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Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic

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  • CopperC Offline
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    Copper
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    #154

    potential human remains

    Unborn?

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    • HoraceH Offline
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      Horace
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      #155

      Unborn babies lack internal air pockets, and can withstand greater pressures than born babies.

      I suspect Mrs Jackson and her cohort on SCOTUS will use that biological fact in their logic based arguments to constitutionalize the right to abortion. If the sea can’t crush it, it ain’t human. Period.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
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        #156

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • JollyJ Offline
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          #157

          Sounds horrible, but wonder what those remains cost the American taxpayer?

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • jon-nycJ Offline
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            #158

            A dust mite on a gnat on a rounding error of our budget.

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            • JollyJ Jolly

              Sounds horrible, but wonder what those remains cost the American taxpayer?

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              taiwan_girl
              wrote on last edited by
              #159

              @Jolly said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

              Sounds horrible, but wonder what those remains cost the American taxpayer?

              Yeah, it was a big story and all, but they were on a private excursion, they were all (somewhat) rich.

              If I were the king of the world, I would have let them RIP there in the ocean.

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              • MikM Offline
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                #160

                Agreed. What useful information relative to our society can be gained and at what cost? This is a pretty simple strength of materials question. The ones he used failed.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                • HoraceH Offline
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                  Horace
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                  #161

                  The question is the opportunity cost. I doubt any checks were written from a general fund. What would the coast guardians have been doing instead?

                  Education is extremely important.

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                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                    LuFins Dad
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                    #162
                    1. It gives a real world opportunity for training and experience in deep sea salvage and rescue. The experience may save lives some day.

                    2. The money would have been spent anyway. The equipment was already built, the boats and the labor already paid for. May as well use it.

                    The Brad

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                    • HoraceH Horace

                      The question is the opportunity cost. I doubt any checks were written from a general fund. What would the coast guardians have been doing instead?

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                      @Horace said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

                      The question is the opportunity cost. I doubt any checks were written from a general fund. What would the coast guardians have been doing instead?

                      Saving lives?

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      • JollyJ Jolly

                        @Horace said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

                        The question is the opportunity cost. I doubt any checks were written from a general fund. What would the coast guardians have been doing instead?

                        Saving lives?

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                        Horace
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #164

                        @Jolly said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

                        @Horace said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

                        The question is the opportunity cost. I doubt any checks were written from a general fund. What would the coast guardians have been doing instead?

                        Saving lives?

                        I hope no lives were lost to the absence of coast guard resources during this salvage operation. For practical purposes, I guess the coast guard was happy for the free marketing about the cool stuff they do.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                        • HoraceH Horace

                          The question is the opportunity cost. I doubt any checks were written from a general fund. What would the coast guardians have been doing instead?

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                          jon-nyc
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                          @Horace said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

                          The question is the opportunity cost. I doubt any checks were written from a general fund. What would the coast guardians have been doing instead?

                          Attending DEI training?

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          • George KG Offline
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                            George K
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                            #166

                            I'm all in favor of billionaires going diving in sight-seeing submarines, as long as they name me next-of-kin.

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            • MikM Offline
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                              Mik
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #167

                              I guess there must be a market for very rich people to do very dangerous things.

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                Horace
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                                #168

                                The flavor of boredom felt by a person who can have anything money can buy, might feel existential.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  89th
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                                  "Let me show you it's safe" is one of the great ironic phrases throughout history.

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                                  • MikM Offline
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                                    Mik
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                                    "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      taiwan_girl
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                                      https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/

                                      These are five key questions that still need to be answered.

                                      Did the passengers know the dive was going wrong?

                                      Which part of the Titan sub failed?

                                      Did ocean sounds distract from the search?

                                      Why were safety concerns ignored by Oceangate?

                                      Why did the authorities allow Titan to dive?

                                      alt text

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                                        taiwan_girl
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                                        Photo of subarmine (or what was left of it) on bottom of ocean

                                        alt text

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                                        • JonJ Jon

                                          The sonobuoys are going to pick up any unnatural pattern. They're designed to find the quietest subs in the world.

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                                          @Jon said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

                                          The sonobuoys are going to pick up any unnatural pattern. They're designed to find the quietest subs in the world.

                                          This is what was heard 900 miles away:

                                          Link to video

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