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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 mfusion mfusion
    08/24/09

    In reply to James Dyson's 'Wrong Garden' Optical Illusion Makes Water Flow Uphill
    noticed: there is a legend that uses red arrows for apparent water flow, and blue arrows for actual water flow. i don't see any blue arrowsof the same shade in the diagram.

    and the light blue one of the air being pumped into a sealed tank doesn't count.
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    quayzar promoted this comment mfusion was starred mfusion was unstarred
    Image of quayzar quayzar
    08/25/09

    @mfusion: Look to your left.
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    08/24/09

    In reply to James Dyson's 'Wrong Garden' Optical Illusion Makes Water Flow Uphill
    I recall in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park there was a similar effect. A road and a stream are side by side, but he road slopes in the opposite direction of the stream. The slopes are so subtle the average passerby percieves the stream to be flowing uphill.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    08/24/09

    In reply to James Dyson's 'Wrong Garden' Optical Illusion Makes Water Flow Uphill
    erm. is it still there?
    this was built for the 2003 Show.. I'm not sure if it would still be on display?
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    Image of senatormayer senatormayer
    08/24/09

    In reply to James Dyson's 'Wrong Garden' Optical Illusion Makes Water Flow Uphill
    I'm just waiting for Mister Dyson to make a vacuum cleaner that will actually cause a hurricane. Then I can finally give up on this dreaded doomsday weather control machine.
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    GitEmSteveDave_HasADDWRTRouter promoted this comment senatormayer was starred senatormayer was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    08/24/09

    @senatormayer: He did. Back in '05. From what I heard, it was immediately bought by the Bush administration.... But perhaps I've said too much.
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    08/24/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasADDWRTRouter: Well, he has had an irrational fear of pretzel crumbs for quite a while...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    08/24/09

    @anexanhume aka Flintheart Glomgold: Think about what happened in 2005 that involved a hurricane, and how supposedly the BA created it.
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    08/24/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasADDWRTRouter: Think about how a pretzel almost killed the most powerful man in the world. I deliberately misinterpreted your statement to make a joke. I do that sometimes.
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