World's Tallest Building Opens in Dubai

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ricola

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Jan 7, 2010 10:54 PM
Al Capone wrote:
ricola wrote: what a shame. takes six years to biuld, then gets blown up in about 2 minutes.
Should make an interesting target.
I was talking about how the fireworks looked like explosions/the tower being blown up, but it sure is a huge target at that height. Tho in an Arab locale one would think the likelihood of a terrorist strike would be minimal.
Jan 7, 2010 10:54pm
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Jan 7, 2010 11:01 PM
Dubai is an extremely safe city, and one of the coolest new cities in the world. Yes, they have been hit quite hard by the global economy, but so has everyone. Honestly, it's in my top 5 of cities I'd like to visit.
Jan 7, 2010 11:01pm
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raiderbuck

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Jan 7, 2010 11:02 PM
TW is probably playing golf on his course there. No wonder no one can find him!
Jan 7, 2010 11:02pm
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gut

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Jan 8, 2010 3:37 AM
That place is almost twice as tall as the Sears tower. The top floor is probably over 700 feet higher than the Sears Tower.

Just think about the foundation you'd need for that thing. Insane.
Jan 8, 2010 3:37am
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Jan 8, 2010 9:42 AM
Wow, that is really high... wish the dude could have kept the camera steady, you weren't kidding about induced vertigo
Jan 8, 2010 9:42am
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j_crazy

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Jan 8, 2010 12:16 PM
I've seen bigger.
Jan 8, 2010 12:16pm
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Jan 8, 2010 12:38 PM
^^^whatever d-bag
Jan 8, 2010 12:38pm
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Jan 8, 2010 12:49 PM
If I didn't have business on the first 5 floors no way in hell I would set foot in it. If a fire broke out in the middle you would be cooked.
I heard it was virtually empty as well that can't be good.
Jan 8, 2010 12:49pm
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4cards

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Jan 8, 2010 1:00 PM
...I guess these guys who built this building never saw the "Towering Inferno"

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Jan 8, 2010 1:00pm
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gerb131

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Jan 8, 2010 2:06 PM
Exactly, those people would be crispy.
Jan 8, 2010 2:06pm
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Jan 8, 2010 4:58 PM
Some of you said you'd like to base jump off it, someone beat you to it.

Base Jumpers
Jan 8, 2010 4:58pm
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Websurfinbird

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Jan 8, 2010 5:06 PM
2quik4u wrote:
O-Trap wrote: 2quick4u, it's a pretty well-off city. I'm betting someone will.
Don't let the glitz and glamour of the Dubai blind you they are not well off, the emirate is in a lot debt and they just recently had to borrow $10 billion from its much richer and less extravagant neighbor Abu Dubai.
This.
Jan 8, 2010 5:06pm
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gut

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Jan 8, 2010 6:02 PM
adamy35 wrote: Some of you said you'd like to base jump off it, someone beat you to it.

Base Jumpers
Wow, for a while there I thought, "well, this is the Middle East, perhaps they simply threw him off without a shoot"
Jan 8, 2010 6:02pm
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Jan 8, 2010 7:36 PM
2quik4u wrote: Don't let the glitz and glamour of the Dubai blind you they are not well off, the emirate is in a lot debt and they just recently had to borrow $10 billion from its much richer and less extravagant neighbor Abu Dubai.
Jan 8, 2010 7:36pm