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Dubai skyscraper world's tallest
An unfinished skyscraper in the Persian Gulf state of Dubai has become the world's tallest building, its developers say.

Emaar Properties said the 512m (1,680ft) Burj Dubai is now taller than Taiwan's 508m (1,667ft) Taipei 101.

It is thought Burj Dubai will eventually be 693m (2,275ft) tall.

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When finished, the skyscraper will have more than 160 floors, 56 elevators, apartments, shops, swimming pools, spas, corporate suites, Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani's first hotel, and an observation platform on the 124th floor.

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The spire of the building is expected to be able to be seen from 100km (60 miles) away.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/middle_east_enl_1185095809/img/1.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6910536.stm

Good to see the oil money is going somewhere.

And, they'll be painting a big target on the side, so that when somebody finally realizes that the UAE is more obnoxiously wealthy and glutenous than the US, and closer, the terrorists will have a perfect spot to plant their plane! Wonderful idea, Dubai!

Also, when the UAE's oil runs out, they can have a nice big black hole for their money!

Isn't that one of the arcologies from SimCity 2000?

Damn, I thought you were talking about this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6901543.stm

Damn, I thought you were talking about this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6901543.stm

gold. pure gold.

Good to see the oil money is going somewhere.

Most of Dubai's income is from tourism.

And, they'll be painting a big target on the side, so that when somebody finally realizes that the UAE is more obnoxiously wealthy and glutenous than the US, and closer, the terrorists will have a perfect spot to plant their plane! Wonderful idea, Dubai!

Also, when the UAE's oil runs out, they can have a nice big black hole for their money!
You people should do research before shooting off your stupid mouths. Dubai's oil and natural gas is less than 3% GDP, they have been working on switching their economy to tourism for years because they actually know they are going to run out of fossil fuels some day.

Isn't that one of the arcologies from SimCity 2000?

Sounds like a Darco ... the big black weird looking ones.

Mighty damn smart, that.

It would make the rulers or Dubai the only people in the world admitting fossil fuels are going to run out.

they have been working on switching their economy to tourism for years because they actually know they are going to run out of fossil fuels some day.

Mighty damn smart, that.

Anyone else think that looks like Orthanc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthanc)...especially since there is nothing around it...

...ZOMGZ T3H ArABS IS t3h ORCZES!!!!!11!!oneeleven!!!

Anyone else think that looks like Orthanc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthanc).Heh, my first thought was it looked like concept art from Fallout.

I'm just glad those ugly as shit Malaysian towers aren't it anymore. Gross.

I'm just glad those ugly as shit Malaysian towers aren't it anymore. Gross.

From what I hear, those towers are mostly stinkholes now due to immense negligence in maintenance. Which more or less fits in with just about every other government project by Malaysia. There for a good time, but not a long time.

Apparently the CN tower doesn't count as a building.
The CN Tower, in Toronto, Canada, is the world's tallest freestanding structure, at 553m (1,815.3 ft).

Heh, my first thought was it looked like concept art from Fallout.
*nods*

Incidentally, they're going to need a lot of illegal immigrants from Eritrea to maintain that bastard.

Good to see the oil money is going somewhere.

It's going to show how big the oil companies' dicks are.

It's going to show how big the oil companies' dicks are.

and everyone else will have penis envy. :(

Apparently the CN tower doesn't count as a building.

This thing will be taller than the CN Tower if its finished according to projections...


eventually be 693m (2,275ft) tall.

and everyone else will have penis envy. :(

Yeah, I know.

Apparently the CN tower doesn't count as a building.

People always forget about us Canadians...they all think of us like America's little brother or something. :(

And is it just me, or does the tower already look like it's leaning over and about to fall? (Could be the angle the photo was shot at.)

Good to see the oil money is going somewhere.

Yes, Dubai is one of like three oil nations that is creating a future beyond oil. They also don't have taxes.

And, they'll be painting a big target on the side, so that when somebody finally realizes that the UAE is more obnoxiously wealthy and glutenous than the US, and closer, the terrorists will have a perfect spot to plant their plane! Wonderful idea, Dubai!

