Taipei 101 building fireworks

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http://www.wimp.com/lightup/

What a trip it would be to be inside the building.

[jobycom]

1. How long until Cheney uses this footage to invade Tehran?

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2. Didn't he already

[grace0418]

3. How is that safe? It looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

Cool looking though.

[Orsino]

5. Perhaps a dedicated building, not used for anything else? n/t

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6. At the moment, it is the world's tallest building

but it will be surpassed by that one being built in Dubai

[Deja Q]

4. Only a smoker would say that

"What a trip it would be to be inside the building."

Along with

"Gotta light?"

:evilgrin:

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7. Well I'm sure they shut the windows

[applegrove]

8. You have to wonder how they keep all the fireworks from going off at the same time.

Cool!

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9. They are all electronically fired, and insulated from each other by the mortar tubes

a computer sends the signal to each one, and a tiny electric charge called a squib, makes a spark that ignites the black powder lift charge for that firework. They are all connected to a computer that fires the squibs at precise times depending on how it's programmed.