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Three Giant Wind Turbines Turned On at Once at Bahrain World Trade Center

frogpelt — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:21:27 EDT

It's hilarious when people assume that because the person they voted for didn't win that the election was rigged by the mafia or something.

Don't you remember that after 9/11 Bush had the highest approval rating in the history of our country???

A lot of people actually liked him at one time.

Just because he is reviled and derided NOW for the way he has handled things doesn't mean that he rigged the vote THEN.

frogpelt

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skulldriveshaft — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:14:34 EDT

@newgalactic: and they need to make a tribute for what reason?

skulldriveshaft

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skulldriveshaft — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:13:25 EDT

@newgalactic: stop using gasoline powered anything.

skulldriveshaft

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SneakerFiend — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:41:36 EDT

@wrxsti: True true but then again how those two skyscapers are positioned im sure the speed the wind is going to be passing between the skyscrapers is going to be high and that's going to only help the amount of energy produced/saved.
Also im sure they'll consider installing solar panels too. They also will consider putting solar panels around the building because the glare must be useful for something

SneakerFiend

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macserv — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:53:36 EDT

There's a great example of how wind turbines just aren't feasable. Those 3 turbines are using over 21000 square feet of space, and generating only 10% of this single structure's energy needs?

They shoulda gone with a bunch of big vibrating ribbons or something.

macserv

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capitalass — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:44:30 EDT

@rraszews: WTF is wrong with you people. Now we hate Turkey too...

capitalass

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hnkelley — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:08:02 EDT

@B1663R: Yep, and id10ts like you are exactly WHY I left the Republican party. God-fearing,war-mongering, profit-at-all-costs ass hats ruining the environment, the economy, and our standing in the world... just who I want running this once-great country!

hnkelley

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Con Seannery — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:38:18 EDT

@Manve: niiiiiice, way to make yourself sound like a bandwagon america-hating stereotyping dick and canel your point which i agreed with until the america-bashing.

Con Seannery

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phreakincool — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:19:02 EDT

Oops! I meant 2004, not 2006. >.<

phreakincool

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Manve — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:59:57 EDT

@B1663R: i absolutely and 100% understand what you're saying, you're trying to express, that YOU ARE a FKING DICK, an idiot, a rasist(and dumb as fuck).you just can't seem to find the perfect words.but of course, your premier george w bush pretty much tells that in the name of your whole nation.maybe the reason why he was SELECTED.

Manve

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Manve — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:26:16 EDT

hah!suck it terrorists!!!now there's no suicide bomber who'd crash into that bulding in their right mind, i mean those propellers would chop them into pieces!oh wait...

nah, seriously that's pretty fking awesome and great looking too+!+!+!+!

Manve

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phreakincool — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:19:46 EDT

@B1663R: Thanks for the tip!

Now just because Bush was "elected" twice doesn't mean there are more Republicans than Democrats. At the very least it means more Republicans were mobilized to go actually vote than Democrats. But a couple interesting things happened on the way to the ballot box...

2000: One one word - "Chad". Another word - "Diebold". Another word - "Dis-enfranchised" voters. Another word - "Selected" by the Supreme court, not elected by the people.

2006: 3 words - "Florida", "Ohio", "Diebold"

Get of off your high horse already. Are you really that proud of what you and your fellow Republicans have done to this country in the last 7 years?

phreakincool

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rraszews — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:53:22 EDT

@B1663R: Except that Bahrain had nothing to do with the WTC attack, so it's really Goose vs Turkey or something.

Hey, I know. The people who blew up the WTC were *humans*, so that makes it perfectly fair for us to kill *humans* in response.

rraszews

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B1663R — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:40:54 EDT

@rraszews: when was the last time the world made any sense?

and how am i advocating violence? I'm merely stating legal precedence here see goose vs. Gander

if there aren't more republicans here then why didn't more of you democrats excersise your freedom to vote?

democracy only works if everyone does their part. wishing for Clinton/Obama to become president won't make it so.

so since a majority of Republicans voted and won, its safe to assume the majority of Americans are republicans.
it's very rare that a minority government comes to power.

B1663R

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B1663R — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:32:54 EDT

@riqgeez: Then who would you hate? the communists?

