You are welcome as always. No one gets humor. It's a wonderfully awful enigma.

Twasn't till last night late that I realized how deep in space I have been not to see the so brightly shining new red giant Ruby Star that is you.

Congratulations my friend. Brilliant work. Your meteoric ascension continues.
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Hey chic, thanks for the upvote on this one
http://videosift.com/video/Rocketboom-Memories-Black-Holes

I actually thought she was pretty funny--just goes to show I have no idea what makes a good sift.

Hey chic, thanks for the upvote on this one
http://videosift.com/video/Rocketboom-Memories-Black-Holes

I actually thought she was pretty funny--just goes to show I have no idea what makes a good sift.

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Actually, I can't imagine they make enough volume of this component to do any statistically significant testing.

And BP is absolutely responsible for this disaster, good intentions or no. The final manufacturer or project owner has to take responsibility to ensure the quality of the components, parts, and modules that he buys. Especially since the risks are so high. The fact that they didn't put this fail safe on their rig looks very much like a financially driven decision.

But even if they did everything they could, it's still their fault. BP, and other oil companies, choose to gamble not only with their investors, but with our planet. And that is not hyperbole, as we now see. All of BP's money will not fix this disaster. They owe humanity a huge debt.

Also, I am sure that this has happened before with BP or others in the same business; I hope some journo is digging for other occurrences so we know the full score.

>> ^Mcboinkens:

>> ^enoch:
it was not a small random chance.
thats what BP would LOVE for you to view this disaster but in reality it was negligence and greed.
40 billion in profits last year and BP tried to save 500k.fuck BP in the ass with a razor blade dildo.
the reason why you have not seen this type of disaster in other developed countries is due to the fact they impose incredibly strict safety measures with hefty fines attached if not adhered to.
thanks to haliburton and its influence in american legislature no such requirements here in the states.
exxons valdez was tragic but that was an tanker and with that comes risk.THIS could have been avoided from the beginning all the way to a few days prior.
so while i would tend to agree with your assertion "accidents happen" not in this case..NOT ONE BIT..this could have and SHOULD have been avoided but..profit above all else right??
now you watch as BP will use its political might to squirm out of this disaster which will be felt for the next twenty years.
whole communities wiped out.eco-systems destroyed to a point they may never recover.
accidents happen right? what would you say if you understood this could have been avoided?
would you still be so flip?
because i know if i run into a BP executive i am kicking him in the balls.

You seem pretty confident. Prove it wasn't a small chance. Prove they don't go through an abundance of safety regulations. It's easy to hop on the hate boat when something bad happens, but do you really think that these companies are that stupid? Yes, they'll get a slightly larger profit if they cut some corners, but they weigh that against something like this happening and just reinforce standards. Crews go through extensive safety training. The equipment used out there is tested before deployment. To think otherwise is ignorant. It pisses me off even more than you seem to place all of the blame on BP. I'll say it once and I'll say it again: BP didn't manufacture that blow-out preventor. We don't know all of the details yet, but do you really think they would purposely put a faulty preventor out in a deep-ocean well?

Also, my rebuttal for it NOT being small, random chance. Basic statistics. The company that produced the BOP in question probably ran simple random samples on their final products. A sample taken from a large batch of BOP probably tested fine, even though this one, and possible many others, was able to get through their testing, due to small, and random chance.

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Rocketboom fail for messing that situation up with Amanda Congdon a couple years ago.

They're not quite the same anymore.

Anyone here knokw of anything of worth on RocketBoom?

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*Boingboing (us): http://www.boingboing.net/archives.html
*Flickr Video: http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/ (search by media type, only videos)
*StumbleVideo: http://video.stumbleupon.com/
*Ehrensenf (de): http://www.ehrensenf.de/shows
*Rocketboom (us): http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives.html
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ROCKETBOOM
*Neatorama video clips: http://www.neatorama.com/category/video-flash-clips/
*5min - Live Videopedia: http://www.5min.com/
*Daily Dish, The (Andrew Sullivan):
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*Fark video: http://www.fark.com/video/
*Milkandcookies: http://www.milkandcookies.com/
*I am Bored: http://www.i-am-bored.com/
*Glumbert: http://www.glumbert.com/
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Rocketboom just isn't the same without Amanda Congdon.