http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2009/01/tk-skyscraper-index/ a refreshing and enlightening commentary on european, pakistani and world economics Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:52:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2009/01/tk-skyscraper-index/comment-page-1/#comment-77 jt Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:04:09 +0000 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/?p=585#comment-77 Yeah I guess you are right, though the buildings are drawn to scale if you take the top of the building to be the concrete and not the mast. Its true that some of these buildings do have long masts at the top and include those in their heights, but its a bit disingenuous - a bit like wearing a 12" hat and adding a foot to your stated height! Yeah I guess you are right, though the buildings are drawn to scale if you take the top of the building to be the concrete and not the mast. Its true that some of these buildings do have long masts at the top and include those in their heights, but its a bit disingenuous – a bit like wearing a 12″ hat and adding a foot to your stated height!

]]> http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2009/01/tk-skyscraper-index/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Lukasz Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:16:40 +0000 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/?p=585#comment-76 Might want to scale the buildings properly on that diagram. The Taipei 101 is drawn over 100m higher than it is in reality. The Petronas are over 50m off. It's kind of an important thing when making this sort of diagram... Might want to scale the buildings properly on that diagram.
The Taipei 101 is drawn over 100m higher than it is in reality. The Petronas are over 50m off. It’s kind of an important thing when making this sort of diagram…

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