B1663R

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rraszews — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:32:13 EDT

@B1663R: "What exactly did the people in the WTC or on the planes do?"

If your argument is that "One random act of violence deserves another one," then your reasoning is sound but your point is kind of random. "The people in the WTC didn't deserve to die, so let's murder some other random people who don't deserve to die" is kind of senseless.

Also, the fact that you're advocating violence and hatred toward people at all means you're *not* a "good old fashioned" Christian, and the fact that you seem to think that the fact that Bahrain is a country in that region of the world means that they somehow merit retribution for what a group of people who have nothing in common with them other than religion and skin tone means that you *are* a bigot.

And claiming that there are more republicans than democrats in the USA is unprovable at best, while claiming that this is the reason Bush rose to power is a view that requires you to either be lying or deluded.

That said, you're welcome to your opinion. But since it's a hateful, deluded, and bigoted opinion, we're equally entitled to point that out.

rraszews

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riqgeez — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:09:19 EDT

@B1663R: ALL republicans must die!

riqgeez

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B1663R — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:56:21 EDT

@itchytooth: Clever wasn't I.
@utube2007: What exactly did the people in the WTC or on the planes do?
@Paradise: Good to see you have an open mind and your willing to discuss your thoughts openly why are you quoting "shut the hell up"?
@phreakincool: to reply to a comment, click on the arrow beside the person's name.
@hammertime1994: Thanks it was quite a "feet" indeed!
@ideaman2020: How so?
@capitalass: Good point, i'll respond in a second.@karnak: Why? for stating an opinion? if that's the case we all should be banned.@VishusBurn: Not a bigot, a good old fashioned, god fearing, republican. and last time i checked there are more republicans that democrats in the states hence Bush's rise to power and being voted in twice.@Jay: i am very aware.

B1663R

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Bos'un's Mate — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:41:54 EDT

@Joseph: When they blow, they really blow!

Bos'un's Mate

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rraszews — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:46:29 EDT

At the risk of defending B1663R, there are plenty of fanatics, Christian and otherwise, I wouldn't mind seeing pitched at the cuisinart-like blades of this building.

rraszews

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celloids — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:19:26 EDT

@wrxsti: solar panel will emit bad charged-ions, very hard to clean, very expensive to install, very insignificant power savings. Might as well suggest install an oil rig that can be placed in between.

celloids

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Jay — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:47:57 EDT

@B1663R: go educate yourself

The world should follow what Bahrain stated, focus on alternative energy and yea what haven't they thought of adding solar panel too?

Jay

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VishusBurn — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:13:58 EDT

@B1663R:
Aww sad.
The poor little bigot can't understand the world outside of his little fabricated reality.

[www.pixhost.org]

Go have a coke and watch some more faux news.

VishusBurn

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Geogeo — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:45:19 EDT

ooo i saw a documentary on nat geo about these, it was rather cool. Just getting the blades up there was a week long task. and even then they had to go through months and months of testing...

Geogeo

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karnak — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:17:59 EDT

@B1663R: Needs to be banned already.

Main reason US was hit, and not the Saudi capital, is because the Saudi's have better security, better religious popo, and paid more money to keep Bin Laden out the Kingdom.

karnak

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swartz — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:49:08 EDT

i read somewhere (sorry no source) that the buildings where not designed for the genarators, but they looked at the finished thing (or mock up, don't recall) and they said wel eeh woulnd it be cool if...and than they did.

nice work. good thing they build it facing the prevailing winds.

swartz

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OneObuyan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:10:05 EDT

Sail Shaped Towers..... Cute Idea
Generate high winds between them = taking advantage of that wind
Very smart, could only have come from:

[www.inhabitat.com]

Atkins is the largest engineering consultancy in the UK, the largest multidisciplinary consultancy in Europe and the world's fifth largest design firm.

OneObuyan

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D-Bo — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:55:34 EDT

@ZRXHawaii:

I about fell out of my chair... :D

D-Bo

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ninjatales — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:50:02 EDT

That is simply stunning.

ninjatales

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egyptiansushi — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:47:13 EDT

Why is everyone talking about them breaking? Does something about them look super delicate, and I'm missing it?

