@blyan-reloaded: AND you can read, sleep, enclose yourself in your own audio space, chat with friends/strangers, AND *send text messages while moving* without adding to the 30k+ deaths/year on the highways!

@Agagulba: Again, they do happen: [earthquake.usgs.gov] Major earthquakes are statistical certainty though extremely rare and improbable within our lifetimes. It's a matter of geologic composition, tectonic movement, and the propagation of seismic activity through the crust and the mantle.

@Ron Hextall's Mustache: @SkipErnst: Indeed. As crowded as the skies look from down here there's tons of airspace; they're so far away we may as well be looking at a flat 2D image of things moving about in 3D space.

I'm sorry, have you EVER ridden in coach class on Amtrak? Coach on Amtrak is equivalent to some business or even first class seating on a plane in terms of leg room and overall comfort. That said, I have felt like cattle when riding in rush hour on the LIRR, but I'm fairly certain these are not intended for commuter…

@dustandechoes91001: Indeed. Amtrak's record is not spotless, but they are fairly rare and have a low mortality rate considering the hundreds of trains they run daily. Meanwhile, auto deaths are down to a record low since 1950 of only 33,000!

@SycoJack: Indeed, but this wasn't Amtrak's fault. This was due to a catastrophic failure of a bridge due to a collision with a barge. Ideally, this would never happen today because of modern communications technology and bridge retrofitting technologies that would place sensors in the bridge to report issues. Again,…

@makeitgo: So, too would New York City, what with its 722 miles of subway tunnels, 3 large water tunnels, and hundreds of countless other utility tunnels that run under the streets.

Wait, why don't they build 109 miles of subway tunnels to transport the people of Chicago as well? I suppose there'd be no one to transport if shit flowed into Lake Michigan then the lake flooded back into the city with the shit...but still, 109 miles of subway tunnels would generate revenue for maintenance and…

Mausoleum indeed. I say we construct an autobelisk in a cycling-heavy community, like Cambridge here in the Boston metro area. That, or I could adorn my bike with various car components a la Reavers of Firefly lore...the remains of my prey...though that doesn't work so well since we're all auto drivers at some point…

I loved the advert for 'The Wave' by Susan Casey that came up over the YouTube video of the ship doing it's thing...epic juxtaposition/contextual adverts fail/win...

@Quobetah: But only the Philippines could improve on this innovation with the development of whole slums on stilts... :(

@Kamenwati: arcology FTW

@BStu: I was stupid and didn't see yours, otherwise I'd just echo your sentiments instead of repeating them above. Similarly, if I were one of those awesome commenters with a star and the ability to promote comments, I'd certainly promote this one...

I'm sorry, but this defeats the purpose of a skyscraper (vertical expansion for greater density to deal with limited land property) and should never have the word 'skyscraper' come anywhere near it other than to compare dimensions.

@BrianFellow: I wish they would add some sort of 'thumbs up', 'like', or points system on the Gawker blogs, otherwise I'd +1 this comment...

What a load of bullocks...like she doesn't suffer from the same issues? Seriously, correlation != causation. Yeah, he had to contact his ex to contact his current, but I'd be willing to bet the actual breakup had more to do with some sort of underlying issue or the girl's own insecurities if indeed the breakup had…

Oh, gods! That display at the end was using Comic Sans!!! Why on earth would an industrial device programmer do such a thing?!?!?

How about we just not spill oil anymore? Understandably accidents happen and this is an excellent idea, but I have yet to see evidence of robot swarms being much more than vaporware and small research projects.

I love how resilient nature is...

I'm sorry, but as a gay man, I'm quite confused about the placement of the woman-computer's nipples...aren't they a bit high? I don't sit and stare at boobs like most straight men, but I'm fairly certain that I've never even glanced at boobs with nipples that high...