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Living root bridges
- a2tech 17y agoBlog spam-here's a link to the much better source material: http://atlasobscura.com/places/root-bridges-cherrapungee http://atlasobscura.com/places/root-bridges-cherrapungee
- mrduncan 17y agoJust an FYI to everyone - it looks like the url of the post was changed to this link.
- Tichy 17y agoSo how does it work - after a while rootbridges.blogspot will change to only contain ads for penis enhancements? How does one identify such things? I must admit I actually preferred the layout and presentation of the blogspam variant.
- a2tech 17y agoBasically someone goes out and finds some interesting content and rips it off. They register a wordpress/blogger account and throw all the content up along with some google ads. You submit it to Reddit/Hacker News/Digg/Fark.com whatever and drive traffic to it. I will admit that they've started to get a little more courteous at least-they're 'attributing' the source material sometimes so they're not outright stealing the content.
- Tichy 17y agoI see what you mean. I guess they provide at least some kind of service to the world by making interesting content more widely known. But overall it seems very shady, especially without attribution.
- dc2k08 17y agoCan I ask you how you knew so quickly that this was stolen content. Were you just aware of the original source, or do you use some kind of plugin?
- ambulatorybird 17y agoSorry, I didn't know what blog spam was when I submitted first link (which was linked to from another blog I read).
- dylanz 17y agoAwesome. I love how they incorporated flat stones as steps. I hope we see more biology hacks like this incorporated into our lives in the future.
- kiba 17y agoHmm, wouldn't it be cool to have a living house?
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoCaras Galadhon: the heart of Elvendom on earth!
- cousin_it 17y agoLooks like something out of Myst.
- arfrank 17y agoI posted about Arboscultores for things like chairs, doors and houses about 2 weeks ago. Might be relevant to this discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=761129 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=761129
- ricree 17y agoVery interesting, but I wish that there was more information on the time scales involved. How long does it take to grow one of these? How long will they last?
- ambulatorybird 17y agoAccording to the article, 10-15 years to become functional, and since they're alive, they can last for centuries (some of them are 500 years old). Obviously, they're not for everyone!
- ricree 17y agoThanks for pointing that out. It's not a long article; I'm surprised that I missed that part.