http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/dutch-architects-spark-outrage-design-resembling-twin-towers-164932151.htmlDutch Architects Spark Outrage with Design Resembling Twin TowersOpinions?
The design of a residential high-rise in South Korea is stirring an uproar across America. The Dutch architecture firm MVRDV calls the building's design 'The Cloud', however it bears a striking resemblance to the World Trade Center during its collapse on 9-11. In 'The Cloud' design, the two buildings are connected at the 27th floor, and oddly look like the debris that exploded during the fall of the towers. The well-known design firm recently issued an apology on its Facebook page saying, "MVRDV regrets deeply any connotations the cloud project evokes regarding 9-11. It was not our intention." But the blogosphere is not buying it. One blogger even said, "I'm not really sure how the eerie similarities weren't spotted before the design was approved." People also attacked the firm on Facebook by calling them 'clueless.' On Twitter, people are also skeptical of MVRDV's explanation, tweeting 'unless the designers are 9-year-olds, I don't know how they could not see this as resembling the 9-11 attacks.' A media storm has also erupted, and a spokesman for the firm says they are receiving threatening emails and calls from angry people calling them Al Qaeda lovers or worse. In spite of all of the controversy and anger toward the project, the buildings are still scheduled for completion in 2015.
Need a quick recipe to bake the perfect pound cake? As the Apple advertisement says, 'there's an app for that.' Want to make a funny fake I.D. to show your friends? Well, there's an application for that too--at least there used to be. The Apple App Store contains more than 500,000 applications that users can download for their enjoyment that can be used for a variety of purposes. The 'Driver's License' app was created by DriversEd.com as a novelty program to let people make silly fake I.D.s, but Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey is not happy about it asserting that an app "shouldn't facilitate law-breaking." In fact, he wrote a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking Cook to remove the program from the App Store. Senator Casey said the program, "poses a threat to public safety and national security," and added that with a counterfeit license, "a terrorist could bypass identity verification...or even apply for a passport." It's looking as if the letter worked, because as of Sunday evening, the application is no longer available to download on iTunes. On social media, people are stumped about Apple's decision to offer the 'Driver's License' app as a download. One person tweeted, 'how did this get approved?' Apple is not open source, and every application has to go through an approval process
