The students need to hold this hug-a-thon on school grounds, all the time, Ghandi-style. They can't detain the whole school. SOLIDARITY!

#21 "High school level Orbital math"? What high school did you go to? By all means, inform those who don't know about eccentricity, but I sure as heck did not learn Orbital Math in high school. I'm still chuckling.

All feminism and cultural differences aside, when I saw this, I imagined the possibility that ALL people might wear a burka and rely upon thier avatars to interact with others. It was an interesting sci-fi thought experiment ruined by #14's flasher scenario.

Thanks, John Weeks, I get it now. It's about being disappointed by under-executed technology. Art, humph.

What an amazing idea with such a lame realization. 1) Those nerf ball tires will get you up to a max speed of about 4 mph. 2) The seat? I hope his chiropractor was along the route 3) It looks entirely to safe. Lose those two stabilizing wheels, jack up the center of gravity and set the pedals up backwards and we'll talk.

I cannot say for sure, but that yellow zigzag is incredibly similar to this "articulated wall" in Denver. Wikipedia has a picture for your comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_Plaza_(Denver)