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| World's Tallest Building - Burj Dubai; set to open in 2010 | |
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| Axtremus | Jan 3 2010, 08:50 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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![]() ![]() Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8438416.stm |
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| Mark | Jan 3 2010, 08:53 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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See where all our money went? |
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| kenny | Jan 3 2010, 08:53 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I think it is beautiful. |
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| bachophile | Jan 3 2010, 08:54 PM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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whats it look like when its flaccid? |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
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| Axtremus | Jan 3 2010, 09:07 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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A better picture:
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| jon-nyc | Jan 4 2010, 01:03 AM Post #6 |
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Cheers
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From Ax's article:
Confidence inspiring, no? |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| George K | Jan 4 2010, 04:12 AM Post #7 |
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Finally
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What is "the architectural top?" Everything but the antennas? Is it antennas or antennae on a building, by the way? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Klaus | Jan 4 2010, 04:17 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The Sears Tower looks higher than the Petronas towers. Why do the antennas count in the latter but not in the former? |
| Trifonov Fleisher Klaus Sokolov Zimmerman | |
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| Axtremus | Jan 4 2010, 05:35 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The two sticks on top of Willis (Sears) Tower are "antennas" (or "antennae"). But the pointy tops of the Petronas Twin Towers are "minarets." That's how certain organizations justify ranking the Petronas Twin Towers higher than Willis (Sears) Tower. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_the_world on how various structures are ranked depending on which criteria are used. |
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| JBryan | Jan 4 2010, 05:40 AM Post #10 |
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I am the grey one
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"Antennas" if you are talking about radio applications. "Antennae" if you are a zoologist. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Piano*Dad | Jan 4 2010, 06:19 AM Post #11 |
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Bull-Carp
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They need to light it in translucent green. Then visitors will really know they're not in Kansas anymore. |
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| The 89th Key | Jan 4 2010, 06:40 AM Post #12 |
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A couple of my favorite video I've seen over the last few months: From the very tippy top of the spire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWVLzVhnYE0 Illegal base jump (also a world record) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0vQvHdN5qA Fly-by in a plane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrJEaoyTW44 |
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| Jolly | Jan 4 2010, 07:53 AM Post #13 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Wonder what the occupancy rate will be?.... |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| Axtremus | Jan 4 2010, 05:39 PM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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It has been renamed Burj Khalifa.
But I heard "Burj Obama" was a close second ...
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