Times Square Ball 2008 revealed

I want that ball!!!!

:D wow

2009 will be the best year ever i guess thats why the ball is bigger bc
1. obama is president
2. economy is improving
3. and 2009! lol

the ball is going to be twice the size :D

Turns out one of the shop guys -- the one who used to lift weights -- did the Atlas thing first. So you can't even claim that, Sam.

it needs to be bigger its America come on

It is. This year it's twice as big (12 feet in diameter), with much of the hardware redesigned. I'm happy to say they're still using a derivative of my code. Sad to say I don't work there any more, so it's somebody else's project.

They had to rebuild the support structure -- you know, the pole and motors that move it up and down, and everything holding them up -- in order to handle the weight. (Remember, the weight increases as a cube of the diameter, so twice the diameter means 8 times the weight. And last year we had to be careful not to exceed the requirements, so obviously this year requires a rebuild.)

At this time, I'm told, the plan is to use this new version for several years.

Is Sam Gay?

"it's supported by cables, i'm probably the first person to have done this;push the ball around.
sorry dude, i did it too.