Re:Everything with a battery should have an off switch
by zippergz on Monday May 09, 2022 @12:15PM
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Do you also not see the point of art?
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Re:Everything with a battery should have an off switch
by gumby on Monday May 09, 2022 @01:56PM
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Not at all. And I understand the now obsolete technical show-off value of the tower at its time. But now I think it's just a humdrum industrial eyesore.
I think most people disagree with me so I don't think it's going anywhere. But that's my view of it.
Re:Everything with a battery should have an off switch
by robonerd on Monday May 09, 2022 @02:19PM
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> But now I think it's just a humdrum industrial eyesore.
That was a popular opinion when it was built. Eventually it became iconic, but nevertheless I don't see many cities rushing to build their own.
Re:Everything with a battery should have an off switch
by robonerd on Monday May 09, 2022 @02:57PM
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I know, I've seen a few of those. Most of them are tiny replicas built ironically for the novelty factor. Besides the ones built for tourist traps, most are justified as radio towers. But as radio towers the design is laughably obsolete. Compare with guyed masts, which virtually every developed town and city around the world has numerous examples of.