Also, when the UAE's oil runs out, they can have a nice big black hole for their money!

Yeah, I'm sure it's built with a superstructure that would withstand SEVERAL planes, unlike the WTC. There is a small threat after the oil collapse when the Saudi Arabians realize their government made no future for them after oil...

Also, when the UAE's oil runs out, they can have a nice big black hole for their money!

If anything, the UAE will be one of the few countries to thrive post-oil. They've done a lot to diversify away from oil in recent years and have a secure future as a booming financial hub. Not to mention they're one of the more liberal regimes and are making real progress on a lot of issues.

You know, if these countries were smart they would develop a solar power industry...high tech, high value-added, lots of jobs, abundant resources, it's even better than oil in the long term.

You know, all they have to do is somehow fit in industrial and agricultural spaces, and it'd be well on its way to becoming an arcology.

If anything, the UAE will be one of the few countries to thrive post-oil. They've done a lot to diversify away from oil in recent years and have a secure future as a booming financial hub. Not to mention they're one of the more liberal regimes and are making real progress on a lot of issues.

You know, if these countries were smart they would develop a solar power industry...high tech, high value-added, lots of jobs, abundant resources, it's even better than oil in the long term.

How much sunlight does that part of the world typically receive? Could they truly make huge amounts through solar power and the like?

If anything, the UAE will be one of the few countries to thrive post-oil. They've done a lot to diversify away from oil in recent years and have a secure future as a booming financial hub. Not to mention they're one of the more liberal regimes and are making real progress on a lot of issues.

Exactly. Dubai will be completely independent of oil revenue within, at most, a decade.

Oh please. I've erected bigger erections with an erector set, which, when erect, were very big and erect. Erection!

Isn't that one of the arcologies from SimCity 2000?



Ahh, the memories. =goes off to play=

And, they'll be painting a big target on the side, so that when somebody finally realizes that the UAE is more obnoxiously wealthy and glutenous than the US, and closer, the terrorists will have a perfect spot to plant their plane! Wonderful idea, Dubai!

Too many countries have invested too much money into Dubai, that no terrorist would dare attack it, lest they lose funding from their national supporters.

My cousin and his wife live in Dubai, and teach at the America School. They're only a few blocks from the construction site. They said it's so thin they're worried it's going to fall down.

Apparently the CN tower doesn't count as a building.

The CN Tower doesn't count as a building, at least not in the sense of the Sears Tower, Taipei 101, or the Dubai skyscraper, which are designed to be used--for office space, stores, hotels, whatever. The CN Tower is simply a "freestanding structure." And the only reason it's so commonly referred to as "freestanding" is because without the adjective, it would be beaten by a television tower in Poland that happens to be supported by guy wires. All the CN Tower represents is yet another attempt by Toronto to be New York and convince itself that it is a world-class city.

To summarize: the CN Tower is not a building.
To summarize the summary: Toronto is not New York.
To summarize the summary of the summary: Toronto sucks.

From an inhabitant of the city that rhymes with fun, capital of the province nobody can pronounce.

It's a bit ugly, I think. But it's always good when engineering allows for records like this to be broken. :)

Fucking dumbasses. Even at the angle the photo was shot, you can tell that the goddamn building is leaning back and to the left.

It's like when you build an equally-thin tower made of Legos. You go too high without enough ground space and sloping, and the damn thing leans. It's called gravity, and these dumb-shit engineers should know better than to endanger the lives of everybody who enters their catastrophe just waiting to happen. Look, even the Empire State Building sways at the higher floors --- and it's one of the sturdiest structures in its class.

If people are going to build structures that tall, they need to be properly designed with gravity in mind, not the increase in size of one's proverbial penis.

Fucking dumbasses. Even at the angle the photo was shot, you can tell that the goddamn building is leaning back and to the left.

It's like when you build an equally-thin tower made of Legos. You go too high without enough ground space and sloping, and the damn thing leans. It's called gravity, and these dumb-shit engineers should know better than to endanger the lives of everybody who enters their catastrophe just waiting to happen. Look, even the Empire State Building sways at the higher floors --- and it's one of the sturdiest structures in its class.