"lulz I'd hate to be on one of the floors if that floor collapses"

egyptiansushi

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Frederik — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:45:36 EDT

You gotta love these rich Arab countries. They have too much money to spare in which building majestic skyscrapers is just like flipping someone's hand. This building is definitely on my must see list after Burj Dubai.

Frederik

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hisham — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:29:02 EDT

I am from Bahrain and pass by this building almost everyday. It's pretty awesome, and the turbines don't seem to make any noise.

It so begs to be in a movie. Let's just hope it's not a Michael Bay flick :)

hisham

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ps61318 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:25:34 EDT

It slices, it dices, it makes loads of julienne electricity...

ps61318

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minjae — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:25:30 EDT

won't the building and the corridors shake?
or the turbines cause infrasound and make people see ghosts?

they should have put maglev turbine thingy there...

minjae

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capitalass — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:15:24 EDT

Coupled with solar panels, the building would really generate so much electricity, esp. given the amount of sunlight due to the lack of obstruction and the region.

@B1663R: yeah, because the Middle East has never had to deal with other religious fanatics. Unfortunately, you're right, Islam is the only religion that can produce fanaticism; that's why there haven't been crusades or aliya.

It's just those damn Muslims. Since you weren't technically being racist though, perhaps I can be for you and just ask you about the statistics regarding deaths caused by white colonists vs. well any other race in the world against another. If we need to focus on religion, how many Christian countries have recently been invaded by Muslim forces vs. the other way around? The problem is that whites and Christians, statistically, have actually been the most belligerent people in the world.

But, whatever, those people hate us for our freedom. We never did anything to them, and we aren't doing anything there now.

@ZOOZ: Zooz! I'm Zooz. Crazy shit R.

capitalass

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kevman90 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:49:47 EDT

i dont get it. Where will this thing take off and land. It much to big for conventional airports.

kevman90

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ceilingFANBOY — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:47:12 EDT

@che_leo: Too gimmicky? It's a damn building with giant turbines made to look like it's going to take off! I think gimmicky was what they were going for here. They aren't really interested in the saving power aspect as much as we would like to think. That's just a perk. They are just putting turbines on the building to attract attention. Solar panels wouldn't really attract any attention because they would be hard to see and because everyone that wants to be green puts solar panels on their building nowadays. My guess is that solar panels weren't gimmicky enough.

ceilingFANBOY

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pevans34 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:53:23 EDT

western skyscrapers are like, so twenty years ago...when we had like, money...and like, an industrious workforce...

pevans34

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Ab1gbLU3cub3 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:47:56 EDT

it would sux to accidently land on that particular building whilst skydiveing....its overly pointy

Ab1gbLU3cub3

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rainfever — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:33:21 EDT

I wonder how loud or noisy those things are, awesome though.

rainfever

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ZOOZ — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:31:52 EDT

wohoooooo BAHRAIN thats where i am from =)

ZOOZ

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karmaghost — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:24:45 EDT

Remember that video of the turbine that "blew up" that was up a few weeks ago? Imagine that happening here... sheeeeit.

karmaghost

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LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:55:49 EDT

Now you can commit suicide in style, splashing to the ground in beautifully chopped pieces!

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M

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Boognish — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:55:15 EDT

@qbrad: I'm guessing they know more than they're telling

Boognish

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DrifterTypeR — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:46:39 EDT

@wrxsti: My guess is that solar panels are either not efficient enough, or not economically feasible.

DrifterTypeR

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malvones — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:22:28 EDT

I love the concept in terms of green tech, but the design itself is a little too gimmicky for me

malvones

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frigg — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:20:43 EDT

Looking forward to their big screen debut in the next MI or James Bond flick.

frigg

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mdrr — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:13:45 EDT

@poisonfist: Clean windows kill more birds than that.
[blog.extensis.com]

mdrr

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Amiash Loves You — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:13:41 EDT

@out2getu: your username looks familiar...

Amiash Loves You

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ceilingFANBOY — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:00:54 EDT

@ideaman2020: itchy was making a joke.

ceilingFANBOY

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Accelerata — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:55:45 EDT

@jkr: Actually, you don't have to lose the window space to have solaris panels. [www.xsunx.com] is just one example of a company that builds windows that can also collect electricity. I'm also rather surprised you'd think that they won't pay for themselves easily. Buildings typically stay standing for a very very long time. The only way they wouldn't pay for themselves is if the maintanance costs were too high.

