• High-tech remote-controlled cloud will cool World Cup fans at Qatar in 2022
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[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;28780852]Two words: [img_thumb]http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/51429570.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FDF879DE2E2F5EA47A1625A407707AE3BF059FAE487CFFCA58B01E70F2B3269972[/img_thumb] [B][I]ALLAH ACKBAR!!![/I][/B] But seriously, that thing's a flying bullseye. And over a crowded stadium(s) too. I hope it'll have some kind of anti-SAM capability.[/QUOTE] Steam Achievement Manager?
Holy :science:
If they built a stadium large flying brick to provide shade, would it not have been cheaper to build a stadium large stationary brick to do the same? I admit it's cool, but it seems astonishingly inefficient.
[QUOTE=venn177;28781361]Steam Achievement Manager?[/QUOTE] anti-[U][B]S[/B][/U]urface-to-[U][B]A[/B][/U]ir [U][B]M[/B][/U]issile. Learn to military acronym. :colbert:
Is Qatar one of those suppressive countries that discriminate religions or are they more with the times than their neighbors?
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;28782776]anti-[U][B]S[/B][/U]urface-to-[U][B]A[/B][/U]ir [U][B]M[/B][/U]issile. Learn to military acronym. :colbert:[/QUOTE] Didn't the US Military admit to making the name first then turning it into an acronym?
Or they could just build a fucking roof.
[QUOTE=scotland1;28783847]Or they could just build a fucking roof.[/QUOTE]
So it's basically an R/C airship that acts as a giant sunblock... Pretty damn sci-fi, even if a roof would be simpler. But hey, high tech fanciness is good enough for me.
[QUOTE=scotland1;28783847]Or they could just build a fucking roof.[/QUOTE] Look at all the buildings that have roofs, too mainstream
The stadiums are ridiculous, one of them is just an LCD screen with seats and grass inside.
They should put remote controlled Vuvuzelas in it, too.
Do you guys remember hover cars in 2000
The future can't come fast enough.
[QUOTE=Tosadalis;28784395]Look at all the buildings that have roofs, too mainstream[/QUOTE] Saw this post. Immediately thought of this. [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8416055/HipsterQatar.png[/img] I really need to stop spending so much time in the LMAO threads...
[QUOTE=scotland1;28783847]Or they could just build a fucking roof.[/QUOTE] if we had done the practical thing throughout history, where would we be now? ye olde facepunche
It's gonna be cloudy that day and be completely useless
I wish I owned the adspace on the bottom of it... $$$$$ :v:
Cool, a giant floating air conditioner.
[QUOTE=Vietnow;28786361]I wish I owned the adspace on the bottom of it... $$$$$ :v:[/QUOTE] make it reggie's face scare thousands
Qatar is very rich, they don't really care.
[QUOTE=hegrec;28783388]Is Qatar one of those suppressive countries that discriminate religions or are they more with the times than their neighbors?[/QUOTE]They're a lot more relaxed than their neighbours, but it's no Sweden in terms of human rights. In any case, they will most likely treat tourists better than their own citizens during the cup, for all that tasty revenue.
Why not just build a roof?
Or play at night.
$500,000 for a cloud? Hot-damn. Screw Something Awful and they're space ship, we'll be sky pirates!
[QUOTE=humpalump;28787983]$500,000 for a cloud? Hot-damn. Screw Something Awful and they're space ship, we'll be sky pirates![/QUOTE] And then get shot down by crappy Mig-21 dreams go up and come down in flames
[IMG]http://l1.yimg.com/a/i/ww/news/2011/03/23/cloud.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/19Dm2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aGtRg.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mmAgm.jpg[/IMG]
They have no balls. I'd build the field on top of that thing and have it flying over a volcano the entire game.
[QUOTE=Coffee;28783460]Didn't the US Military admit to making the name first then turning it into an acronym?[/QUOTE] If they did that then they got rather lucky because I can't really think of any better thing to call a missile that you fire from the surface to a target in the air.
This is actually a pretty cool idea, if it had little sprinklers that made you cool down, it would be even better. :downs: I like science...
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