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10/16/2007 10:34:33 AM

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" Well you obviously give enough of a FUCK to post that. STOP SHITTING ON THREADS YOU HAVE NOTHING TO CONTRIBUTE TO. And with the that nihilist attitude, WHO GIVES A FUCK about anything in life? Only thing needed for survival and SO THE ONLY THING WE SHOULD GIVE A FUCK ABOUT is food (and perhaps shelter). SO THAT'S ALL WE SHOULD BE POSTING ABOUT: IF WE HAD ENOUGH FOOD TODAY TO LIVE. SO GTFO and go back to shit chat and post about your escapades in DC. terpball posting: DC DC DC WHO GIVES A FUCK DC DC DC DC DC YOU FAG DC DC DC DC WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT WHAT YOU POST YOU COCKROACH? "

Did you REALLY just post ALL THIS in response to me saying I don't give a fuck about a ROTATING BUILDING???

lol

And you consider that shitting on a thread?

Jeebus dude, get a life

10/16/2007 10:45:58 AM

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"so if I, as an American, wanted to visit Dubai for vacation would the dubaians be like "omg look an american throw rox!" or would they be like "look the tourists have arrived!". i mean i don't want to get all the way over there and have to ask the waiter to hold the spit. what is the typical UAE citizen's view of the typical american citizen?"

not sure if you know this...but the UAE is a country and not a suburb of Iraq/Iran

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"dubai blocks porn and voip, and censors the internet. therefore, vegs > dubai."

When i used to live in the UAE, everything with the word Jew or Israel or talking about it had a big black marker scratch it out. We had to have our copy of the Britannica encyclopedia smuggled in so that its not censored.

[Edited on October 16, 2007 at 3:06 PM. Reason : fda]

10/16/2007 3:03:15 PM

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"so if I, as an American, wanted to visit Dubai for vacation would the dubaians be like "omg look an american throw rox!" or would they be like "look the tourists have arrived!". i mean i don't want to get all the way over there and have to ask the waiter to hold the spit. what is the typical UAE citizen's view of the typical american citizen? "

The Navy is there all the time. Its a normal port visit for any vessel in the gulf. Dubai and Bahrain that is. so one could assume they are used to Americans. ha

10/16/2007 3:05:29 PM

^We used to have American soldiers over at our house for Thanksgiving. This was before I knew what thanksgiving is since of course its not celebrated outside the US.

10/16/2007 3:06:55 PM

my school takes field trips to dubai to study businesses there. im assuming its somewhat safe if they are willing to bring a group of 20-30 people over a couple times a year.

10/16/2007 3:07:09 PM

again...its Dubai. Its a lot safer then Raleigh, NC.

10/16/2007 3:07:38 PM

than

10/16/2007 5:08:23 PM

then

10/16/2007 5:24:12 PM

i think i would like living in dubai

10/16/2007 5:28:00 PM

^wood

10/16/2007 5:38:57 PM

o rly

10/16/2007 5:42:03 PM

^oh really

10/16/2007 6:05:05 PM

i guess it must be "somewhat" safe and they can't throw too many rocks at you (not big ones anyway) if some of the richest white celebrities own apartments/houses/mansions/businesses/islands/etc there.

10/16/2007 8:23:58 PM

^^O reely.

10/17/2007 7:57:21 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/18/dinosaur-theme-park-coming-to-dubai/

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"In the 90's, you might have been convinced by certain bestsellers and major motion pictures that if someone created a theme park full of man-made dinosaurs, you'd probably get eaten. What no one could have predicted back then was that you wouldn't be getting eaten by a dinosaur... you'd be getting eaten by a robot dinosaur. At least that's likely what you can expect when Dubai's $1 billion "Restless Planet" park opens in late 2008, a 500,000 square foot recreation of our planet at a time when dinosaurs roamed -- replete with giant, animatronic / robotic versions of over 40 extinct species. According to the park's managing director Mustafa Galadari, "The Restless Planet provides a visual, audio and tactile experience allowing visitors to experience some of the exciting things that have gone on in the Earth's history," adding that the effect will be, "Extremely realistic and scary – but at the same time, educational." The dinos will contain embedded potentiometers and motion sensors (amongst others), apparently allowing the reptilian re-creations to follow visitors with their eyes, track specific colors of clothing, regulate their own movements, and even lunge at viewers... then eat them. Don't say we didn't warn you."

