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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/12/09

    In reply to Digital Cloud Could Be London's Next Monument
    They're going to let people ride bikes in it?!

    That seems sort of okay when they're going up the ramp, but a disaster on the way back down...
    -Kle. #thecloud
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    Image of WindowlickinDaywalker WindowlickinDaywalker
    11/11/09

    In reply to Digital Cloud Could Be London's Next Monument
    There's only one thing funner than making bubbles, and that's popping them.

    I eagerly await the construction of this tempting target. #thecloud
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/11/09

    In reply to Digital Cloud Could Be London's Next Monument
    "...pitched the Cloud to the city of London for the 2012 Games."

    Are they saying it could be ready in time for the 2012 games? If so that's pretty impressive to go from planning to full completion in 2 years. Although if it was designed as a modular system that would speed up construction. #thecloud
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/11/09

    @EdificeComplex: Well, if it's made mostly out of Mr. Bubble, that might speed things up. #thecloud
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/11/09

    @BadUncle: With this they could build whole cities. #thecloud
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/11/09

    @EdificeComplex: You FOOL. You're giving away all of our secrets. #thecloud
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/11/09

    @LittleDragon: Moral ambiguity has no place in supervillainy.

    What happened to the Academy?

    [io9.com] #thecloud
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/11/09

    @EdificeComplex: Some one said there was something wrong with the hashtags. If you click on the link of any of your posts to it, you will get to it. #thecloud
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/11/09

    In reply to Digital Cloud Could Be London's Next Monument
    Awesome!! I must now get another job so that when Mr Tax man stings me for every penny I own...at least its getting spent on something awesome!! I hope it rocks as much as the Millenium Dome...scoff scoff!!!!! #thecloud
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/11/09

    In reply to Digital Cloud Could Be London's Next Monument
    Some of those pictures look like they came straight out from Thunderbirds (the 60s TV show)... Number 2, in particular. #thecloud
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    10/21/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    Hey, if a troposphere-scraping dome is what it takes to separate Houston from civilization, I'm for it. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of xAnarChisTx xAnarChisTx
    10/20/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    My only question is, how the hell would they go about making the dome? I can only assume that they would have to make a massive mold of it.

    Or, they could use one of the many craters on Earth as a mold itself, and hoist it out with helicopters (like the Simpsons!). #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of EBone EBone
    10/20/09

    @Fatty Shcock: I'm also getting sick of the dome city concept. The amount of raw materials, plus the concept of structural support, seems to be lacking.

    Also, hurricanes are hundreds of miles across. Even if you could build such a structure, wouldn't a strong hurricane just rip this thing right off the city like a bottlecap? #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    10/20/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    Oh, and has IO9 done a list of domed cities in sci-fi yet? #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of Andrew Dickerson Andrew Dickerson
    10/20/09

    @YankBoffin: I second this motion if not. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of Islandkiwi Islandkiwi
    10/20/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    I knew Texas was building a fence on the border, but apparently the fence isn't enough for Houston. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of SpammerOvTheGods SpammerOvTheGods
    10/19/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    don't forget the spindizzies!

    #@! #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    10/20/09

    @SpammerOvTheGods: you mean the Dillon-Wagoner Graviton Polarity Generator, don't you? #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of orbital1 orbital1
    10/20/09

    @Chip Skylark of Space: I've been working on a new strain of anti-agathics, so we should be good to go when this thing gets built. I'm saving them for the New York crew tho.
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    10/21/09

    @orbital1: Mayor Amalfi will be so happy #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of cletar cletar
    10/19/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    Didn't Houston get nuked in Independence Day? Why would we waste a perfectly good dome on a radioactive crater? Put it over New Chicago or Earthopolis or somewhere non-sucky. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of ShadowBottle ShadowBottle
    10/19/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    Why so much hate for Houston? Home of Rice University, NASA, Space Center, some of the largest collections of Fine Arts. Houston voted Obama. Hell Bush was from CONNECTICUT - but no, let's smother Houston. Nice. #speculativearchitecture
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    10/19/09

    @ShadowBottle: Why the hate for Houston? Why, because I've been there. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of Mathmos Mathmos
    10/19/09

    @cletar: Houston is a nicer place to live than to visit. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of Bender is my hero! Bender is my hero!
    10/20/09

    @ShadowBottle: As a longtime Houston resident, I've found that many, many people who only visit Houston end up disliking the city. Our hot summers turn them off and are memorable, but they frequently forget (despite me rubbing it in) that 75 and sunny in December is common.

    Houston has everything you find in any big city - arts, world-class medical and education facilities, lots of green space (we have excellent public parks), and our traffic issues from the 90s are on their way to being resolved.

    Now if we could just get rid of all that pollution from the refineries... #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of EBone EBone
    10/20/09

    @ShadowBottle: Because I have to fly there for work TOO often. #speculativearchitecture
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    10/20/09

    @Bender is my hero!: San Diego has sunny and 75 in December too, but without that god-awful humidity in the summer.l #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of cletar cletar
    10/20/09

    @Bender is my hero!: Yes, it's lovely except for the constant refinery stench, pollution, and the dreadful weather. Kansas City and Atlanta have lots of green space and arts and whatnot, without the stench and humidity. Austin and San Antonio are nicer, too. I'm sorry Houston, your application for Dome City of The Future has been denied. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of Bender is my hero! Bender is my hero!
    10/21/09

    @EBone: No fair comparing anywhere to San Diego. My only advantage is cost of living, and IMO living in SD would be worth every penny. Love that town. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of Bender is my hero! Bender is my hero!
    10/21/09

    @cletar: You know it doesn't actually stink... that's Pasadena. I live 1 mile from downtown Houston and *never* notice any odors. Austin and San Antonio are both overcrowded and have worse traffic too (although Austin definitely has us on the political side of things - Houston = ultraconservative) #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of allium allium
    10/19/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    Yes, absolutely it was designed to keep things out of Houston and not in! Why would you think otherwise? We engineers have only the best interests of the country...er, the city in mind. #speculativearchitecture
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    Liars. Nothing can save Houston. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    10/19/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    Looks like you could fill that thing up with water right quick. #speculativearchitecture
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