All that aside, I have to agreed that they accomplished a difficult feat of integrating the turbines in a way that didn't make them an eye sore. Its nice to see architects moving in this direction.

Accelerata

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out2getu — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:55:02 EDT

I have actually seen this in real life when I was deployed. It is huge and it is the coolest building that I have ever seen. I am glad to hear that they finally got it up and running.

out2getu

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ideaman2020 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:52:47 EDT

@MisterSleep: You're right. That is awesome.

@itchytooth: You're missing the point. Even if global climate change isn't real [which I'm not agreeing with], saving 10-15% is still a savings of... 10-15%. Who wants to spend more than money if you don't have to?

@B1663R: You're an idiot.

ideaman2020

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CodeGlue — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:41:49 EDT

Wasn't this in one of the old Speed Racer episodes?

CodeGlue

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Amiash Loves You — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:36:53 EDT

@phreakincool: Sorry I Only Use giz to get infos.

Amiash Loves You

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poisonfist — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:36:44 EDT

@igneous:
Actually, they do. Of course I exaggerated but the average toll in 2006 was 2.19 birds killed per turbine a year.

poisonfist

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jkr — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:30:24 EDT

solar panels would not be a good idea, beacuse most of the surface of the building is window space, and thusly you would lose the views in all the offices. 10-15% is huge energy savings in a building this size, if not for pollution then for economic savings. I wonder if it will eventually pay for the cost of design and construction of the turbines themselves, or if there is a net loss. I personally think that this was a mistake for safety and maintenance reasons. But this is only an educated guess, and by no means a statement of fact.

jkr

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igneous — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:26:39 EDT

@poisonfist: ugh, shutup, they dont kill birds

igneous

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graffiksguru — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:18:13 EDT

Ingenious design, wish we had something similar in the US. 10-15% may not be much, but I'm sure it adds up in a building that size.

graffiksguru

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hammertime1994 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:17:10 EDT

@B1663R: Thank you, Archie. I haven't heard someone talk with their feet in their proverbial mouth all day! I definitely didn't miss it.

hammertime1994

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poisonfist — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:09:04 EDT

Wow, three ginormous bird guillotines.

poisonfist

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Joseph — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:05:12 EDT

Just image if the building chopped itself down.

Joseph

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MisterSleep — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:47:50 EDT

@GadgetPlay: or pegacorns.

MisterSleep

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GadgetPlay — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:45:58 EDT

I hope no Rocs fly into the blades, there are few left.

GadgetPlay

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Secret Agent Man — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:40:23 EDT

"Here's the World War I flying ace high over France in his Sopwith World Trade Center. Curse you Red Baron!"

[www.earlyaviator.com]

Secret Agent Man

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glaeven — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:39:33 EDT

why can we do something like that here in the states? dont we have enough tall buildings to?

glaeven

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Arvin Bautista — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:36:42 EDT

Still funded by oil dependence though, pretty much, no? And built by dirt poor people?

Arvin Bautista

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dingwall1 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:35:54 EDT

@DustyButt What a trade center or wind turbines?

dingwall1

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phreakincool — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:32:43 EDT

@Amiash: google "irony" & "9/11"

phreakincool

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phreakincool — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:29:05 EDT

@B1663R: Anyone who starts off a sentence with "Not to sound like a racist prick or anything but..", is about to sound like a racist prick.

BTW - This building is as much of a target to those who perpetrated the acts of 9/11 just because of what it stands for - westernization and capitalism.

@ZRXHawaii: Best post evar!

phreakincool

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newgalactic — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:28:02 EDT

...if the Bahrain designers and engineers who planed these two towers intended for it to be a tribute of sorts to the twin towers in NYC, then I applaud them and appreciate the gesture. Not aware if this is the case, but I'd appreciate it if it was.

newgalactic

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McLucky — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:26:15 EDT

I wonder what will happen when a turbine blade snaps off...

