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    Tornado Tower Looks Like a Cloud, Makes Its Own Energy

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    Image of Dacker Dacker
    07/08/09

    In reply to Tornado Tower Looks Like a Cloud, Makes Its Own Energy
    Dumb! Taiwan is an active earthquake zone. I could easily see this monstrosity falling over.
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    07/08/09

    @Dacker: Well that's stupid. Buildings don't just fall over. Sheesh.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    07/08/09

    In reply to Tornado Tower Looks Like a Cloud, Makes Its Own Energy
    It would be kind of fun to watch the actors screaming their lines to be heard over the constant rumble of 360ยบ turbines.
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    Image of Shikestarr Shikestarr
    07/08/09

    In reply to Tornado Tower Looks Like a Cloud, Makes Its Own Energy
    fire evacuation nightmare.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/08/09

    @Shikestarr: Not really. Each one of those vents does double duty as a trap door under every seat. Pretty fast evacuation actually...
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    07/08/09

    @Shikestarr: It's Taiwan. This helps solve one of their main problems - overpopulation.
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    07/08/09

    In reply to Tornado Tower Looks Like a Cloud, Makes Its Own Energy
    Interesting idea to reduce the physical footprint on the ground, if nothing else.


    Otherwise, bah humbug.


    /cranky realistic architect

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    07/08/09

    @NastyInThePasty: I am no engineer or architect, but that thing just does not look structurally sound.
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    07/08/09

    In reply to Tornado Tower Looks Like a Cloud, Makes Its Own Energy
    I love how the rendering includes a large bird flying by--which is quite appropriate as this design would no doubt quickly fill up with thousands of avian residents, clogging all those open vents and rendering them useless. Yes, this idea is, perhaps quite literally, for the birds.
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    12/04/08

    In reply to 20,000-Light Remote-Controlled Crazy Xmas Lights Now Online
    i think he positioned some of the lights for the street and some for the camera ... the snowman is facing the street, but if the words beneath him are too then the snow man is saying "oh oh oh" and not "ho ho ho" ... and why the jack'0'lantern? that one threw me a curve for sure.
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    12/04/08

    @king_of_fools: He doesn't take any of his decorations down until August - the only month without any US holidays.


    He just keeps adding decorations. Soon there'll be hearts, cupid, shamrocks, an Easter Bunny, American Flags, and fiery pinwheels.

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    12/04/08

    In reply to 20,000-Light Remote-Controlled Crazy Xmas Lights Now Online
    Isn't that Homer Simpson thing a Halloween decoration?
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    12/04/08

    @maven2k: If you have the Hulk up, why not just go all the way and bring in Homer.
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    12/04/08

    In reply to 20,000-Light Remote-Controlled Crazy Xmas Lights Now Online
    The website is so horrible it's awesome.


    Cliche time: "Dude, the early 90's called and wants it's webpage back."

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    12/04/08

    @Covert7: high5!
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    12/04/08

    @Covert7: I finally don't feel so bad about my webcam page design: [CanItKillTheGrimace.com]
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    12/04/08

    In reply to 20,000-Light Remote-Controlled Crazy Xmas Lights Now Online
    "...not just to showing us who cool he is..."

    This sentence hurts my brain.


    "All is completely free"

    Is it? Is it really?

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    12/04/08

    In reply to 20,000-Light Remote-Controlled Crazy Xmas Lights Now Online
    Love it. But if you're gonna put in a Jack-o-lantern, you might as well really go with Jack the Pumpkin King.


    WHAT... IS... THIS?!

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    12/04/08

    In reply to 20,000-Light Remote-Controlled Crazy Xmas Lights Now Online
    OK, I hate to sound insensitive, but wouldn't the money be better spent if he donated all of it to the foundation instead of buying lights and power? I know that it probably draws attention to the cause, but I wonder what the ratio of how much he spends to how many donations he receives is. It is very cool mind you.
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