If people are going to build structures that tall, they need to be properly designed with gravity in mind, not the increase in size of one's proverbial penis.

You really think the thing's going to topple? :(

Isn't that one of the arcologies from SimCity 2000?

I wonder if it could house 75,000. :p Probably!

It most likely won't, but it's still quite unsafe, especially in the event of a disaster.

Any structure that tall and that thin is, cantilevers and pulleys or not.

I guess I'd be worried about earthquakes in that case. They're somewhat common over there, I thought. Though the risk can't be as bad as the risk in Malaysia, where they didn't seem to mind building one almost as tall.

You really think the thing's going to topple? :(

It most likely won't, but it's still quite unsafe, especially in the event of a disaster.

Any structure that tall and that thin is, cantilevers and pulleys or not.

Fucking dumbasses. Even at the angle the photo was shot, you can tell that the goddamn building is leaning back and to the left.

It's like when you build an equally-thin tower made of Legos. You go too high without enough ground space and sloping, and the damn thing leans. It's called gravity, and these dumb-shit engineers should know better than to endanger the lives of everybody who enters their catastrophe just waiting to happen. Look, even the Empire State Building sways at the higher floors --- and it's one of the sturdiest structures in its class.

If people are going to build structures that tall, they need to be properly designed with gravity in mind, not the increase in size of one's proverbial penis.
Are you sure it is leaning or is it an optical illusion? Look at that smaller tower to the right, it is "leaning" to the left as well at the same angle.

Are you sure it is leaning or is it an optical illusion? Look at that smaller tower to the right, it is "leaning" to the left as well at the same angle.

Hm, looks like you're right. But that tower's going to have some serious swaying issues on those higher floors even so.

Isn't that one of the arcologies from SimCity 2000?
http://www.youdontevenrealize.com/pictures/whereyourgod.gif

Are you sure it is leaning or is it an optical illusion? Look at that smaller tower to the right, it is "leaning" to the left as well at the same angle.

Aha. The horizon also suggests a slight fisheye. Good catch. :)

it would be beaten by a television tower in Poland that happens to be supported by guy wires
That thing collapsed in the '90s.

Once again, though, Wikipedia is here for rescue:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_world

The CN Tower doesn't count as a building, at least not in the sense of the Sears Tower, Taipei 101, or the Dubai skyscraper, which are designed to be used--for office space, stores, hotels, whatever. The CN Tower is simply a "freestanding structure." And the only reason it's so commonly referred to as "freestanding" is because without the adjective, it would be beaten by a television tower in Poland that happens to be supported by guy wires. All the CN Tower represents is yet another attempt by Toronto to be New York and convince itself that it is a world-class city.

To summarize: the CN Tower is not a building.
To summarize the summary: Toronto is not New York.
To summarize the summary of the summary: Toronto sucks.

From an inhabitant of the city that rhymes with fun, capital of the province nobody can pronounce.
I agree with this post. In particular, the summaries.

Come by Chance, Newfoundland?

snip

Tele-lens, creates a slight fish eye, usually used for architectural photography. Probably shot with an Hassleblad too.

Gravity more or less has fewer consequences than ground settling and wind factor.

... and I thought I was never going to use stuff I studied during college in this forum.

Ahhh, Erection. Like a building that's erected. I get it.

Wow. That's the meaning that took me an hour to get.

You people should do research before shooting off your stupid mouths. Dubai's oil and natural gas is less than 3% GDP, they have been working on switching their economy to tourism for years because they actually know they are going to run out of fossil fuels some day.

So they are switching from concenctrating in one market to concentrating in another?

So they are switching from concenctrating in one market to concentrating in another?
"Another" being one that doesn't run out as you access it :rolleyes:
Otherwise Florida would be fucked.

Yet their power generation systems and the various car & planes that are used to travel in and through Dubai won't stop requiring a hydrocarbon fuel?

