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Imperator Jora'h	Posted - 2008.05.08 20:47:00 - [1] I mean jeebus...a 27 story, 4,000,000 square foot, $2 billion home. I do not begrudge the wealthy their toys but c'mon. He has a wife and three kids. Isn't this a bit much? Is there nothing better that guy could do with that money and still have a spectacular home? I don't even want to think of the carbon footprint those four are racking up for that and I'm not even a tree hugger. -------------------------------------------------- "Of course," said my grandfather, pulling a gun from his belt as he stepped from the Time Machine, "there's no paradox if I shoot you!"
Micheal Dietrich Caldari Cynical Cartel	Posted - 2008.05.08 20:55:00 - [2] I hope to hell that comes with a complementary map to the nearest restroom.... ____________________________________________ And yes I'll be gone soon.
Natsume Chidori	Posted - 2008.05.08 21:02:00 - [3] The cost of that home could feed over 500,000 people in the US for a year.
Doctor Fruitloop	Posted - 2008.05.08 21:20:00 - [4] Originally by: Natsume Chidori The cost of that home could feed over 500,000 people in the US for a year. One say Americans will live the dream like the Indians.... Originally by: Seifer Al'Masy I Love you CCP !!! TAKE ME NOW....
Roxanna Kell Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2008.05.08 21:30:00 - [5] If he earned it, its his, quit ya ***ing, Carbon footprint, i mean come on on, quit being a hippy. Quote:** There is no Dishonor in winning fools, so do it any way you can.
Imperator Jora'h	Posted - 2008.05.08 21:54:00 - [6] To put this in perspective this man's house is equivalent in size to: - ~70 American Football fields - ~50 European Football (soccer) fields (used an average for field size) -------------------------------------------------- "Of course," said my grandfather, pulling a gun from his belt as he stepped from the Time Machine, "there's no paradox if I shoot you!"
Mitch Manus Reikoku Band of Brothers	Posted - 2008.05.08 22:00:00 - [7] Everyone who is going to whine about it is simply jealous. I know i am
Cosy Gallente Porandor Imperium Aeternum	Posted - 2008.05.08 22:06:00 - [8] a nice place to play airsoft / paintball someone hire google to map that
Kyanzes Amarr Utopian Research I.E.L. The ENTITY.	Posted - 2008.05.08 22:19:00 - [9] Edited by: Kyanzes on 08/05/2008 22:19:40 Elvin Atombender lives after all. --------------------------------------------- GET TO THE CHOPPA!!! The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Nerogk Shorn Caldari Royal Hiigaran Navy	Posted - 2008.05.08 22:45:00 - [10] Originally by: Roxanna Kell If he earned it, its his, quit ya ***ing, Carbon footprint, i mean come on on, quit being a hippy. Quit being an ignorant noob. Sorry to be so blunt. Well, I guess since he is the richest person in India, maybe it isn't that much % of his wealth. I wonder how much he gives to his country to make it better. aka Charity. Still, that is ridiculous. The Bulbasaur Wizard D-F-A-A-B-A-A-S**
Alowishus mUfFiN fAcToRy Sex Panthers	Posted - 2008.05.08 22:56:00 - [11] It just doesn't seem sensible. If I were rich, I'd want to be as lazy as possible. That means not having to walk ten miles to get out the front door. I'd definitely also need some form of automated transportation within the building. It'd have to be fast because I don't like to waste time. Maybe a monorail or something? Something with a built in toilet would be great. I could **** as I traveled about the house. I will only judge this man if he doesn't have monorail toilet. Join The Muffin Factory
Domino Stuart	Posted - 2008.05.08 23:01:00 - [12] Originally by: Alowishus It just doesn't seem sensible. If I were rich, I'd want to be as lazy as possible. That means not having to walk ten miles to get out the front door. I'd definitely also need some form of automated transportation within the building. It'd have to be fast because I don't like to waste time. Maybe a monorail or something? Something with a built in toilet would be great. I could **** as I traveled about the house. I will only judge this man if he doesn't have monorail toilet. if it's a skyscraper, it'll have elevators. hmm, how would you fit a toilet to a elevator? 6 floors of carparks on the bottom, it looks like. I think i've heard of this somewhere before, it's something silly like a staff of 12000 or so, madness. How do you go about recruiting housemaids and cooks except by having a whole damn personnel division? Seriously, there's living in luxury and then taking it too far. That's not a house, that's a business. Too much effort expended for no point.
