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twisted architecture

Infinity Tower to Twist by 90º Over Dubai Marina

For the record, I would like to state that I'm really bored of these outsized erections popping up all over the Arabian Peninsula. This one is going up in the Dubai Marina. It's called the Infinity Tower (because that is how long it seems that we have been covering these giant penile substitutes that are currently littering the Middle East) and its USP is that it twists 90º. This is the blurb on the 1,000-foot, 80-story, twisted monstrosity. More »

8:12 AM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By AddyDugdale
23,740 views, 111 comments

Latest by n/a: If you consider Dubai's workers as slaves, you should know that their wages are much more than what they get in their native countries (India, Pakistan,..). it's ridiculous how Americans are disturbed by the fact that Dubai as an arabic region more »

sea saw

Five Undersea Cables Cut So Far

In this strange maritime epidemic, the number of undersea cables cut in incidents around the Middle East and South Asia now totals five, including Sea-Me-We 4 (in two places) and cables run by Flag Telecom located at Alexandria, the Dubai coast, and Bandar Abbas in Iran. (Insert not-so-funny-anymore Dick Cheney terror joke here.) [Khaleej Times via Slashdot]

11:04 AM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Wilson Rothman
14,999 views, 79 comments

sea saw

How To Fix a Mysteriously Ruptured Undersea Cable

Not a week after two massive undersea telecom cables were snapped—according to BBC News, most likely due not to Godzilla but a single tanker "dragging its anchor along the sea bed"—and the repairs are well underway. But how in the hell do you repair a nine-layer steel-reinforced cable located deep beneath the surface of the Mediterranean? More »

10:10 AM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Wilson Rothman
20,730 views, 63 comments

sea saw

Undersea Telecom Cables Mysteriously Cut, Digitally Stranding India and Middle East

One of today's biggest stories is the fact that India and the Middle East had about 75% of their digital connection to Europe cut off when two cables on the floor of the Mediterranean snapped under mysterious circumstances. Cables get damaged all the time, but never have two gone out simultaneously. It will take days, or even a week to repair the cables. No one knows the cause—or do they? See update below. More »

10:57 AM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Wilson Rothman
23,206 views, 76 comments