If anyone still has a lingering 'billionaires are people too' thing going on, they should read this. Yep, there was no doubt a (mercifully short?) period of terror and there are grieving families for the titanic lot, but every other dimension of both stories shows a world of inequality, obsessions with the lives of the rich and a fucked up media.
Disbelief and anger among Greek shipwreck victims’ relatives as millions spent on Titan rescue effort
Disparity between rescue responses has sparked debate in Pakistan about double standardswww.theguardian.com
They won't have known anything (on the period of terror aspect). Human response is on the order of around 1/4 second. Critical failure of the hull was likely milliseconds... I was watching a something earlier (Scott Manley for all the Kerbal nerds) and he put it quite well; 'you go instantly from biology to physics'.
What I think paints a starker picture here is that it's increasingly clear that the US military and some other actors were fully aware that a critical failure was a near certainty... They had picked up on the implosion, and noted it at the time. Also iirc the support vessel heard it. There's still some justification for a search I suppose in that you can't be sure what causes a specific noise... But as I understand it the wreckage was discovered pretty much as soon as the French rocked up with decent kit and dropped an ROV where they'd been descending. That said we are talking about different things... The vessels involved in the sub search aren't based in the mediterranean. The deaths of migrants are entirely about political will, and the policies of local coastguard.
They won't have known anything (on the period of terror aspect). Human response is on the order of around 1/4 second. Critical failure of the hull was likely milliseconds... I was watching a something earlier (Scott Manley for all the Kerbal nerds) and he put it quite well; 'you go instantly from biology to physics'.
What I think paints a starker picture here is that it's increasingly clear that the US military and some other actors were fully aware that a critical failure was a near certainty... They had picked up on the implosion, and noted it at the time. Also iirc the support vessel heard it. There's still some justification for a search I suppose in that you can't be sure what causes a specific noise... But as I understand it the wreckage was discovered pretty much as soon as the French rocked up with decent kit and dropped an ROV where they'd been descending. That said we are talking about different things... The vessels involved in the sub search aren't based in the mediterranean. The deaths of migrants are entirely about political will, and the policies of local coastguard.
MysteryGuest!
And making up stupid shit like How do they make a cash transfer when they're at the bottom of the ocean yes that's exactly what she said.
You can always tell when someone has no convincing argument when they invent strawman stuff like that.
Interesting thread here that explores this in greater depth.
A depth of 4,000 meters, maybe?
The correct term is 'souped'lucky for kemp, he didn't get folded
We are! Thank you! Trust that you're keeping well too xBlimey... I was wondering why I was getting alerts. Alcoholols... Nice to see you around, and trust you and the buttony one are keeping well. x
i would imagine the hull had creaked and groaned its way through previous trips and he probably told himself that wiki materials suggested carbon fibre was strong and that was enough reassurance for a psychotic free market elf and safety gorn mad mind set. innovator my arse.This BBC article is interesting:
Titanic sub firm: A maverick, rule-breaking founder and a tragic end
Stockton Rush wanted to be known as an innovator. It didn't seem to matter how he did it.www.bbc.co.uk
So it appears the CEO piloted the sub on every journey it made, using a game controller. To me that says the guy had issues with delegation and control. Hope the keyman insurance will pay out.
But there's some interesting snippets about the approach to engineering design - the non-standard design, the use of non-standard materials but at the same time the use of off the shelf components in unintended ways.
To me this all speaks of an attitude 'you can't tell me what to do' and a desire to get a working design no matter the cost or safety.
If the hull imploded but not on the first trip this thing every did, it suggests some kind of fatigue failure.
Half way through. It's bloody fantastic. Very much of it's time, but that's part of it's charm. Brilliant reporting...
I wonder what he's paid? Quite a lot i imagine.Some quite impressive whataboutery from that arse of a presenter. Essentially, arguing that if rich explorers have to put some kind of bond up front to cover/contribute to the rescue cost of their foolishness, everybody taking to the park lake will have to do the same.
1. By text as that's how they communicated with the sub.And making up stupid shit like How do they make a cash transfer when they're at the bottom of the ocean yes that's exactly what she said.
Great idea for a business thoughSome quite impressive whataboutery from that arse of a presenter. Essentially, arguing that if rich explorers have to put some kind of bond up front to cover/contribute to the rescue cost of their foolishness, everybody taking to the park lake will have to do the same.
That's enough of this anti woke nonsense. If his death trap wants to identify as a submarineIt is essentially a burial ground. Here comes Thomas 5 Billion though to gawp out the window of his shit anti woke sub
It used to identify as a play station 4 from what I can tellThat's enough of this anti woke nonsense. If his death trap wants to identify as a submarine
perhaps a Gameboy that wished it was a PS4.It used to identify as a play station 4 from what I can tell
There won't be any remains to gawp at at that pressure.Wonder how the people who actually lost folk in the titanic in their family line feel about some hyper "go-getting" rich cunts gawping at their graves in the name of "exploration"? I'm old fashioned, I believe that things like graves deserve respect.
Well not now there won't be, 110 years after the event. There will however be inorganic remnants of their lives perhaps. Those should not be disturbed.There won't be any remains to gawp at at that pressure.