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

    Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D

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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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    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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    11/11/09

    @Bertone77: That is a fantastic photo. Where is it from? #thecloudlondonbubblesspheres
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    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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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    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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    11/08/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D
    Rosa please use the NSFW tag. I read about 10 Giz articles at work everyday, dont make me change this habit #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/08/09

    @medopal: Get back to work #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/08/09

    @lolgreg: ok boss, im back, i swear its a gadget blog.

    Boss: ok, give me the link and i will judge... ding!! #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D
    I try not to comment about women, but seriously, who left the barn door open?
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D
    Sarah Jessica Parker is ugly. End of Message. #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/08/09

    @Brazell: This should be the main focus of any story regarding Sarah Jessica Parker. #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D

    If that was written in a fiction book, I'd say it's a rather strange unconvincing story. #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D
    You know, I read Giz every day, and there's a standard of articles i'v come to expect...and then there's Rosa....

    Read: Awesome

    you get the best stuff!

    As far as this goes....wow....like.....wow....the shit some people pull to get attention. #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/07/09

    @karan10489: @dambo29:
    You two are just too sweet. Thanks. #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D
    tits or gtfo #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D
    I don't like SJP and I'm angry she is associated with something that I love so much--SJ (no P) #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    Image of Zerod Zunaro Zerod Zunaro
    11/06/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D
    Yeah huh, sorry there Frank, but my BS meter is, on a possibility of 20, over 40 right now.

    Seriously? 1989? Thinking of an online store that would distribute music through the internet and would eventually be put on the protable hard drive device?

    As I remember in 1989, the best portable device to listen to music would be a casette player so incredibly and stupidly large that wouldn't even fit into a pocket.
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    Image of RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile?
    11/06/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D
    I invented Gizmodo! Rosa, I'm coming for your ass! #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? was starred RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @RuBBa_cHiKiN: You mean you're coming after @Nick Denton: ? #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: He should be coming after Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/06/09

    @diesel828: As long as he's not coming after me, he can go after BGR's Marc Flores for all I care. #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Ugh. Don't even mention that cocky and inadequate tech blogger. I hope he does get sued... maybe for all those awesome scoops and inside info he has. #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @diesel828: Don't let him hear you say that! He reacts badly to being called anything but a "scribbler." #bizarreapplelawsuit
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    Image of buzzkill763 buzzkill763
    11/06/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D
    Just how forward thinking would this guy have to be to pull of this bit of mental gymnastics? Let's put it into perspective.

    In 1989 the iPod, iPhone, and Nano would have been so large, they would have required rack mounting.

    iTunes would not have been economically possible with 1200 baud dial up modems.

    To give you some personal perspective, in 1991 my first computer was a Compuadd 386 DX 2o with 16 MEG of RAM and an 80 MEG hard drive. It also had a Cyrex Math Co-processor, a 5 1/4 floppy and a 3 1/2 inch diskette drive. This was a kick ass computer for the day and it cost me $4500.00. Compare those specs with your iPod touch or even your iPod classic and you could see that it would have taken a time traveler to be able to say that a thing like the iPod could even be possible.

    As for thinking about the future in the 1980's, I remember reading an article in an audiophile magazine where the experts of the day were postulating that eventually all music would be distributed digitally, but you would go to your local music store and buy your music on a chip and then take it home to plug into your home stereo D to A converter/amplifier. They predicted that we all would be buying music on computer chips around the year 2012.

    I think this prediction is ironic from the standpoint that we have gone much further than "the experts" predicted and that it is also the year that according to the Incan calendar that the world will end.

    And by the way, yes I am old. I am old enough to remember the fight I had with my mother about us not getting PONG the video game. "IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE AND IT WILL BURN UP THE PICTURE TUBE! WALTER CRONKITE SAID IT WOULD SO YOU AREN'T GETTING ONE!" #bizarreapplelawsuit
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