Mtthias Clemi Gallente The Space Bastards	Posted - 2008.05.08 23:12:00 - [13] I WANT IT
Imperator Jora'h	Posted - 2008.05.08 23:50:00 - [14] Edited by: Imperator Jora''h on 08/05/2008 23:52:01 Originally by: Roxanna Kell If he earned it, its his, quit ya *****ing, Carbon footprint, i mean come on on, quit being a hippy. I agree it is his money to do with as he pleases but at some point absurdity just takes over. I know what my monthly utility bills are for electric and gas and it bowls me over to think what it would take to air condition a building like that in an Indian summer...for four people. More comparisons: - Istana Nurul Iman (world's current largest residence and palace, for the King of Brunei) is 2.15 million square feet. It has: "1,788 rooms, 257 bathrooms, and a floor area of 2,152,782 square feet (200,000 m¦). Amenities include 5 swimming pools, and an air conditioned stable for the Sultan's 200 polo ponies, a 110-car garage, a banquet hall that can be expanded to accommodate up to 4,000 guests, and a mosque accommodating 1,500 people. The palace was built in 1984 at a cost of around $1.4 billion USD and has 564 chandeliers, 51,000 light bulbs, 44 stairwells, and 18 elevators. It is also a home to a car collection that includes custom-made Ferraris and Bentleys as well as 165 Rolls Royces. Its golden domes, designed by Filipino architect Leandro V. Locsin, and vaulted roofs echo Islamic and Malay architectural influences." (cite) This house in India is about twice as big. More palaces for perspective: - Buckingham Palace: 828,818 square feet (roughly 5x smaller) - Royal Palace of Madrid: 1,453,122 square feet (largest European palace, a little less than 3x smaller) - The Palace of Versailles: 551,218 square feet (7x smaller) - The Forbidden City (all of it including 800 buildings AND open courtyards/spaces which are considerable): 7,750,000 square feet (about 2x bigger than the Indian house) I've been most of those places listed above (except Brunei and China) and was wowed by their size and wondered who could use such things. This trumps all of those. -------------------------------------------------- "Of course," said my grandfather, pulling a gun from his belt as he stepped from the Time Machine, "there's no paradox if I shoot you!"
Raymond Sterns Utopian Research I.E.L. The ENTITY.	Posted - 2008.05.08 23:52:00 - [15] Edited by: Raymond Sterns on 08/05/2008 23:55:10 I'd burn it down in front of him just so I could see the look on his greasy, greedy, fat face. One thing is earning your money, another is wasting it on absurd luxiries you don't need while those in your country die of hunger. _
Reiisha Splint Eye Probabilities Inc. Dawn of Transcendence	Posted - 2008.05.09 03:48:00 - [16] Originally by: Natsume Chidori The cost of that home could feed over 500,000 people in the US for a year. On the bright side, he actually spends his money, which means it can make it's way to those 500,000 people - Most other rich boys hoard it, rather than putting it back into the economy. I;d rather have a spoilt rich guy spending his money like no tomorrow than someone being exceptionally greedy and letting his money rot in the bank. EVE History Wiki
Gojyu Ever Flow	Posted - 2008.05.09 04:00:00 - [17] I have to wonder what % of their annual income the people complaining in this thread give to charity. I'd also think that the people complaining on this thread would be a little more humble, given that a child dies every 2 months because they decide to play a computer game instead of sponsoring a child. How many deaths are on your hands because you want to pretend to be a spaceship pilot?
Imperator Jora'h	Posted - 2008.05.09 04:21:00 - [18] Edited by: Imperator Jora''h on 09/05/2008 04:21:19 Originally by: Gojyu I have to wonder what % of their annual income the people complaining in this thread give to charity. I'd also think that the people complaining on this thread would be a little more humble, given that a child dies every 2 months because they decide to play a computer game instead of sponsoring a child. How many deaths are on your hands because you want to pretend to be a spaceship pilot? I do not think anyone is saying people should forego all their luxuries they work for. But there are luxuries and then there is this. It is obnoxious. A skyscraper to house five people? C'mon... And doing strict percentages does not really provide a fair comparison. If I gave 50% of my income to charity I'd be unable to pay my bills. If he gave away 50% of his worth he'd still have $21.5 billion left. In no way, shape or form could he notice the difference. I am not sure people ever really grasp just how big a number that is. If he never made another dime he could spend over $1.1 million per day for the next 50 years before he ran out of money. Short of giving it away it is almost impossible to imagine how anyone could do that...you'd run out of things to buy. -------------------------------------------------- "Of course," said my grandfather, pulling a gun from his belt as he stepped from the Time Machine, "there's no paradox if I shoot you!"
Arvald Caldari The School 0f Fine Arts	Posted - 2008.05.09 04:49:00 - [19] Originally by: Imperator Jora'h Edited by: Imperator Jora''h on 09/05/2008 04:21:19 Originally by: Gojyu I have to wonder what % of their annual income the people complaining in this thread give to charity. I'd also think that the people complaining on this thread would be a little more humble, given that a child dies every 2 months because they decide to play a computer game instead of sponsoring a child. How many deaths are on your hands because you want to pretend to be a spaceship pilot? I do not think anyone is saying people should forego all their luxuries they work for. But there are luxuries and then there is this. It is obnoxious. A skyscraper to house five people? C'mon... And doing strict percentages does not really provide a fair comparison. If I gave 50% of my income to charity I'd be unable to pay my bills. If he gave away 50% of his worth he'd still have $21.5 billion left. In no way, shape or form could he notice the difference. I am not sure people ever really grasp just how big a number that is. If he never made another dime he could spend over $1.1 million per day for the next 50 years before he ran out of money. Short of giving it away it is almost impossible to imagine how anyone could do that...you'd run out of things to buy. id by thousands of game time codes and spam them in jita local for lolz Quote: Shooting the hostage does usually remove a critical bargaining chip of the hostage takers I don't think it mattered at that point, we were already bargaining with missile launchers
Kehmor Caldari PAK	Posted - 2008.05.09 04:53:00 - [20] Originally by: Cosy a nice place to play airsoft / paintball By the sounds of it you could get a full blown game on and they probably wouldn't notice for a week or two. - Violence isn't the answer, it is the question. The answer is yes.