12/20/2007 6:02:08 PM

Ok I wanna know what kind of bearings they use to hold up entire floors of a building so that they can freely rotate.

12/23/2007 2:27:55 PM

i work with someone that told me Jordan is a great middle eastern country to visit. She said they are one of the most "western" countries in the middle east, and the people were super nice. So if you dont want to go to Dubai because you think the people would be mean(which is retarded), you could go to Jordan...dont think they have the big ass buildings and all the tourist attractions tho...

12/23/2007 2:33:52 PM

bttt

6/25/2008 2:44:26 PM

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/duibai.tower/index.html

[Click to see video... MUST SEE!!!]

Dubai 'shape-shifting skyscraper' unveiled


Each floor of the tower would rotate independently, architects claim, creating an ever-shifting shape.

This will also be the first building to be made in a factory! The units will be prefabricated in Italy or something, and then shipped to Dubai and attached to the central core.

Coming to NYC soon a well!

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"Dubai 'shape-shifting skyscraper' unveiled Story Highlights Plans for revolutionary 420-meter rotating skyscraper in Dubai unveiled 80-story Dynamic Tower has been designed by architect David Fisher Advanced plans to build second tower in Moscow Tower will be built from prefabricated units; due to be completed by 2010 (CNN) -- Ambitious plans to build a revolutionary 420-meter shape-shifting skyscraper in Dubai have been unveiled by architects. The 80-story[/b Dynamic Tower, described as the "world's first building in motion," will also be the first skyscraper constructed from prefabricated units, according to a press statement released by New York-based architect David Fisher's Dynamic Group. Each floor would be capable of rotating independently, [b]powered by wind turbines fitted between each floor. "You can adjust the shape the way you like every given moment," Fisher said. "It's not a piece of architecture somebody designed today and that's it. It remains forever. It's designed by life, shaped by time." Watch how the tower would spin and twist » Apartments will sell for around $3,000 per square foot, making each unit range in price from about $4 million to $40 million. Work on the tower is due to be completed by 2010, according to Dynamic's Web site. Fisher said plans to build a second rotating skyscraper in Moscow were at an advanced stage and that the group intended to build a third tower in New York. He said developers and public officials in Canada, Europe and South Korea had also expressed interest in the project. But some have expressed skepticism. Fisher has never built a skyscraper before. He says he has teamed up with reputed architects and engineers in the United Kingdom and India. Although he has received a development license for construction in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, he has not disclosed the site of the building. The Moscow mayor's office said it was looking into the project and a decision had not been made. Fisher has called prefabricated construction techniques the "future of architecture" and says they will radically transform 4,000-year-old "brick-on-brick" building methods. By using preconstructed parts, Fisher said each story could be built in just seven days, resulting in environmentally cleaner building methods. He said just 600 people on an assembly site and 80 technicians on the construction site would be needed to build the tower -- compared with around 2,000 workers for a traditional project of a comparable scale. "It is unbelievable that real estate and construction which is the leading sector of the world economy, is also the most primitive, Fisher is quoted as saying on Dynamic's Web site. "Most workers throughout the world still regularly use trowels that was first used by the Egyptians and then by the Romans. Buildings should not be different than any other product, and from now on they will be manufactured in a production facility." Dubai is currently experiencing a construction boom with the Burj tower set to claim the title of the world's tallest building when it is completed in 2009. It is already home to the world's largest mall and -- despite being in the Middle East -- it boasts the largest indoor snow park in the world."

For more information and pics, I am going to repost my May 2007 post from page 2:

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"OK, as if a rotating tower (1st post of this thread) wasn't enough, guess what is being planned now... A tower with individually rotating FLOORS Wind Powered Rotating Skyscraper!!! And the speed and direction apparently can be controlled, so the skyscraper will keep on constantly changing shape! YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/v/vJRDZE5xW2Y (MUST SEE) (reminds me of a Rubik's Cube) http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117625795099465923-WFaTx4FSsy1oW4x8lS4eK1518io_20070418.html Click link for video simulation. [quote]In skyscraper-crazy Dubai, tall isn't enough. In a design to be unveiled today in the oil-rich emirate, David Fisher, an Italian-Israeli architect, has dreamed up a 68-story combination hotel, apartment and office tower where the floors would rotate 360 degrees. Each floor would rotate independently, creating a constantly changing architectural form. Each story of the tower would be shaped like a doughnut and be attached to a center core housing elevators, emergency stairs and other utilities. Wind turbines placed in gaps between the doughnuts would generate electricity. The doughnuts won't rotate fast enough to give guests upset stomachs. A single rotation would take around 90 minutes. "It's quite slow," says Mr. Fisher."

