Comments on: Burj Dubai

By: Ruchi

Ruchi — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:12:53 +0000

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) (doctors without borders)is the leading non-governmental organisation for emergency medical aid. It is dedicated to providing expert medical relief to victims of war, disasters and epidemics in 80 countries around the world, giving help to those who need it most, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or political affiliation.

We are organizing \”Swim around the Burj\” event on the 14th of November.
I am volunteering for the same and attempting to raise some funds for MSF.
It would be a great help if you could help us raise funds, by publishing the following at your esteemed blog.
I even have a widget, I could give you the format at the end of this post.

\”WE would like to announce the Return of our beloved “Swim Around the Burj”!!

Lets Step Up and Suit Up….

The much anticipated “Swim Around the Burj” is back on for November 14, 2008.

Challenge yourself to champion the waters around the iconic Burj Al Arab in support of MSF.

Start Training Now!!!

Have your chance to speed, splash, tread and tame the crystal waters of the Burj.

Can you compete the 80 meter distance around the Burj? Will you be the record breaker?

Sponsor us at http://www.justgiving.com/ruchidana

We look forward to seeing you on November 14th for a morning of fun in the Sun.\”

By: ted

ted — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:14:11 +0000

Canadians eat waffles?

By: Christophe

Christophe — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:50:03 +0000

wow, so much heat for Dubai!
All I can tell is that a very good friend of mine went to work there and he’s doing way much better than ok. The new land of opportunities?

By: Mr. Taco

Mr. Taco — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:05:45 +0000

Haha, Tim, your hilarious it is not our gas dollars at work. America’s number one importer of oil is Canada then Saudi Arabia then Mexico, Venezuela, and Nigeria Those are the 5 most that the U.S. imports from.

So why don’t you say that the Canadians are taking our money and spending it on delicious waffles.

Just because they have a flourishing economy doesn’t mean you have to bash it.

By: MoonCake

MoonCake — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:29:00 +0000

actually, speculators are at fault for our soaring gas prices. their speculations determine 50% of the price of oil, and when they “see” growth, the price goes up. of COURSE they’re gonna see growth, they wanna get paid more money. as soon as stories about it got through the news, gas prices went down. they’re starting to creep back up, but miscellaneous stories keep popping up about their impact, and they’re holding off. that’s why gas prices have leveled off for the last few weeks.

and i have to say orjan, there is only so much we can do when almost everything our corporations and government buy is made of petroleum: roads, plastics, make-ups, packaging, automobiles, AND in the form of gas. the distribution/service industry accommodates for the majority of our oil consumption, not every-day consumers. we can only do so much to reduce our addiction to foreign oil, and we can thank what grasp of a “free-market” we actually have for that. it is very much the responsibility of our corporations to change their ways.

this tower is an abomination, and a complete waste of money. i really think man-kind lost its interest in global penis contest a long time ago, but some politicians are still going strong. they can thank the big pharm companies for supplying them with viagra, because now they can go on into their 90s. hooray for huge sky-scrapers.

By: Tim Giachetti

Tim Giachetti — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:22:17 +0000

Orjan, I walk or bike even though I’m a lung patient.
If it were up to me the majority of truck driving, big car owning idiots would be made to do the same. So kiss my ass you American hating asswipe.

By: Orjan Morjan

Orjan Morjan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:18:02 +0000

“That’s your fucking gas dollars at work.”

Then don’t waste gas like it was endless!! You don’t HAVE to buy their oil, you could go invent new ways of producing energy… Big-Oil is who you should be thanking for high energy prices.

Capitalism, not fair when it isn’t working to your advantage?

By: Liapey

Liapey — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:58:45 +0000

Wish I was that rich.

Tim,it’s called supply and demand.

By: Tim Giachetti

Tim Giachetti — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:58:49 +0000

You all seem to have forgotten one thing. That’s your fucking gas dollars at work.
Cost to produce one barrel of oil : $1.00

Fuck them, and, how could you post this as “neat”.
Far from neat, it’s a global reminder as to who has ours balls in their squeezing palms.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:39:17 +0000

“burj” means “tower” so when you call it the “Burj Dubai Tower”… it’s a bit redundant.

By: carl

carl — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:06:14 +0000

I live in Dubai and it looks exactly like that. Its very hazy here now because its 46 degrees celsius thats why it looks so unreal and rendered.

By: this and that

this and that — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:12:16 +0000

country of rich criminal communists covering up the land AND ocean with man made garbage, **** them.

By: Polx

Polx — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:21:58 +0000

Sky scrapers make no sense in Dubai, as the veiw from every window is of more and more of dubai.

Which is no recipe for a pleasing vista.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:46:04 +0000

Being over 600meters tall (almost twice as the Empire state building) i think that picture isnt photoshopped or obscured in any way. It probably looks bigger because of the smaller buildings around it which are probably not bigger than maybe 30-50 floors each.

By: artbot

artbot — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:32:22 +0000

Best music on a hirise building’s website evar!

By: MoonCake

MoonCake — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:34:27 +0000

what goes up must come down.

give it time.

By: ted

ted — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:55:10 +0000

That picture looks more like an artist’s rendering than an actual photo. Maybe because of the surreal colours in the surrounding landscape.

By: TwoDragons

TwoDragons — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:38:11 +0000

Gee, the Striders look just like ants from up there…

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HalfLife2_Citadel.jpg )

–TwoDragons

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:31:11 +0000

oh I just found something cool. Go to their website http://www.burjdubai.com/ and click on the picture of the building (it says compare)

It then does a neat comparison of this tower to the other top ones.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:14:19 +0000

That’s insane!

By: Idil

Idil — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:03:25 +0000

That’s frightening
but so cool
but so very frightening

By: Sofar

Sofar — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:40:59 +0000

Right off the cover of a science-fiction novel from the sixties. Taller than the depth of the deepest hole in the world, B.T.W.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:38:34 +0000

Its the Tower of Babel!

By: energy4anarchy

energy4anarchy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:36:24 +0000

I dont know much about photography… but being over 600 meters tall… this photo just doesnt feel right! Sure its a massive structure, but i think someone has played with the perspective here on this one… the land below is just too small!!! Thoughts