Would you live here ?

No you did not, silly. Do you seriously think I took any of that seriously?
I said your taste was awful from the list you gave me...which it was.
I said to another poster I don't think you were being serious about being christian (as I think you are Jewish).
I checked out from responding to you, when you drifted into posting links to youtube about satan music.
I was humouring you as much as you were humouring me.

 

I'm going to build myself a tower and make some girl grow her hair out, while locked in the top, just to satisfy my sexual fantasies.
Nothing kinkier than fairy tales.

 

I don't think I'd want to live there, I'd probably get sick. lol

 

Your terrible grammar does not convince me.

 

I could not be bothered to alter it.
You get the point.
Believe what you want.

 

I believe in Jesus as God, and I also believe that I'll have another drink.

 

I'm too tired to go around this cul-de-sac again. Chow.

 

i imagine the vibrations from the turbines and such would sorta fuck with your head, too. a low level, constant hum? no thank you.

 

That WOULD suck!

 

Is it interesting, yes. Would I live there? Not a chance in hell.

Nothing to do with the spinning or the heights or where it is.

Simply because like every large scale building it will be built by the cheapest bidders. The materials used will be the minimum required for it to get built.

In short, it is going to break... wouldn't that be fun... "sorry, we would be dining in the evening sun, but the apartment is broke and won't turn right now"

And on the matter of a 'green' building. Is it going to have gardens to support all the people who live there? is it going combine commercial space so that people who live there don't have to commute? Will it collect and filter rain water? Do it treat it's own wastes? How many years will it take to pay back the amount of energy that went into building it?

A green building is easy if your only criteria is electrical power consumption.

Interesting and creative, definitely.

 

I'd hope it was sound-proofed.
I don't know though, maybe when it is finished there will be more info.

 

ChronicTom, that is a little pessimistic don't you think?
From looking at the web site (accepting the spin within it) it does seem like it is being built to a good quality.
The architect is world renowned.
I'd assume he would wish for his integrity and reputation to be maintained.

However wanting its green credentials may be, It has to be superior than what has been built up to know.
I don't think they are making too many promises.

 

Pessimistic? How so? We have had the technology and materials to build things that will last thousands of years, instead, because of the consumerism that drives our world at the moment, everything is designed to last as long as necessary for it to be purchased and used for a set length of time at which point you get the newest 'version' of it.

This applies to everything from lighters to airliners. Why wouldn't it apply to something like this?

As for their website, you correctly identified the difference in our opinions on it. I don't accept their 'spin'. I look at the reality that we live in instead of the one they wish investors to think it is being built in.

 

Your third line was pessimistic.
Yes, I can agree that most, if not everything, is designed to last a set amount of time.
This does not mean it will be built in a shoddy way.
The building will last a set amout of time, yes.
That time is probably atleast 100 years.
That to me suggests, it will have to be built well.
To last upto, say, 1000 years, would be prohibitively expensive, ny on impossible..
Neither do I know of any materials that could last that long.
If you can suggest anything, please do.
It won't just break down as soon as it is built, like you seem to be suggesting.