http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/ Engadget Comments for Ukraine war memorial given eternal LED torch, cell antenna http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/
Anyway, I suppose we'll be seeing photoshops of this pic show up on engadget and elsewhere time to time. ]]>Oct 25th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/
It's a shame really. But then again, money means everything to everyone... another shame.]]>Oct 25th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/
Digital Douche.]]>Oct 25th 2009 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/
They have a monument that was built with a wasteful eternal flame. I'm all for symbolism, but there are plenty of war memorials that garner just as much attention, respect, and pause in thought that don't require the draining of one of a struggling nation's more valued resources. Yes, I'm sure it was a shot to general morale to extinguish this flame. However instead of letting it stagnate in a symbolic state of apathy, it's being used as a makeshift cell tower - something you can't see on the statue, and they added back a flame using modern technology that is sure to reignite the spirit of those who became used to simply blocking the statue out in their daily travels much the way people pay no attention to telephone poles. Now it's the center of focus, it's energy-saving, and I bet it looks pretty cool at night.

The simple fact that it uses a simulated flame instead of a real one is about as relevant as saying it's not respectful because there isn't a real person up there holding it. It's a SYMBOL just like the statue is, and now people once more have a brightly-lit reminder of the honour the soldiers who fought and died for their freedoms brought to their country. What's wrong with that?]]>Oct 25th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/
Not cool.]]>Oct 25th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/
Had the cell transmitter been added on its own with a nice antennae sticking out of the statue's hand, that would be disrespectful - because you can see it. But you can't. You see an eternal flame instead.

You have decided on your own that this symbolizes disrespect. If all it takes for you to feel less of a connection to the dead because they added a couple of pounds of functioning metal and plastic... well, sucks to be you.]]>Oct 25th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/
Most monuments are going to shit in Ukraine. People barely make ends meet. They spend the last of their money buying beer/vodka, and the adidas shoes, the remainder goes to pay the cellphone bill. Most monuments are used to urinate upon after drinking beer in the park. Monuments are further marked up with "Lucy loves Bob", and disgraced in many other ways.

This ain't pretty. But neither is Ukraine. But all your judgement must be applied with respect to the environment that this is in. I doubt this LED crap will even last. Young uneducated morons will probably stone the LEDs to death or steal it as a vandalism trophy.]]>Oct 26th 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 26th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/
I guess it's slightly better at night.]]>Oct 25th 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/
Someone has GOT to deal with Russia in the very near future before they screw us all over as they tried to do during the Cold War. If anything, Putin and his thugs are more. dangerous now than then]]>Oct 25th 2009 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Unless the tag is unrelated to the style of comment of course]]>Oct 25th 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/]]>Oct 25th 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/
Ukrainian World War II veterans may have fought to remove the yoke of the Nazi's, but modern Ukrainians are fighting off the yoke of another oppressor, that of Russian imperialism.]]>Oct 25th 2009 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/]]>Oct 25th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/

....im weird like that. =]]]>Oct 25th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/]]>Oct 25th 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/South_America/Brazil/Southeast/Rio_de_Janeiro/Rio_de_Janeiro/photo1135516.htm]]>Oct 26th 2009 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/They obviously know how to dress a woman (statue) over there ...
They forgot the Swarovski.]]>Oct 25th 2009 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/ukraine-war-memorial-given-eternal-led-torch-cell-antenna/Oct 25th 2009 8:32AM