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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    11/14/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    That is a long way down. #vertigo
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    11/14/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    how high do you have to go to see the curvature of the earth? #vertigo
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    11/14/09

    @Spaceknight: I think like 70,000 feet, lol. Concordes used to be able to see it. #vertigo
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    11/14/09

    @P3nnst8r: so we're making some progress, but still a ways off. (Just keeping 2,600+ feet in perspective.) ;) #vertigo
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    11/15/09

    @Spaceknight: I'd love to see how much the sway at the top would be at that point. It'd look like a twizzler. #vertigo
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    Image of Jacubious Jacubious
    11/14/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    I remember flying into Dubai, you could see the building sticking up and out of the smog layer. When I asked the pilot about it they said they never see that anywhere else. #vertigo
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    11/14/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    Dubai looks like no other place on earth. One block is a bunch of sand, then the next city block contains the highest building in the world. #crazy. #vertigo
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    Image of Haptic_Feedback_to_the_Future Haptic_Feedback_to_the_Future
    11/13/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    Incidentally, it would be very difficult to actually see the 'wobbling' of the tower manifest on the video. That's because large towers (and the Burj is most certainly a LARGE tower) have a long period; sadly, I don't know the figure for the Burj, but some googling nets 8 seconds as the period for the Sears Tower. The Burj, being far taller, would have an even longer period. The motion is much better described as 'swaying' than 'wobbling.' The lateral displacement is relatively small as well; a few inches is typical, owing to construction tolerances and material properties propagated over many constructed joints. The fact that the distance of the sway is so small is in itself remarkable.

    Of course, the spire structure he's standing in (eeeek, eeeek, holy $*%&, get down from there you crazy person! AHHHH) could be 'wobbling' independant of the tower. But most of what you see in the video is shaky hands.

    Also, holy b@lls is that high up! I get scared on my apartment's 4th floor balcony. And did anyone else notice how tiny that HUGE fountain featured on Giz the other day looks? #vertigo
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    11/13/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    After watching that, I glanced down and realized I had a death grip on my desk. I didnt even realize I was "holding on" the whole time I was viewing it. #vertigo
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    11/13/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    I sooooo wanna BASE this tower! #vertigo
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    Image of BigDogues BigDogues
    11/13/09

    @Xof711: Well then, I guess it's true, All your base really are belong to us. #vertigo
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    11/13/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    that is one brave, brave man... i start to feel a bit queasy in the st. louis arch... when looking at the people below me slowly come in and out of view... not sure i could handle the top of that thing... at all. #vertigo
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/13/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    I'm not going to hold you if you're about to puke. Sheesh. #vertigo
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    11/13/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    The urge to jump from there would be too high for me (lolpun). #vertigo
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    11/13/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    My college dorm was 14 stories high at the top, and there was a study lounge up there. Occasionally, we'd get some pretty strong winds -- from 80 to 100 mph -- and it was always fun to study up there when the gales came in. You could go to the restrooms and watch the water slosh around the toilet bowls. Good times. #vertigo
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    11/13/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    Awesome sniper post? err.... #vertigo
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    Image of CaseyG CaseyG
    11/13/09

    @eatamez2: The ground is 808 meters away from the top of the spire. That's out of range for many sniper rifles. #vertigo
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    Image of Invisiblemoose Invisiblemoose
    11/13/09

    @CaseyG: Trust me, the bullets aren't going to have any trouble reaching the ground. #vertigo
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    Image of mrburglar mrburglar
    11/13/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    Ah, but what a beautiful, glorious view. Of sand and asphalt. Never mind.

    What is the point of this building? They have a LOT of open land over there with nothing on it, don't they? #vertigo
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    Image of MonkeyPaw MonkeyPaw
    11/13/09

    @mrburglar: That's the problem with land that's essentially void and featureless. The only way you can convince people to move to such a hot, dry, dusty place is to make some really cool architecture. That's why they took acres of sand from the mainland and made those crazy palm-shaped peninsulas. The problem is, everything appears so eerily lifeless. Even Vegas never dreamed up something so crazy! #vertigo
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    11/13/09

    @MonkeyPaw: The again Vegas do not have the kind of money these guys are burning like crazy in Dubai. #vertigo
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    Image of Ioncloud9 Ioncloud9
    11/13/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    he should have dropped the camera with a parachute attached #vertigo
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    Image of mangochutney mangochutney
    11/13/09

    @Ioncloud9: That's what I thought, too. #vertigo
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    11/13/09

    @mangochutney: Fuck that. He should have jumped (with a parachute attached). #vertigo
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    11/13/09

    @(Splat): Hmm, that would stabilise the camera on the way down. Otherwise it'd probably dangle uncontrollably. #vertigo
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    11/13/09

    In reply to This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach
    Best suicide EVAR!! #vertigo
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    11/13/09

    @Akibake-: Yeah, all you need is to climb up there to die from intentional heart attack. #vertigo
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