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Discussion in 'World News' started by Rick, Oct 14, 2010.

  1. Rick New Member

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    - They have pooled TV cameras mounted on a platform to look down at the miners being brought up. Has anyone but me noticed how the chilean president has used this as a PR stunt for himself? Every time they brought up a miner, the president hugs the miner with his (the president's) face to the cameras, and the miners back to the camera. I could see the president several times, but not the miners. pretty disgusting.

    - Why isn't all minig done with robots nowadays? Surely we have the technology. Robots could operate in all kinds of conditions miners can't, even under water.
    Rick, Oct 14, 2010
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    Successful Rescue in Chile

    A great victory for all, but most of all the working men who displayed courage and discipline in the face of great odds to pull off a victory that we will probably remember for the rest of our lives.

    Well done !!!

    Comrade Stalin
    Stalin, Oct 14, 2010
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    Re: Successful Rescue in Chile

    Agreed.
    orogenicman, Oct 14, 2010
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    Robots can't drill the holes for the charges and then set them, and someone has to maintain the equipment. Plus, this is Chile we are talking about. The mine was on the verge of bankruptcy before the accident occurred.
    orogenicman, Oct 14, 2010
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    Re: Successful Rescue in Chile

    ...and in Stalin's USSR all the miners and their rescuers would be tortured and murdered because the little retard from Gori feared them...And yet, some people living today actually adore the cowardly blood thirsty despot.

    Gipper, Oct 14, 2010
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    Re: Successful Rescue in Chile

    Erm, the USSR? No longer exists.
    orogenicman, Oct 14, 2010
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  7. Rick New Member

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    The poverty is a good argument, but don't tell me robots couldn't be made to drill. I could probably do that in my garage, it's obviously within current technical capabilities.
    Rick, Oct 14, 2010
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    There is no robotic drilling rig on the market that I am aware of that can aqdequately and efficiently replace an experienced drilling crew. I've worked around drill rigs for over 20 years, and I know that there are too many things that can go wrong, too many uncertainities involved in drilling to rely on robotics. Not to mention the huge expense of designing and mass producing such a machine that needs to work efficiently, and with minimal downtime. And someone (i.e., a geologist) has to be there to log the boring, otherwise, you don't know what you are drilling into and when to stop. It is a very complex process. Don't get me wrong, I too know how dangerous drilling can be. It's one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet. So if someone could design a rig that could replace the crew so they wouldn't have to place themselves in danger, that would be great. But I don't think it is going to happen in my lifetime.
    orogenicman, Oct 14, 2010
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  9. Rick New Member

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    I defer to your expertise on this subject.
    Rick, Oct 14, 2010
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    I don't think robot technology is quit at that point yet, but it's getting there. When it does, there will be one less employment opportunity.

    As for the president of Chile, he is a politician after all. What politician from any nation is going to ignore an opportunity for publicity?
    PLC1, Oct 14, 2010
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    True, but I think it is disgusting when done in such a blatant and repulsive way under such dire circumstances.
    Rick, Oct 14, 2010
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    If being disgusting is a way to votes, a pol will be disgusting.

    Could a butterfly have saved the miners' lives?

    This is an interesting aside:

    PLC1, Oct 14, 2010
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    Threads merged.
    PLC1, Oct 14, 2010
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    Re: Successful Rescue in Chile

    Yes, it is much better in the capitalist Chili. When a mine inspector was asked what the owners did when he pointed out the cracks that were showing up in the mine shaft prior to the cave in, he replied: "Nada" (nothing). Yes, it is clear that capitalist owners of the mine are more concerned with the safety of workers than was the communist system.
    dahermit, Oct 14, 2010
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    Re: Successful Rescue in Chile



    Yeah and I am certain you rue the day it died.

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    Gipper, Oct 15, 2010
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    Re: Successful Rescue in Chile

    I know I do. The Communist boogyman was much more effective in keeping the populace in line than the terrorist boogyman is today. Even after nineteen years, the USSR still evokes emotions among the populace. Those godless Commies are still a threat, by gosh, and we Americans are going to stand up to them whether or not they still exist.
    PLC1, Oct 16, 2010
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    Re: Successful Rescue in Chile

    Well there it is...apparently drug rehab did not work this time...either. :(

    Sadly, some people just can't be rehabbed.

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    Gipper, Oct 16, 2010
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    Re: Successful Rescue in Chile

    I've come to understand that you don't read my posts, and so don't expect a rational response, so you don't disappoint.

    Have you come up with an answer to why we invaded Iraq when Iran was the primary exporter of terror yet?
    PLC1, Oct 16, 2010
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    Re: Successful Rescue in Chile

    Oh I understood your posts perfectly. And they consistently prove how out of touch you are. Communist boogyman...really? So, you think there was no such thing as a communist threat, right? That the kooky right wing made it all up, right? If this is not delusional, it is proof you have been brainwashed by the Left.

    And using your "logic," if I make up a silly question and demand you answer it, will you? Do you not see how delusional you are?
    Gipper, Oct 17, 2010
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    Re: Successful Rescue in Chile

    Now, it is your contention that Communism wasn't used as a boogyman to keep power? Is that your revision of history? Or, is it your contention that terrorism isn't being used the same way today?

    When you say that Iran was the primary exporter or terrorism, it is not a silly question to ask why we didn't attack that primary exporter of terrorism in our so called "war on terror". Of course, I don't expect an answer to that one from you. Moreover, I already know the answer. Iraq was a much easier target, one that Rummy, Wolfie, and Cheney expected to be a push over and finished in less than six months. They had delusions of being heroes and furthering their PNAC goals.

    Here are more questions that you won't answer, except by making some silly remark:

    Why did we support Saddam Hussain?
    What is the PNAC, and why aren't we hearing from them today?
    Why is Bin Laden still out there plotting attacks nine years after 9/11?
    PLC1, Oct 18, 2010
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