whenever I could. Sometimes the environment alone makes it worthwhile. #applestore
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    02:23 PM

    @OMG! Ponies!: Don't you understand. CAN YOU NOT SEE! It is a city. A city on a hill.

    I see a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That's how I saw it and see it still.

    Oh, The wondrous city! I burst with rapture at the thought of it! #applestore
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01:06 PM

    In reply to Inside Apple's Newest Temple
    Purdy building, too bad it will probably be even more unpleasant to hang around in than the 14th St. one. Also, that cavernous glassy greenhouse is kinda.....hmmmmm.

    Makes ya wanna just release lots of pigeons so they can rocket at the walls and ceiling.
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    01:04 PM

    In reply to Inside Apple's Newest Temple
    Man that seems like an awful lot of wasted space. There could have been one more entire floor filled with stuff to play with. #applestore
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    02:04 PM

    @N@tedog: It's sorta why I love the design of this particular store.

    In New York everyone tries to figure out how much retail space they can pack into a set amount of space. Apple on the other hand has done the exact opposite. Create a huge open area to display their products.

    And I think Matt hit it on the head. It's like a shrine. #applestore
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