If red x: http://www.urlfan.com/local/dubai_skyscraper_with_rotating_floors/39842242.html



http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/wind-power-rotating-skyscraper/

WOW, the wind turbines are placed between floors, and each generates enough electricity for 50 families. So only 4 can provide power for all 200 families who will be resident, and the remaining more than 40 turbines can power other things!

Will produce enough energy for 10 skyscrapers!!!

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"Self Powered Architecture Neatly stacked in between each floor is a horizontal wind turbine (58 in total). Each turbine can produce 0.3 megawatt of electricity and is said to be able to produce enough energy for 50 families. The turbines are integrated in such a way that they are hardly visible from the outside. Their close proximity makes them easy to maintain. “Producing that much electric energy without any implication on the aesthetic aspect of the building is a revolutionary step in tapping alternative energy sources.” Dynamic Architecture’s website also claims that combined with solar panels they could generate up to $7million worth of surplus electricity every year. Each turbine can produce 0.3 megawatt of electricity, compared to 1-1.5 megawatt generated by a normal vertical turbine (windmill). Considering that Dubai gets 4,000 wind hours annually, the turbines incorporated into the building can generate 1,200,000 kilowatt-hour of energy. As average annual power consumption of a family is estimated to be 24,000 kilowatt-hours, each turbine can supply energy for about 50 families. The Dynamic Architecture tower in Dubai will be having 200 apartments and hence four turbines can take care of their energy needs. The surplus clean energy produced by the remaining 44 turbines can light up the neighborhood of the building. However, taking into consideration that the average wind speed in Dubai is of only 16 km/h the architects may need to double the number of turbines to light up the building to eight. Still there will be 40 free turbines, good enough to supply power for five skyscrapers of the same size."

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6/25/2008 3:30:21 PM

so hypothetically if the 41st floor was moving and i was on the 40th floor and wanted to go to the 41st floor would i have to wait for the 41st floor to stop moving?

6/25/2008 3:32:10 PM

^ haha, you think? that would be a flop if they built it like that

if they can design and build this thing, i am sure such issues would be take care of!

6/25/2008 3:38:37 PM

of course not

the floors rotate around something in the core...how else would the achieve rotation in that design?

the elevators and such would be located in the core

6/25/2008 3:48:49 PM

still though, if the 41st floor was pointing due north, wouldnt the entrance to the 41st floor from the central shaft be located differently than if the 41st floor was pointing due south?

6/25/2008 4:05:57 PM

^ i would imagine the elevator would open into a round room that doesn't rotate, and the doors for the condos/whatever would be all around the round room.

or something like that.

6/25/2008 5:27:39 PM

bttt

9/27/2008 12:31:31 AM

I can't imagine living in a place like that, I've spent the night like 90 floors up in a high rise hotel once, but daily living in an apartment that high up must be pretty unreal......

9/27/2008 1:02:26 AM

^ which hotel was that? there aren't many 90+ story hotels or buildings with hotel rooms on the 90th floor.

OK, now shit's getting beyond crazy!

a 1.5 mile = 2.4 km tower? well, some people are envisioning it:

http://www.realtyna.com/dubai_real_estate/dubai-city-tower.html

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"Dubai City Tower (also called ‘Vertical City’) is an architect’s proposal that began circulating in emails and at a skyscraper forum published in August 25th, but its origins are yet to be determined. The professional project pitch details 400 habitable stories, topped by a 400m energy-producing spire, making it 2.4km high. The tower is proposed to be sited along the persian gulf where part of the building could push into the ocean creating a marina and a destination for cruise ships and tourism. The proposed tower is organized into four 100 story "neighborhoods" connected via a vertical bullet train that quickly distributes people between Sky Plazas that separate the different vertical neighborhoods. By comparison, Emaar’s Burj Dubai is largely predicted to be around 800m high and 160 floors."

If pics below don't show, click link above. MUST SEE!

9/27/2008 2:05:19 AM

[quote]Grand opening of Dubai mall threatened as sharks in display aquarium turn on each other with 40 killed so far

Shark fights in one of the world's biggest aquariums are threatening the opening celebrations of Dubai's flagship new mall.