Yet their power generation systems and the various car & planes that are used to travel in and through Dubai won't stop requiring a hydrocarbon fuel?

Thanks for missing the point. Not to mention I can't think of any Oil Plants that use oil to generate power.

Gosh, I thought at least Miami was fucked.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&refer=news&sid=a4qa.rYTWyYA
And I had thought the other guy had missed the point. Thanks alot for your continued destruction of my hope in a chance at sense and logic around here.

"Another" being one that doesn't run out as you access it :rolleyes:
Otherwise Florida would be fucked.

Gosh, I thought at least Miami was fucked.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&refer=news&sid=a4qa.rYTWyYA

That's correct, because they're monopolizing the world's supply of handwavium and unobtanium.
If they harnessed the power of American stupidium, they would could sell excess power.

Yet their power generation systems and the various car & planes that are used to travel in and through Dubai won't stop requiring a hydrocarbon fuel?

That's correct, because they're monopolizing the world's supply of handwavium and unobtanium.

Thanks for missing the point. Not to mention I can't think of any Oil Plants that use oil to generate power.

The point that even if they switch their ecnomy to raise revenue from tourism instead of selling oil they still won't be screwed if the amount of fuel halts largescale tourist activity?

What does Dubai (Dubai Emirate?) use to power the region?

If a better system for take people in and out is made then it was a good change, though it still should have been diversified a bit more.

EDIT: Perhaps it would be best if you clarified your point.

Can we imagine that enormous erection inserted into the Anus of America?

To summarize the summary: Toronto is not New York.

I know, what's up with Torontonians wanting to be like New York. I've been here for almost five years now and still not get it, it should just try to be it's own city.


To summarize the summary of the summary: Toronto sucks.


According to the Arrogant Worms all of Canada sucks, except Alberta, but Calgary does.

What the hell are you talking about RO?

Perhaps it would be best if you clarified your point.
The point is Dubai is the only nation in the world recognizing that the oil supply is finite, especially for their country. But they are capitalizing on every other idiot nation's assumption that it isn't. When their oil supply, specifically theirs, runs too low, their nation and economy won't crash. As a tourist and trading hub, it will be kept afloat as well as it is now.

I'm sure they power their nation like every other nation does, one way or another.

What the hell are you talking about RO?

This is a thread about a giant erection.

There is another thread about the Anus of America.

Please read.

Take your irrelevant gibbering somewhere else then.

Take your irrelevant gibbering somewhere else then.

*gibber gibber*

Hey, if other people can attempt humor, so can I.

*gibber gibber*

Hey, if other people can attempt humor, so can I.

You're not humorous. You are like the reason movies have degraded over the past few decades - acceptance of unfunny potty humor.

*Clicked link out of shear morbid curiousity*

*Releaved*

Damn! I'd love to see what the view is like from in there.

Ahhh, Erection. Like a building that's erected. I get it.

Wow. That's the meaning that took me an hour to get.
awesome. That's almost as long as it took me to come up such a witty bon mot.

Hey, if other people can attempt humor, so can I.
emphasis on the "attempt".

Also, when the UAE's oil runs out, they can have a nice big black hole for their money!

they're building an urban, finance and tourism based economy so that when the oil runs out, they won't need it anymore. its actually a very good idea.

Damn! I'd love to see what the view is like from in there.
probably just lots of sand. lots and lots of sand.

probably just lots of sand. lots and lots of sand.

Actually, by the way they're doing things with the waterfront, I won't be surprised if they turn the desert into a lush rain forest in 10 years.

Heyyyyyy.....

Are you talking about a penis?

probably just lots of sand. lots and lots of sand.
And slave labour.

And slave labour.

I don't hear the western corporations moving into the tax-haven skyscrapers complaining about that. makes for cheaper rent.

Also, when the UAE's oil runs out, they can have a nice big black hole for their money!

the plan behind this and many other projects being done in UAE is to bring tourist from around the world flocking to their country. they have been in the field of trying to create an ultimate vacation spot for years.

they are also helping to change the stereotype of the middle east being behind the times.