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  • #1

    Skyscrapers

    Exciting times.

    We had Taipei 101 breaking the 500m limit in 2003 and that seemed like a lot. It seemed like the race will continue slowly. Taipei 101 is a mere 60m taller than the Empire State Building, which was finished in 1931.

    But then Dubai felt that it must have the biggest dick.

    Burj Dubai, already more that half built and scheduled for completion in 2009 will be at least 700m talls, most likely at 807m (60% taller than Taipei 101) and maybe even reach ~950m.

    (Burj Dubai, Petronas Towers, Taipei 101, Sears Tower)


    Even crazier. Dubai is probably going to build a second building. Al Burj. The current rumors talk about 1200m. 50% higher than Burj Dubai, and almost three times higher than the WTC towers.

    Will the USA, or the rich East Asian cities take up the challenge? Will we see a race between kilometer high towers in the next decade? Discuss.
    "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.
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    I'd be too scared to go up in it... I'd probably pee my pants in the elevator. Not for fear, but just because it would probably take too long.
    Monkey!!!

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    • #3
      It's all just a cover for the space elevator project...

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Japher
        I'd be too scared to go up in it... I'd probably pee my pants in the elevator. Not for fear, but just because it would probably take too long.
        Burj Dubai will have an elevator rising at 18m/s. Less than a minute, and you're at the top.
        "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.

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        • #5
          Re: Skyscrapers

          Originally posted by Eli
          Exciting times.

          ...

          Will the USA, or the rich East Asian cities take up the challenge? Will we see a race between kilometer high towers in the next decade? Discuss.
          I doubt the US will stay in the game for the tallest (we're basically out of the race now). We'll still build supertalls, especially in places like Chicago, just not the tallest.
          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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          • #6
            DanS:

            What about the Chicago Spire and the Freedom Tower? Can't they be scaled up, now that 500m is no longer relevant?
            "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.

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            • #7
              When Indians become rich enough to build skyscrapers, teh techmology will be much better, so we'll have teh tallest ones
              THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
              AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
              AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
              DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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              • #8
                [Ironic mode = Activated]


                Is there a negative correlation between median penis size and how tall are skyscraper?

                Look:

                African: No Skyscraper = Big Penis size

                American: Medium Skyscraper = Medium penis size

                Asia: Big Skyscraper = Small Penis size

                We can see a strong correlation. I think it explains a LOT of thing!


                [/Ironic mode = Activated]
                bleh

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                • #9
                  Seriously;

                  Good job Asia! 1km skyscrapers are simply mind blowing.
                  bleh

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Eli
                    DanS:

                    What about the Chicago Spire and the Freedom Tower? Can't they be scaled up, now that 500m is no longer relevant?
                    Wikipedia has it as "construction imminent" and groundbreaking occuring this month. Given these facts, I doubt they are scaling it up past 600 meters, well less already than Burj Dubai.

                    To be fair, I have not done any research on this besides Wiki, so I might be talking out of my ass.
                    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                      • #12
                        An interesting Burj Dubai site
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                        • #13
                          I couldn't help but think of the implications of cronos_qc's post when I looked at this website of The Chicago Spire
                          "I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by cronos_qc
                            [Ironic mode = Activated]


                            Is there a negative correlation between median penis size and how tall are skyscraper?

                            Look:

                            African: No Skyscraper = Big Penis size

                            American: Medium Skyscraper = Medium penis size

                            Asia: Big Skyscraper = Small Penis size

                            We can see a strong correlation. I think it explains a LOT of thing!


                            [/Ironic mode = Activated]




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                            • #15
                              Dubai is what, you say?
                              "In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion

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