Posted in Simple Solution, THING, fish on 06/12/2010 05:15 pm by StanleyRumm
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THE PROBLEM: A BP oil pipe is spewing oil now for how long? Months? Why can’t it be stopped?
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THE SOLUTION: Shove a cork in it.
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No really. I know it’s a mile underwater, but if they can send an unmanned rocket to Mars and get the coordinates right to such an amazing degree I dare say someone could do the equivalent of sticking a cork on the end of a hanger and shoving it through an open bottle at the bottom of a well.
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It may take a few efforts. Oil is gushing out after all. But the ‘cork’ could be more like a needle/ syringe, so once the pointy bit gets in there, the rest could be pushed from one end and dragged from the other.
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Like this:
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The “cork” can have a camera on the end of it for guidance.
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Better yet, why not have an unmanned sub type device that dives into the hole, plugging it?
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Failing that, how about a fat kamikaze underwater pilot?
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Obviously that last one might not be the best option, but I fail to see what’s so far fetched about the others. I mean, are they even trying??
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Posted in Banks, Finance, Ireland, Rat, THING, fish on 03/31/2010 10:57 pm by StanleyRumm
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1 billion = 1,000,000,000 = 1,000 million (in European terms)
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1 billion seconds = 11,574.074 days = 31.79 years (start counting now)
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1 billion inches = 15,782.83 miles (roughly the distance from Dublin to New York, then back to Dublin, then back to New York, then back to Dublin, then back to New York)
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1 billion people = roughly the population of the USA x 3
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1 billion acres = roughly seven-and-a-half times the size of France
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Posted in A Digression, Food, Happiness, Shopping, THING, fish on 02/01/2009 11:46 pm by StanleyRumm
I think Happiness is mis-sold, overvalued and under-appreciated. I mean the emotion/ state-of-mind rather than the (excellent, though difficult-at-first) film by Todd Solodnz.
Happiness is difficult to do right -and almost impossible to maintain for very long. All’s it takes to rain on a day-long flotation of upbeat positivity is often a dismissive sigh, a shake of the head or an eyes-a-sky selfish shrug from a “friend” for it all to come crashing down.
I’ll give you an example of the birth and death of Happiness…
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