McLucky

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newgalactic — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:24:44 EDT

Beautiful buildings, both design wise and for environmental reasons. However, it did kinda leave me with a bad feeling in my stomach seeing two "twin towers" as a trade center in the middle east. Yes, I know that Bahrain had nothing to do with 09/11. Like a mother who sees a young boy who reminds her of her deceased son, there was a certain amount of resentment and possessiveness mixed into my emotions. Glad for their new building and success. But I long for the capability of the US to finally sever foreign-oil ties with the middle east and other countries.

newgalactic

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Crake — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:21:47 EDT

That building is just pure awesome, what the future is supposed to look like.

Crake

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Tethernet87 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:20:03 EDT

It seemed like a good idea at the time, until other skyscrapers were built next to it...

Unless its the Taipei101, I don't see it working out.

Tethernet87

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Amiash Loves You — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:11:00 EDT

@DustyButt: It doesnt always have to be "in-the-U.S" you know. ;)

Amiash Loves You

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Claystil — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:10:52 EDT

am i the only one who thinks these buildings are ugly as hell?

Claystil

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Amiash Loves You — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:09:10 EDT

@MastaFalse: If your White forget it.

Amiash Loves You

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warf0x0r — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:07:15 EDT

@PeteUALaw: It'd kinda be kewl cause they're spinning. They'd fly out into the building first. Someone call Michael Bay I'd like to see that in a movie... just not his movie only that scene.

warf0x0r

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Paradise — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:04:09 EDT

@B1663R: A little "shut the hell up" goes a long way! :)

See it's OK because I put a ":)" in there.

Paradise

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zenpoet — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:00:34 EDT

@riqgeez: 42.

It is truly beautiful though, I agree.

zenpoet

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SigmundTheSeaMonster — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:00:31 EDT

I was think more...colour...like 95' pinwheels...

SigmundTheSeaMonster

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utube2007 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:00:13 EDT

@B1663R: Yeah your not sounding like a racist prick; your sounding like a bigot.

Exactly what did Bahrain did ?

utube2007

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hooked-on-tronics — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:58:25 EDT

@phoomp: Doesn't answer my question :(
@geekpi: Answers my question :D

hooked-on-tronics

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Papsky — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:55:23 EDT

@qbrad: why use their oil when they can sell it to us for truckloads of money.

Papsky

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geekpi — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:54:12 EDT

I found this video of the turbines, they don't seem to make much noise:

/not a rickroll

geekpi

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yogibimbi — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:53:58 EDT

@itchytooth: well, just jet engines...

yogibimbi

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phoomp — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:53:43 EDT

and, here's what Western buildings look like ...
[www.usatourist.com]

phoomp

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puckerbuttproject — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:51:54 EDT

Uh, hey B1663R...when you get back onto the YFZ Ranch how about disconnect from the web, ok douchebag?

puckerbuttproject

Three Giant Wind Turbines Turned On at Once at Bahrain World Trade Center

phoomp — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:50:55 EDT

@hooked-on-tronics:
The only sound those turbines make will be from the air they displace as they turn.

phoomp

Three Giant Wind Turbines Turned On at Once at Bahrain World Trade Center

itchytooth — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:49:28 EDT

@B1663R: Good thing you're exempt, due to that awesome preface...

itchytooth

Three Giant Wind Turbines Turned On at Once at Bahrain World Trade Center

hooked-on-tronics — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:47:11 EDT

That's a cool idea, but how loud are those propellers?

hooked-on-tronics

Three Giant Wind Turbines Turned On at Once at Bahrain World Trade Center

B1663R — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:46:24 EDT

Not to sound like a racist prick or anything but... i think we should get some Christian fanatics and give 'em a little payback, if you know what i'm saying

B1663R

Three Giant Wind Turbines Turned On at Once at Bahrain World Trade Center

itchytooth — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:46:18 EDT

Also, the jokes on them, once we all realize that global warming is fake and they've been saving 10-15% for NOTHING.

itchytooth

Three Giant Wind Turbines Turned On at Once at Bahrain World Trade Center

Simpsons-Movie-ruled — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:45:30 EDT

@PeteUALaw: I wouldnt want to be in either of those floors in case one of those propellers flies off.

Simpsons-Movie-ruled

Three Giant Wind Turbines Turned On at Once at Bahrain World Trade Center

Darrone — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:44:40 EDT

It looks like they designed the building to funnel the air into the turbines, which I've seen done based on natural topography, but not with structures. Not to mention, on pure aesthetics, its pretty kick ass.

Darrone