Dubai Mall

[ashling]

[sakabatou]

1. Now you know where all the missing money went in Iraq

[uppityperson]

4. Dubai is in the UAE, not Iraq. eom

[sakabatou]

5. I know

I'm not an idiot. So thank you, Captain Obvious.

[uppityperson]

8. Good lord, sometimes people don't know things.

I am sorry you took offense at that. I didn't mean to give offense, and apologize if I did. I have seen posters who do not know geography and what countries are which where.

I apologize.

[sakabatou]

11. No prob

^_^

[ashling]

18. "what countries are which where." ??

grammar police here

did you mean which or where, or the bastardized which/where?

Just wondering:shrug: ....

Just kidding, actually. LOL

[uppityperson]

19. Which countries are what where which whom why.

see? it is easy to get whenever. (dang, didn't cap that "i").
:rofl:

[Soylent Brice]

23. my brain hurts now. thanks guys...

:crazy:

[ashling]

27. Any time.

Shall I put some Advil in the Intertubes for ya?
LOL

[Soylent Brice]

28. YAY!! drugs am good.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

24. You're not?

Then please explain post #1.

[stillcool]

6. But Halliburton is in Dubai

[uppityperson]

9. Halliburton took the missing money from Iraq and built a shark tank in a mall in Dubai?

It wouldn't surprise me but I hadn't heard that.

[stillcool]

13. Who knows what Halliburton did..

with the money. It went somewhere..and so did they.

[JCMach1]

21. If they have moved here yet, they are hiding pretty well...

I don't think the move has actually happened yet.

[babylonsister]

2. Dubai plans to build refrigerated beach.»

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/15/dubai-refrigerated-beach/

Dubai plans to build refrigerated beach.»

Dubai is planning to construct the world’s first refrigerated beach. A system of heat-absorbing pipes and giant wind blowers will “keep tourists cool in the searing 40-50C heat.” Soheil Abedian, president of Palazzo Versace hotel that will be home to the refrigerated beach, said: “We will suck the heat out of the sand to keep it cool enough to lie on. This is the kind of luxury that top people want.” Critics have argued that Dubai’s design lacks regard for the environment:

Rachel Noble, of Tourism Concern, said: “Dubai is like a bubble world where the things that are worrying the rest of the world, like climate change, are simply ignored so people can continue destructive lifestyles.” <…>

The city’s continued expansion will also add to its huge carbon footprint. Each person living in Dubai has a carbon footprint of more than 44 tons of CO2 a year.

[ColbertWatcher]

14. They already have indoor skiing ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_Dubai

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. DubaiWorld... Where nothing can go wrong... go wrong... go wrong... go wrong...

"But I don't understand! The Yeti in AlpWorld are only supposed to SCARE the guests, not EAT them!"

[Raskolnik]

3. I wonder if they're ever going to regret throwing away hundreds of billions of dollars

on crap like this?

Of course, they could have turned their country into a center of scientific research and modern learning for the Muslim world, but an artificial ski slope in the desert is good too.

[charlie]

10. They already are

It takes big money to enjoy these big money amusements and the money pool is dwindling. Property values on that palm crescent beach of theirs fell nearly 40% between September and November.

[carlyhippy]

7. Dubai is so ultra modern, it reminds me of a city from the jetsons

beautiful architecture, but wow, all that money they have spent, it is mind boggling how much money those folks have there.

[Thickasabrick]

12. That mall was built with slave labor. Fuck Dubai

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. !!!

:thumbsup:

[underpants]

17. They are going to build and air-conditioned beach too

http://living.oneindia.in/insync/2008/air-conditioned-beach-dubai-161208.html

Now no longer do you have to burn your feet during walks on the sandy beaches. The world's first refrigerated beach has been launched in Dubai to protect the delicate feet of rich and wealthy.

The avant-garde coastline
, which will be making waves while neighbouring the posh new Palazzo Versace hotel in the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates, is due to open in late 2009 or early 2010. The scorching sand is to be computer-controlled by link to the system of coolant-filled pipes that maintain ease temperatures.
The visitors no longer have to face the 50-degree heat and can take a dip in the cool swimming pool or enjoy the cool.

This adventurous gimmick has lead to campaigns that accuse the technology to lead to climate change related troubles. "Dubai is like a bubble world where the things that are worrying the rest of the world, like climate change, are simply ignored so people can continue destructive lifestyles," the Sun quoted Rachel Noble, of Tourism Concern, as saying.

But according to Soheil Abedian, president of the company that owns the Palazzo Versace, said: "This is the kind of luxury top people want"

[JCMach1]

20. Irony... just got back from xmas shopping there

Here is my blog entry on the place:

http://usa2uae.com/2008/11/29/when-architecture-goes-wrong-the-dubai-mall/

I did find one very cool part... the new Japanese bookstore is the absolute SHIT. It is the biggest chain bookstore I have ever seen anywhere in the world. The books are thick and deep... I could have spent a week in there!

Here is my video of the aquarium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_FgeeZLpqY

[Odin2005]

22. Such wastefulness disgusts me.

:puke:

[JCMach1]

26. Let's see trying to leverage your oil revenues into a sustainable

retail and travel economy to sustain your country when the oil runs out... That's wasteful?

Would you rather Dubai take the Saudi model and burn through everything and stash the rest in Switzerland model?

Tacky, maybe... that was my review of the architecture of this particular edifice.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

25. And this is bad because....

?