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    Image of TysonZetes TysonZetes
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    Hmm, Dubai is like my 10 year-old godchild... He wants crap just because everyone else has it and of course, he gets it. I'm kinda' bored of that pattern and Dubai has no character now- it's just a spoiled brat.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    Funny that you should post this... I'm at the Bellagio right now. :) About to head home, unfortunately. I love me some Vegas. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    11/09/09

    @Homerjay is utterly alone.: You could always move here like me. Then you'd be home right now. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    11/09/09

    @Xeno: No thanks. 3 days at a time is PLENTY. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    Could someone explain to me Gizmodo's infatuation with those money-sucking, environment-raping slave drivers in Dubai?

    I really don't understand what is so appealing about Dubai's waste and excess built on the backs of slaves. No, seriously, I don't. #burjdubaifountain
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    Benguin promoted this comment Lukasz Fabis was starred Lukasz Fabis was unstarred
    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/09/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Maybe because it reminds us of home.

    Good ol' America. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    Every single time I see "worlds biggest" or "world's largest" It's always in dubai. That is excluding humans of course. All of the worlds largest of those are in America apparently. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/09/09

    @yantelope: You wish!

    People in the UAE are eating too much of the wrong foods and straining the nation’s food supply, according to food experts and a recently released UN report. The Food and Agriculture Organisation estimated that the average daily caloric intake per person in the UAE in 2005 was just over 3,000 calories – almost a third above the recommended amount for a healthy person.
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    At least one child in six in the UAE under the age of five suffers from stunted growth as a result of poor nutrition, according to doctors.
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    More than one in three children in Dubai are overweight, according to a study released yesterday by Dubai Health Authority.

    Sources:
    [www.thenational.ae]
    [www.thenational.ae]
    [www.thenational.ae] #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Slyd3z Slyd3z
    11/09/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: Oh noes! Factual evidence that combats the "fat American" stereotype? My head asplode! #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    11/09/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: Curses! Foiled again! #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/09/09

    @Slyd3z: Nope, it merely says "Other people are fat, too!"

    Many Americans are still tubs of delicious lard. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of vqro vqro
    11/09/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: We are indeed the fattest in the world. How dare Dubai want to take that title from us!!! #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/09/09

    @vqro: The UAE is at a disadvantage and has to import some 80 per cent of the food it consumes. We can take 'em! Home-grown advantage! #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Slyd3z Slyd3z
    11/09/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: Oh, okay. In that case, can you help me put together a petition to get the Windows 7 burger on American Burger King menus? #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    at first i was like "eh"

    then I noticed it was 6 stories high :| #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    This makes the Bellagio fountains look like a garden hose and a flashlight. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    11/09/09

    @macpatrik: Really? considering how old the one at the Bellagio is, I'd say it's surprisingly similar, only bigger. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    I would think the air there so dry that all this water would evaporate quickly. Its pretty though, and I wouldnt mind throwing a penny in it. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/09/09

    @Curves: Humidity in the UAE is very often over 80%. Thankfully summer is over, so it's no longer 105 degrees at night with 95% humidity. Walking home from work was bleh.

    Also, don't throw a penny, get some 1 fil pieces. Only 0.0027 cents! #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of spathak85 spathak85
    11/09/09

    @Curves: Lol.

    "The air is dry and leads to the water evaporating quickly".

    Clearly you do not have a science background and I won't hold you liable for your comment.

    Humidity levels in Dubai are perennially high. It ranges from a healthy 40% all the way up to 80% during the high season. It has been found to be more than 80% sometimes.

    The heat in Dubai is unbearably high only for 2-3 months a year to even have a significant effect on still-standing water bodies i.e. artificial lakes and ponds a la Emirates Hills, Jumeirah Lake Towers, The Meadows etc.

    The average temperature is lower now than it was a decade ago, rain is more common than in yester-years. Humidity levels remain high. The water is not evaporating simply because the air is dry.

    Dubai is an amazing city with unbelievable identity crisis. Having being born and brought up there, I can attest to the outlandish and seemingly unsustainable undertakings by the city and its myriad planners. It always takes time for forward vision and unabated excited execution balance themselves out. The exuberance has ended and the process of balance is underway.

