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Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

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Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

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Post by cultofmetatron »

EntrePrescott wrote: post #5
ushakov wrote: post #2

The statue was crowdfunded From Wikipedia: > Publisher Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, started a drive for donations to finish the project and attracted more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar (equivalent to $30 in 2021)

The Pulitzer fundraiser wasn't for the statue but for the pedestal on which it was to be placed. The statue was a gift of the people of France. That being said, crowdfunding campaigns were also a part of the the fundraising for the statue (that is, in France), together with a wide mix of other sources: state money, cities, chambers of commerce, and several other groups, huge donations by companies, banquet events, op…

> The statue was a gift of the people of France.

with "reparations" from the people of haiti

Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

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Post by dylan604 »

testplzignore wrote: post #6
silisili wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AIUI, the fundraising was for the pedestal, not the statue itself.

A classic scam. Free statue, just pay shipping and pedestaling.

We'll continue to ship you a new one each month until you finally remember to jump through the hoops, er, call our operators who are standing by to cancel

Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

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Post by trgn »

Latty wrote: post #9
nicoburns wrote: post #7

I feel like it might look quite cool if it was patched with new copper (at least if it was done well). A bit like kintsugi pottery.

Often the kind of thing people hate for a while, and then with enough time becomes iconic and you'd probably end up with an article about how they were debating whether to preserve it or not as it aged. I think about this a lot when it comes to "eyesores", particularly wind turbines. When you think of how windmills are considered picturesque, it always makes me a little surprised when people moan about modern wind ge…

the only time I'd appreciate windmills from an aesthetic point of view is when they are very very far away. Nearby, they are horrible to all senses.

Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

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Post by fnordprefect »

In (I think) the first edition of Zumdahl's chemistry textbook, there was a great summary of some of the things they had to do to preserve the statue, and it went beyond just repairing the skin.

The wiki article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation-restoration_of_th...) has a lot of it, but IIRC after they installed stainless steel, at some point they passed electricity through it, which had the effect of making it susceptible to corrosion, and then had to do something else to restore its resistance.

I wish I could find it now, as it was a fascinating read, but I can't see anything easily online.

Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

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Post by NotYourLawyer »

Latty wrote: post #9
nicoburns wrote: post #7

I feel like it might look quite cool if it was patched with new copper (at least if it was done well). A bit like kintsugi pottery.

Often the kind of thing people hate for a while, and then with enough time becomes iconic and you'd probably end up with an article about how they were debating whether to preserve it or not as it aged. I think about this a lot when it comes to "eyesores", particularly wind turbines. When you think of how windmills are considered picturesque, it always makes me a little surprised when people moan about modern wind ge…

People hated the Eiffel Tower for a long time.

Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

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Post by llimos »

Latty wrote: post #9
nicoburns wrote: post #7

I feel like it might look quite cool if it was patched with new copper (at least if it was done well). A bit like kintsugi pottery.

Often the kind of thing people hate for a while, and then with enough time becomes iconic and you'd probably end up with an article about how they were debating whether to preserve it or not as it aged. I think about this a lot when it comes to "eyesores", particularly wind turbines. When you think of how windmills are considered picturesque, it always makes me a little surprised when people moan about modern wind ge…

People like a single windmill, standing picturesquely in the middle of the village.

I don't think anyone would ever have gone for a field of tens or hundreds of them.

Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

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Post by asciimov »

Latty wrote: post #9
nicoburns wrote: post #7

I feel like it might look quite cool if it was patched with new copper (at least if it was done well). A bit like kintsugi pottery.

Often the kind of thing people hate for a while, and then with enough time becomes iconic and you'd probably end up with an article about how they were debating whether to preserve it or not as it aged. I think about this a lot when it comes to "eyesores", particularly wind turbines. When you think of how windmills are considered picturesque, it always makes me a little surprised when people moan about modern wind ge…

As a kid that grew up on the south plains (Texas panhandle). I have a love hate relationship with those windmills. On the one hand it's neat seeing all that green power generation. On the other, it does ruin the landscape to some extent, it can be visually jarring to be driving some back road, go over a rise that, and be smack in the middle of a wind farm. It also can be a little distracting at night, where the darkness is awashed in blinking red lights.

Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

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Post by asciimov »

llimos wrote: post #17
Latty wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Often the kind of thing people hate for a while, and then with enough time becomes iconic and you'd probably end up with an article about how they were debating whether to preserve it or not as it aged. I think about this a lot when it comes to "eyesores", particularly wind turbines. When you think of how windmills are considered picturesque, it always makes me a little surprised when people moan about modern wind ge…

People like a single windmill, standing picturesquely in the middle of the village. I don't think anyone would ever have gone for a field of tens or hundreds of them.

I kinda wonder what is gonna happen to them when they reach end of life.

Knowing the history of these kinds of things, they will be left to rot and dangle in the fields they were planted.

Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

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Post by soperj »

asciimov wrote: post #19
llimos wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People like a single windmill, standing picturesquely in the middle of the village. I don't think anyone would ever have gone for a field of tens or hundreds of them.

I kinda wonder what is gonna happen to them when they reach end of life. Knowing the history of these kinds of things, they will be left to rot and dangle in the fields they were planted.

They're buried in places like Wyoming currently.
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