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CountDeMoney

That's one hell of a minaret.

mongers

Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 03, 2012, 01:34:54 PM
That's one hell of a minaret.

No doubt someone will fly a plane into it; you know those people are predisposed to that sort of nonsense.
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: mongers on September 03, 2012, 03:56:19 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 03, 2012, 01:34:54 PM
That's one hell of a minaret.

No doubt someone will fly a plane into it; you know those people are predisposed to that sort of nonsense.

Nah.  Not enough Jews in it.


Admiral Yi

The tallest building in Europe is 600 some meters tall.

Not necessarily related to Sauron's Needle in Mecca, just thought it was interesting.

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Syt

Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 03, 2012, 05:51:19 PM
The tallest building in Europe is 600 some meters tall.

This list disagrees:

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

This will be the highest office building in Austria. DC (Donau City) Tower 1, 230 meters. I work in the building on the right, and the tower partially blocks my view across the Danube and East Vienna into the hillside:



Whole project is supposed to look like this, though it's questionable whether they'll build the second, smaller tower, as the first one is already massively late and over budget (United Nations are the smaller buildings right of center).
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jimmy olsen

There's no fucking way, that would be 50% taller than the Bruj Dubai Tower.
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Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
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Threviel

Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 04, 2012, 01:27:07 AM
There's no fucking way, that would be 50% taller than the Bruj Dubai Tower.

230 * 0.67 |= height of Bruj Dubai Tower.

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Syt

Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 04, 2012, 01:27:07 AM
There's no fucking way, that would be 50% taller than the Bruj Dubai Tower.

DC Tower One. 230 Meters.  :rolleyes:
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jimmy olsen

Ah, ok. Read that has 1,230 meters.  :blush:
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: Syt on September 04, 2012, 01:05:45 AM
Whole project is supposed to look like this, though it's questionable whether they'll build the second, smaller tower, as the first one is already massively late and over budget (United Nations are the smaller buildings right of center).

Why'd all the windows fall out and still not break?