Viktor Fyretracker Caldari Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2008.05.09 05:35:00 - [21] this house is 1mil sqft short of being 2x the size of the Mall of America. that house better have a kickass Foodcourt!
F'nog Amarr Celestial Horizon Corp. Valainaloce	Posted - 2008.05.09 08:40:00 - [22] It may be a home for 5, but if some of the staff of 12,000 live there, and I'd assume many would, then it's not quite as bad as it sounds. Also he just introduced 12,000 jobs into the local economy, which is always a welcome addition, not to mention all the money and jobs from building it. Yes, it's ridiculously extravagant, but he could have done what so many others do and lived somewhere more common, like Europe or Dubai, and screwed over thousands of countrymen. And just think, he'll spend more on utilities per year than most of us make in several (dozen). Originally by: Kazuma Saruwatari F'nog for Amarr Emperor. Nuff said
Roxanna Kell Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2008.05.09 09:06:00 - [23] Originally by: Nerogk Shorn Originally by: Roxanna Kell If he earned it, its his, quit ya ***ing, Carbon footprint, i mean come on on, quit being a hippy. Quit being an ignorant noob. Sorry to be so blunt. Well, I guess since he is the richest person in India, maybe it isn't that much % of his wealth. I wonder how much he gives to his country to make it better. aka Charity. Still, that is ridiculous. oh stfu, seriously, I am not being ignorant. How many people you give spare change to on your way to work? how much percentage of your money do you give away, I am sure like all rich people this guy would be giving money to charity just to progress in the social field of things, didn't bill gates? Life Starts with you wanting a bike at some point, than a gf later, than a car, a house a wife maybe and kids, than a bigger house, a faster car , your own plane. If life in his twenties all ready had all those, he is gonna want bigger and better, its our nature and our curse as humans. At the end, the feeling of a little boy in poor rural china getting a bike for his birthday, could be greater than this old man getting a space shuttle to travel to mars if its in his dreams, just because he is used to getting what he wants. Whining about how people spend their money is just unethical, Even if its drugs money, you wanna *, go back to the point to how he makes his money, if its illegal or unethical, than you whine there and there. sides you re not from India, so quit getting your nose in external affairs when your country isn't perfect. Quote:** There is no Dishonor in winning fools, so do it any way you can.
Daedalus DuGalle Gallente University of Caille	Posted - 2008.05.09 09:09:00 - [24] Stop telling him to give his money away. India has 1.1billion people (according to google). If he was to give that 2bil away, that's what, a little under $2 a person. Yay. Or, give his whole fortune away. That's $39 a person. Yay. Spend it like a man. Hell, if I had the money I'd buy a small Island, hire some mercs and engage in questionable scientific research. But that's just me. - What good is money if it can't inspire terror in your fellow man?
jason hill Caldari Nightmare Holdings	Posted - 2008.05.09 09:31:00 - [25] If I had his money..... i would be down the pub right now destroy everything you touch
Daedalus DuGalle Gallente University of Caille	Posted - 2008.05.09 09:36:00 - [26] Originally by: jason hill If I had his money..... i would be down the pub right now And I'll be right behind you to sell you a black market liver for 43billion. - What good is money if it can't inspire terror in your fellow man?
Roxanna Kell Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2008.05.09 11:08:00 - [27] Originally by: jason hill If I had his money..... i would be down the pub right now You ll have a pub in the house noob. you really don't know how to spend. Quote: There is no Dishonor in winning fools, so do it any way you can.
Elphy Minmatar Warp badgers with guns	Posted - 2008.05.09 11:16:00 - [28] Hell I could make one bigger if I had the go track, full sized gaming tables, arcade, air hockey, table football, bowling alley, firing range, dodgems, rollercoaster built inside it. Of course not forgetting the missle silos and 1:1 scale model of a Raven. Hell just make the house look like a Raven with the door having a tractor beam glow and sound effect when it sees people running up it and buttons that play loud missle launch and explosion sounds at the press of a button. Make all the electric carts for doing the garden and going over the golf course look like drones as well.
Ravelin Eb Spartan Industries Cruel Intentions	Posted - 2008.05.09 11:56:00 - [29] Id buy 10,000 baby incubators, then blow them all up.
Dan Glebitts One Ton Banana	Posted - 2008.05.09 13:08:00 - [30] I've just completed a master plan for the Durrat Al-Bahrain development and while larger and more costly there isn't a singular building that can match that level of ostentatious nonsense.

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