Over ten per cent of the sharks in Dubai Aquarium's 10 million-litre tank have been killed in attacks that have marred the build-up to its grand opening on October 30.

Sand Tiger sharks have killed at least 40 smaller reef sharks and been aggressive towards divers working on final preparations in the giant tank.
Enlarge The stunning new Dubai Mall Aquarium which will be unveiled to the public on 30th October this year - if the sharks can be brought under control

The stunning new Dubai Mall Aquarium which will be unveiled to the public on 30th October this year - if the sharks can be brought under control

The aquarium features the world's single largest school of sharks and the world's largest viewing platform. It is the centrepiece of the new 5.9 million sq ft Burj Dubai Mall.

Built to showcase one of the world's most diverse and exotic collections of marine animals, the aquarium is home to more than 33,000 living specimens.

A total of 85 species is represented, with over 400 sharks and rays considered the main attraction.

But the concentration of such a large number of sharks in a small space has led to what some might have considered predictable problems for the Dubai Mall's management.

General manager Yousuf Al Ali admitted the world's most feared ocean predator had caused teething problems.

"It is inevitable that aquatic species die - sometimes out of natural causes or out of injuries inflicted by bigger fish species," he said.

"Sand Tiger sharks, by nature, are fish-eating. However, all sharks and other animals in the Dubai Aquarium & Discovery Centre at The Dubai Mall are currently on a monitored feeding schedule in order to subdue their naturally opportunistic behaviour and appetite."

Divers carrying out tasks in the tank have also been attacked by the naturally aggressive sharks.

Several have had their equipment damaged and experienced minor injuries due to the behaviour of the sharks, according to UAE daily Khaleej Times.

Mr Ali said: "During the stages of setting up the aquarium, two cases of minor injuries were reported and were immediately attended to by the on-site medical team."

The aquarium features a 270-degree acrylic walk-through tunnel designed to give shoppers close encounters with some of the most diverse marine life on the planet.

Hopefully they will not be witnessing the world's greatest shark fight.

9/27/2008 2:51:25 AM

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"Dubai would just build a big dam across the persian gulf and control the sea level that way"

You're not too bright, are you?

9/27/2008 9:44:53 AM

somebody embed this

http://www.realtyna.com/dubai_real_estate/dubai-future-projects.html

9/27/2008 9:53:59 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/worlds-largest-led-screen-coming-to-dubai/

10/8/2008 7:33:38 PM

All built by immigrant slaves...

10/8/2008 9:52:08 PM

^ sadly, true.

Now a pyramid city has been proposed that will house 1 million and harness nature's various energies.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10224

Dubai's latest offering is a carbon-neutral 'pyramid' city

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"“Ziggurat” is the name of the temple towers of the ancient Mesopotamian valley with the characteristic form of a terraced pyramid with successively receding stories. Now the name is about to enter a new phase. Timelinks, a Dubai-based pioneering environmental design company, has chosen it to describe a sustainable city of the future. The city, in the shape of a futuristic pyramid, will be exhibited at Cityscape Dubai and according to Timelinks, could support an entire community of up to one million people by harnessing the power of nature. Ridas Matonis, Managing Director of Timelinks, said: “Ziggurat communities can be almost totally self-sufficient energy-wise. Apart from using steam power in the building we will also employ wind turbine technology to harness natural energy resources.” Timelinks stress that the project is not just about reducing the carbon footprint. The 2.3 sq km pyramid has many other benefits. They propose that whole cities can be accommodated in complexes which take up less than 10% of the original land surface. Public and private landscaping will be used for leisure pursuits or irrigated as agricultural land. The concept will also aim at a better quality of life for the inhabitants. Transport throughout the complex would be connected by an integrated 360 degree network (horizontally and vertically) so cars would be redundant. Biometrics would provide security with facial recognition technology. "

10/8/2008 10:16:12 PM

i wonder how much of this will slow down now...

10/9/2008 12:10:53 PM

My brother and wife live there now. He works at the new Atlantis resort. He said it is an amazing city and the amount of construction is unbelievable. His wife is pregnant, but he said the medical care is outstanding. I'd like to visit, but cannot spend that kind of cash especially in this economy. Plus I think I'd go crazy on a 22 hour flight or however long it is.

