All members of missing Titan submarine believed dead - Page 3

*Andrew NDB* · 06-30-2023, 02:16 PM

Dumb question... why didn't they just build the sub with titanium or whatever? Was the composite material like a cost saving measure, or to keep the weight down for some reason?

~~ChosenOne~~ · 06-30-2023, 02:56 PM

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Dumb question... why didn't they just build the sub with titanium or whatever? Was the composite material like a cost saving measure, or to keep the weight down for some reason?

Well... Remember John Hammond? "Spared no expense", meanwhile the one person responsible for the extremely complex computer systems is woefully underpaid? Yeah.

This whole thing is a Michael Crichton plot with a dash of Peter Benchley thrown in.

*Cowabung-Gal* · 06-30-2023, 03:59 PM

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Well... Remember John Hammond? "Spared no expense", meanwhile the one person responsible for the extremely complex computer systems is woefully underpaid? Yeah.

Yeah, the guy treated the dinosaurs better than his employees. Also, Dr. Henry Wu was probably just a diversity hire who had no idea what he was getting himself and his co-workers into.

~~ChosenOne~~ · 06-30-2023, 04:04 PM

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Yeah, the guy treated the dinosaurs better than his employees. Also, Dr. Henry Wu was probably just a diversity hire who had no idea what he was getting himself and his co-workers into.

And he was still the most competent person at his job there. That's just sad.

(Book Muldoon was a badass but he needed to get drunk to be at his best, so he doesn't count.)

*IMJ* · 06-30-2023, 06:21 PM

Geezed I just realized that I still have not seen the last Jurassic Park. And you'd imagine I'd be all-in because I love the franchise, love the old guard originals and love the new cast.

Crazy.

~~ChosenOne~~ · 06-30-2023, 06:59 PM

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Geezed I just realized that I still have not seen the last Jurassic Park. And you'd imagine I'd be all-in because I love the franchise, love the old guard originals and love the new cast.

Crazy.

You'll be disappointed. I'm a huge fan of both the movies and the novels, and I have nothing good to say about it. The very definition of "Meh". Maybe watch the extended cut if you can find it, it's at least a bit more passable.

*Andrew NDB* · 06-30-2023, 07:02 PM

I really liked Jurassic Park 1, really liked Jurassic Park 2, and didn't like 3, 4, 5, or 6.

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You'll be disappointed. I'm a huge fan of both the movies and the novels, and I have nothing good to say about it. The very definition of "Meh". Maybe watch the extended cut if you can find it, it's at least a bit more passable.

It's hard to imagine how adding additional footage to the last one would make it any better. Maybe cutting things out might.

FrederikWolferson · 07-02-2023, 05:17 AM

Wasn't there a Biden Impeachment going on while we were all looking at submarine memes?

~~ChosenOne~~ · 07-02-2023, 01:07 PM

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Wasn't there a Biden Impeachment going on while we were all looking at submarine memes?

Nah, it's become commonplace, they have one of those almost every month and nothing comes out of them. Just like Trump's. Impeachments will continue until morale improves.

*Cowabung-Gal* · 07-07-2023, 03:08 PM

Good thing the pilots weren’t experienced “50 year old white guys”, right?

*DarkFell* · 07-07-2023, 07:18 PM

(I'm trying to type this in with a sense of respect. A lot of comments online on various social media sites about those onboard when the submersible imploded were rather tacky and unkind.)

The CEO that possessed and piloted The Titan along with those that were present, were merely people (with the exception of one individual) that wanted to see the final resting place of a luxury ship that continues to fascinate from the dark cold depths.

Instead, lots of other people found The Titan wreckage resting near The Titanic.

It isn't wrong to explore, but it is foolish to make 'financial shortcuts' to a submersible that is expected to operate in a deep part of the ocean. That and constant deep diving Titanic expeditions, might have done in The Titan and it's former crew.

*Andrew NDB* · 07-10-2023, 01:53 PM

Wolfie65 · 07-20-2023, 06:06 AM

That's what happens when you fire all the people who actually know what they're doing.

*Mayhem* · 07-20-2023, 01:16 PM

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That's what happens when you fire all the people who actually know what they're doing.

Twitter then, also imploding...

*Andrew NDB* · 07-20-2023, 01:18 PM

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Twitter then, also imploding...

Not remotely. And no, they didn't. Unless we're mourning the championers of compelled speech they hemorrhaged.

*IMJ* · 07-20-2023, 01:54 PM

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Twitter then, also imploding...

GTFOH with that nonsense.... OMG if ever there was evidence of your addiction-to-position rather than reality it was this.

OMG!

*Cowabung-Gal* · 07-20-2023, 01:59 PM

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Twitter then, also imploding...

No pun intended, right?

*Mayhem* · 07-21-2023, 04:12 AM

Oh pun fully intended...

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Not remotely. And no, they didn't. Unless we're mourning the championers of compelled speech they hemorrhaged.

Don't mean the users, I mean all the staff Elon decided to fire...

"That's what happens when you fire all the people who actually know what they're doing. "

~~ChosenOne~~ · 07-21-2023, 09:18 AM

They knew what they were doing, alright...

*Andrew NDB* · 07-21-2023, 10:51 AM

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Don't mean the users, I mean all the staff Elon decided to fire...

Right. The compelled speech staffers. Adios!

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