    I cannot help but appreciate Dubai for its initiatives notwithstanding the numerous issues that have arisen. Nowhere in the world can yo usee so many things being done so fast. The underlying issues, contradictions and concerns will duly be addressed.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/09/09

    @spathak85: The actual quote is "I would think the air there so dry that all this water would evaporate quickly". That has nothing to do with a lack of science background, more lack of familiarity with the climate of the UAE. And please feel free to hold me liable for any comment I make here, but please just use the actual quote. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of syedagmalali syedagmalali
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
    Rosa, go to sleep so I can too. #technosphere
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment syedagmalali was starred syedagmalali was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/29/09

    @syedagmalali: I'm going, I'm going. The post after this is my last for the night, I promise.

    Go get some rest. #technosphere
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    Image of chrisfox01 chrisfox01
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
    If you noticed the parking lot in the future, majority of people will own Dodge Vipers? #technosphere
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    Image of mricyfire mricyfire
    10/29/09

    @chrisfox01: yea i thought i was the only one who noticed...

    Vipers, Corvettes, Ferraris and NSX can all been seen numerous times in that pic. #technosphere
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    Image of Gann Gann
    10/29/09

    @chrisfox01: 3d entourage is expensive. #technosphere
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    Image of jayhawk11 has assimilated jayhawk11 has assimilated
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
    What, no phallic-shaped building to attach to this? Come on Dubai, you're slipping. #technosphere
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    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    10/29/09

    @jayhawk11: You'll also need another Technosphere to have an accurate copy of the setup I think you're proposing. #technosphere
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
    is dubai even comparable to anything? Perhaps las vegas? I mean it is growing so fast (mostly do to near slave labor) but still. DAMN #technosphere
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    Image of The Hoff The Hoff
    10/29/09

    @phunnyballs: it's stopped growing. Financial crisis has destroyed it.. cranes are all gone, and people are leaving their cars at the airport as they run out of the country to avoid getting thrown into bankruptcy prison #technosphere
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    10/29/09

    @The Hoff: A terrifying prospect given the poor structure of the country's bankruptcy laws. #technosphere
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    Image of Szin Szin
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park

    .....Technodrome: Lets Kick Shell! #technosphere
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    Image of atlasfugged atlasfugged
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
    It's like the Death Star and the Epcot Center left their bastard child behind in the desert.
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Edited by atlasfugged at 10/29/09 2:00 AM atlasfugged was starred atlasfugged was unstarred
    Image of NastyInThePasty NastyInThePasty
    10/26/09

    In reply to Tarzan's Making His Reservations At This Frame Hotel
    The architect in me thinks this is actually pretty cool from a purely artistic point of view, especially the black and white juxtaposition.

    But the structural engineer in me just threw up a little. #villamodagalleriesframehotel
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    Image of LVL32 LVL32
    10/08/09

    In reply to Dubai's Vertical Village Might Suck Up All Of the Sun's Rays
    you know when that oil money dries up they will be where we are. bankrupt. but we will have bombs and they will have targets. muwhahahah! I kid , I kid seriously .. sarah palin.
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    Sticks Calhoun promoted this comment LVL32 was starred LVL32 was unstarred
    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    10/08/09

    @LVL32: Dubai has very, very little oil money.
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    Image of D.E.P.C. D.E.P.C.
    10/08/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: Very little oil money = lots of money relative to any other good

    All of their capital, originally, came from oil. They were smart enough to invest it. Not that all their investments were good.
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    Sticks Calhoun promoted this comment D.E.P.C. was starred D.E.P.C. was unstarred
    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    10/08/09

    @D.E.P.C.: Yes, but my point was that the oil money has pretty much already run out for Dubai.

    GDP BREAKDOWN - The non-oil sector contributed 96.8 percent of GDP in 2006 and oil sector 3.2 percent. Among non-oil sectors the biggest contribution came from wholesale and retail trade (34.6 percent), manufacturing (15.6 percent), real estate (15.2 percent) and financial sector (9.3 percent).

    from here: [www.javno.com]
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    Image of D.E.P.C. D.E.P.C.
    10/08/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: We aren't in disagreement! I was just pointing out that their "very, very little oil money," combined with unique investments, are what lead to them being mega-rich. I was not taking the position of the person you were disagreeing with.

    I don't know what pre-man-made-islands-and-7-star-hotel Dubai's GDP was comprised of, but I'm pretty sure it was primarily oil.
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