10/9/2008 2:59:50 PM

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"i wonder how much of this will slow down now..."

it won't. they're the ones buying up the futures on all our money, and all the european bailouts. they're super rich and have and explosive economy and money left over to make risky investments in bad foreign economies

oh wait am i hatin

10/9/2008 3:03:59 PM

bttt

2/24/2009 4:31:03 PM

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"A $10 billion bailout from neighbor Abu Dhabi threatens to cost Dubai its autonomy and the free- wheeling economic system that helped establish it as the Middle East’s main business hub. The financial help comes as the sheikhdom, one of seven within the United Arab Emirates along with Abu Dhabi, is struggling with damage to its international reputation after an Israeli tennis player was refused a visa for the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships it hosts. Abu Dhabi, which pumps more than 90 percent of the U.A.E.’s oil and has long objected to its neighbor’s debt-fueled expansion, has the means to rein in Dubai. The smaller emirate accumulated $80 billion in debt to build real estate projects, including the world’s tallest building, while Abu Dhabi amassed one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. “Abu Dhabi is lending its credibility to Dubai,” said Eckart Woertz, an economist at the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center, an independent research institute. “Most likely this comes with strings attached, with a price tag. Before, Dubai was dependent on international banks. Now it’s dependent on Abu Dhabi.”"

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a2dffEIkpEmg&refer=home

it would appear the prodigal son needs some help payin' the bills

2/24/2009 4:34:19 PM

NY Times article from a couple of weeks ago about the same issues - looks like Dubai's real estate market is crumbling along with the rest of the world...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/world/middleeast/12dubai.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=dubai%20spiraling%20down&st=cse

2/24/2009 4:49:56 PM

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=55704&n_tit=Indians+Flee+Dubai+as+Dreams+Crash++-+Fall+out+of++Economic+Crisis

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"t's the great escape by Indians who've hit the dead-end in Dubai. Local police have found at least 3,000 automobiles -- sedans, SUVs, regulars -- abandoned outside Dubai International Airport in the last four months. Police say most of the vehicles had keys in the ignition, a clear sign they were left behind by owners in a hurry to take flight. The global economic crisis has brought Dubai's economic progress, mirrored by its soaring towers and luxurious resorts, to a stuttering halt. Several people have been laid off in the past months after the realty boom started unraveling. On the night of December 31, 2008 alone more than 80 vehicles were found at the airport. "Sixty cars were seized on the first day of this year," director general of Airport Security, Mohammed Bin Thani, told DNA over the phone. On the same day, deputy director of traffic, colonel Saif Mohair Al Mazroui, said they seized 22 cars abandoned at a prohibited area in the airport. Faced with a cash crunch and a bleak future ahead, there were no goodbyes for the migrants -- overwhelmingly South Asians, mostly Indians - just a quiet abandoning of the family car at the airport and other places. While 2,500 vehicles have been found dumped in the past four months outside Terminal III, which caters to all global airlines, Terminal II, which is only used by Emirates Airlines, had 160 cars during the same period. "The construction and real estate industry has been hit following the global slowdown and the direct fallout is that professionals working in the realty industry are rapidly losing their jobs," said a senior media professional, in-charge of a realty supplement in Dubai. "In fact, my weekly real estate supplement usually had 60% advertisement and ran into 300-odd pages. In the last seven weeks, it's down to 80 pages and with fewer advertisments," he added. Mumbai resident D Nair (name changed) had been living in a plush highrise in Sharjah for the past four years. However, the script went horribly wrong when his contract was terminated. Nair used all his credit cards to their maximum limit, shopping for people back home. He then discarded his Honda Accord before returning to India for good. Nair, who stays in a rented apartment in Navi Mumbai today, has a Rs15 lakh loan with a Dubai bank. Another such victim of the meltdown said he bid goodbye to his car in a small bylane near the airport and hailed a cab. "I was scared because a number of us were doing the same and did not want to be questioned by the police. There was no way I could afford to pay the EMI of 1100 Dhirams for my Ford Focus," he told DNA on condition of anonymity. When contacted, the dealer for Asgar Ali cars in Sharjah said, "We are helpless and do not know how to tackle this issue. A large number of such owners are from Indian, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and other South Asian countries.""

Dubia is in trouble. their job market has crashed and foreigners are bailing in massive herds

2/24/2009 4:50:58 PM

I don't see how people could not see this coming.

2/24/2009 4:57:23 PM

vapor-designs

2/25/2009 12:33:14 AM