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Title: BYO island
Post by: missioncontrol on November 27, 2005, 11:36:54 am
cool (http://www.damnfunnypictures.com/html/dfp-Making-Of-An-Island.html)
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: markb on November 27, 2005, 12:16:57 pm
I'll see your airport

and raise you the world.

http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/world_islands.php
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: missioncontrol on November 27, 2005, 01:29:10 pm
I'll see your airport

and raise you the world.

http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/world_islands.php

yeah that thing is crazy I saw it being talked about on some channel Discovery channel I think. The prices for those islands are huge..
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: patrickl on November 27, 2005, 04:20:26 pm
LOL, a pityful island, ha, beginners stuff! We took half our country back from the ocean, swamps and lakes.

BTW Hong Kong build a similar airport island.
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: Bones on November 27, 2005, 05:16:09 pm
And a hundred million marine animals cried out and were suddenly silenced.
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: Scott84 on November 27, 2005, 10:42:13 pm
I heard the airport was sinking... not a good sign. saw it on discovery.
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: duffjr on November 27, 2005, 10:58:01 pm
doesn't all land subside?
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: danny_galaga on November 28, 2005, 03:59:07 am
my favourites was the fjords around norway. all those little fiddly bits. i got an award them you know...
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: Stingray on November 28, 2005, 09:56:27 am
my favourites was the fjords around norway. all those little fiddly bits. i got an award them you know...

Slartibartfast

-S
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: ChadTower on November 28, 2005, 11:23:03 am
LOL, a pityful island, ha, beginners stuff! We took half our country back from the ocean, swamps and lakes.

Tell New Orleans how smart it was.
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: Harry Potter on November 28, 2005, 12:58:52 pm
I'll see your airport

and raise you the world.

http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/world_islands.php

Always wanted to own Tasmania and trash it with a huge party.  8)
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: markb on November 28, 2005, 01:00:39 pm
my favourites was the fjords around norway. all those little fiddly bits. i got an award them you know...

Slartibartfast

-S

But when you picture Slartibartfast, which one is it?

(http://www.hhgttgonline.com/php/gallery/albums/userpics/random/oldnewslartibartfast.jpg)

if you pick the one on the left your showing your age. ;D



Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: Harry Potter on November 28, 2005, 01:09:11 pm
Left.

But the right has more class.
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: ChadTower on November 28, 2005, 01:25:14 pm

Trick question.

The one on the left is Stingray.
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: Harry Potter on November 28, 2005, 01:28:13 pm
Too pretty to be Stingray
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: ChadTower on November 28, 2005, 01:29:33 pm

Well, he's all made up there, so we don't laugh at him.
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: Harry Potter on November 28, 2005, 01:34:49 pm
Looks like he's mooning us. I'd hate to see his face.
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: Stingray on November 28, 2005, 02:21:18 pm
Looks like he's mooning us. I'd hate to see his face.

I'm actually farting in your general direction and waving my privates at your auntie.

Neither of those guys look like Slartibartfast to me. He'll always look like the guy that my imagination cooked up first time I read that book. The one on the left comes closer, he has to have a beard.

-S
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: patrickl on November 29, 2005, 05:44:48 pm
LOL, a pityful island, ha, beginners stuff! We took half our country back from the ocean, swamps and lakes.
Tell New Orleans how smart it was.
It's something completely else, but ok they did mess it up royally yes.
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: danny_galaga on November 30, 2005, 06:54:42 am
my favourites was the fjords around norway. all those little fiddly bits. i got an award them you know...

Slartibartfast

-S

But when you picture Slartibartfast, which one is it?

(http://www.hhgttgonline.com/php/gallery/albums/userpics/random/oldnewslartibartfast.jpg)

if you pick the one on the left your showing your age. ;D





definitely the one on the left- i read the book AFTER seeing the tv series. which ive just bought on dvd by the way. its my bible (",)
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: GGKoul on November 30, 2005, 07:55:53 am
How can you forget about this project..

http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/palm_islands.php
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: mmmPeanutButter on November 30, 2005, 08:45:10 am
I heard the airport was sinking... not a good sign. saw it on discovery.

The land is sinking...

But the cool part is that the buildings are all supported by hydraulic columns that are constantly monitored and adjusted to keep the buildings level at all times.  If one part of the island settled faster than another part then the building would just crack in half.

If it's on discovery again, watch it.  It's incredible.
Title: Re: BYO island
Post by: patrickl on November 30, 2005, 10:51:24 am
How can you forget about this project..

http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/palm_islands.php
Maybe because the reference to the other project in first reply was brought funny and then one was enough.