Fellow engineering dorks....

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:20 pm

see if you can wrap you brains around this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1811

PK · Post by PK » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:50 pm

Lots of luck. Just big phalic symbols...rich boys playing "...mine is bigger than yours". When all is said and done, your still in the middle of a desert.

LonghornFan68 · Post by **LonghornFan68** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:18 pm

Wish it could be something more like this:

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:35 pm

Remember this movie?

ThadFilms · Post by **ThadFilms** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:50 pm

You know if this article had come out tomorrow, I would have been less surprised. Really? A mile high building? You gotta' be kidding me.

expony18 · Post by **expony18** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:34 pm

LonghornFan68 wrote:Wish it could be something more like this:

are you the one on the left or the right?

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:41 pm

Question: If this building is being built somewhere other than the U.S., why are they building something "a mile high"? Why not 2.2 km? 1km? I thought no one but us used the English system.

03Mustang · Post by **03Mustang** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:22 pm

I heard the Saudis were going to build an even taller one, completely out of oil-soaked playing cards.

PK · Post by PK » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:49 pm

RGV Pony wrote:Question: If this building is being built somewhere other than the U.S., why are they building something "a mile high"? Why not 2.2 km? 1km? I thought no one but us used the English system.

Well, us and the Brits.

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:41 pm

PK wrote:
RGV Pony wrote:Question: If this building is being built somewhere other than the U.S., why are they building something "a mile high"? Why not 2.2 km? 1km? I thought no one but us used the English system.
Well, us and the Brits.

Otherwise known as the English

This is ridiculous (the building)

Whatever, just another landmark to visit one day.

Edited for dumb; the FE manual owns my brain right now

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:08 pm

If I were that rich, and lived in a country with minimal labor costs and safety regulations, I'd build a stupid huge building too.

Alaric · Post by **Alaric** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:23 am

WARNING: There's frontal nudity on this link. Nevermind, that's Paul McCartney.

MustangStealth · Post by **MustangStealth** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:49 am

RGV Pony wrote:Question: If this building is being built somewhere other than the U.S., why are they building something "a mile high"? Why not 2.2 km? 1km? I thought no one but us used the English system.

We win again! USA! USA!

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:21 pm

Actually they are going to have to get it a little "excited" in order to reach a mile. It is 30 ft. short.

Alaric · Post by **Alaric** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:04 pm

MustangStealth wrote:
RGV Pony wrote:Question: If this building is being built somewhere other than the U.S., why are they building something "a mile high"? Why not 2.2 km? 1km? I thought no one but us used the English system.
We win again! USA! USA!

We're winning something in the Middle East?