James105

Sure, but if I walked onto an airplane and discovered the only method of controlling the plane the pilot had was a wireless Logitech gaming controller (rather than the established tried and tested controls) I guarantee you that I am walking straight back off again.

"Fried" is just a term used to describe any kind of chip malfunction and if your controller malfunctions whilst sitting on your sofa then the consequences for you are quite minimal. The controller wasn't the cause of this but it was just a very visible pointer to the overall shoddy and hacky design of the sub. The bigger issue was the hubris of the owner who deemed getting the sub certified to operate at those depths as not important and would just delay getting to launch.

Actually, they have spent millions already getting the very specialised equipment to the search area. Sending them home now isn't going to save much money and they might as well spend the time practicing/testing to see if they could actually retrieve the craft using existing tech which is currently an unanswered question should the craft have been found intact. Besides, if they don't retrieve the craft then maybe some enterprising company will start selling tours in future so that wealthy tourists can gawp at the wreckage of the OceanGate Titan.

Best case scenario for them now is that the hull imploded under pressure and they died instantly 4 days ago. If they were alive until their oxygen ran out then that particular way to go is absolutely terrifying and is now in my top 3 of worst possible ways to die.

Because unless the technology (bluetooth in this case), is 100% perfect and has never, ever failed, then at 13,000 feet under the ocean you either need replacement parts or tools in case it does fail, or alternatively you could simply use a wired connection as backup. And no, I don't know what their backup plan is but based on their (non-existent) backup plans as to what to do when they lose contact with the sub and it doesn't surface by itself then I can make an educated guess they would not have one for this either. Hence my statement that to not have a wired connection for this is too bonkers to contemplate. At a depth of 13,000 feet there needs to be contingencies for literally everything and that is why it is relevant.

Seriously? So if the bluetooth chip gets fried or malfunctions in either the computer or the controller what is your plan to resolve this? Keep spare components/tools in a sub that has barely enough room for the 5 people on board or the space to carry out even the smallest of maintenance tasks?

Looks like the controller is also wireless and there was no indication I've seen that it could be plugged in anywhere with a cable. Maybe it can as relying on a bluetooth connection 13,000 feet under the oceans surface is just too bonkers to contemplate. I know rich people are not risk averse as you simply cannot make that kind of money without taking on a lot of risk, but to not ask the "what happens if the sub gets stuck at the bottom of the ocean with no way to surface" or "how will we be found if we lose comms/power" kind of questions before getting on board is something I've not been able to get my head around.

Apparently the CEO of OceanGate did not want to hire any experienced 50+ year old white guys as they are not inspirational. https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/why-stockton-rush-didnt-hire-50-year-old-white-guys-for-titanic-sub-tours/ I suppose their experience would have pointed out the reckless flaws in the design of this venture, meaning it would have cost more money and time to get to launch which is an inconvenience easily avoided by only hiring recent college grads. Let's hope the experienced, uninspirational 50+ year old captains of the rescue vessels find and reach them in time.

Ah yes, think I read something where it said it was controlled by the support ship. That said I still am surprised that considering the vast amount these people were paying ($250,000 per head), there wasn't a second sub that dived with them just in case one lost comms and ran into a problem exactly as this one has. I'd be properly freaking out by now if I was still alive and stuck 12,500 feet down at the bottom of the ocean in a tiny little craft.

You'd think that at $250,000 a ticket for this trip they would at least have a spare sub that can reach the depths they were going to that they take along just in case something like this happens. Even if you paid me $250,000 to go on this trip I would decline. The sub cannot be piloted by those on board and it has to be controlled by the 'mothership' on the surface. All that has to happen is the sub gets snagged on something (as has probably happened here) or loss of communication and it's pretty much game over.

Thats an old article from Oct 21 so is irrelevant. Those of us who stated lockdowns would do more harm than good have long been proven correct with Sweden showing the lowest excess deaths in comparison to lockdown countries. https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/sweden-has-the-lowest-excess-mortality-rate-after-the-pandemic-despite-refusing-to-lock-down/news-story/df50001366bb09b6a20421520cbfbf53 The problem with only focusing on one thing is that the other 1000s of other things that can send people to an early grave were ignored and then exacerbated. The knock on effects of poverty, which is a huge killer, has not even started to kick in yet. The failure was lockdowns and other insane measures.

There were very, very few people making those laws as they were never put to a vote in parliament and democracy was effectively thrown out of the window during covid. It is a shame those people in that video were not responsible for making the laws as they clearly recognised how little danger they and other healthy folks faced from the virus so would not have inflicted the stupid, damaging rules on the rest of the population.

That is whataboutery. They were not videoed visiting dying loved ones or attending funerals as they would have been prevented from doing so by the covid jobsworths, so they did not break those specific rules. They were just enjoying themselves having a drink together in private, as 100% of the UK population with a modicum of common sense also did during lockdowns.

None of the people featured in that video have rule making powers. They are no different to any other person (such as myself) who "flagrantly" breached lockdown rules on a regular basis as they knew how pointless they were. The punishment for lockdown breaches was the same as a parking ticket anyway so hardly anything to get worked up about but if you slavishly followed all the rules I can imagine how it would be infuriating. Still, next time you will know better than conform to such nonsense and engage in a bit of rule breaking yourself. This way you won't get so annoyed when you see that other people were enjoying themselves whilst you abstained.

Of course they were. By December 2020 everyone knew the demographic that were at actual risk from the virus, they knew lockdowns were just pointless theatre to make it look like the government was doing "something" and for their sanity they chose to ignore the stupid lockdown rules just like every other rational minded person. The anger should be directed at those who actually forced the governments hand in inflicting these insane policies on the populous in the first place: 1. The SAGE scientists. 2. The Tory party numbskulls who ignored conflicting evidence from other scientists (e.g Great Barrington report) 3. The Labour party who only wanted harder, longer lockdowns 4. The media whose propaganda led to scaring the population into believing that curfews and lockdowns were "saving lives". The only thing for those people in the video to be embarrassed about is the standard of dancing which was awful, but young people having fun at Christmas time should not be something to get angry about in comparison to the harm that was inflicted on the country with pointless lockdowns.

He is widely reported to be a misogynist so of course he would be okay with men to competing against women in their competitions.

Hindsight was not needed. Decades of scientific research had been undertaken prior to this virus on exactly the action to be taken in the event of a virus like this being released into the wild. Lockdowns and masks were never considered as a solution and it was obvious that it would do more harm than good. Boris had it correct in the first few weeks and then was bullied into changing his mind by the media, his own party, narcissistic attention seeking scientists and the opposition. If he was a stronger character then he would have followed the science established previously and stood his ground. There were ample opportunities following the first lockdown to change tack once the severity of the illness on healthy folks was established to be minimal and take a Sweden like approach. We are not talking about drink driving though are we? The fine he was given for eating cake at work was equivalent to a minor speeding offence or parking ticket which reflects the severity of the 'crime'. He not only paid the fine but then forced to resign for it and yet this still is not enough punishment. To be very clear I do not like Boris Johnson and I think he was/is a coward who bowed far too quickly to media frenzy about taking away peoples freedoms for their "safety" so he remained popular instead of accepting short term unpopularity. We just seem to be following (once again) in the footsteps of the USA and using means other than democratic votes to ensure that a candidate that is not 'liked' by the establishment is prevented from serving. I do not like this direction of travel.

A party source says "documentary evidence".... The only documentary evidence was leaked stating that there was no work scheduled after the meal. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10793159/Keir-Starmers-Beergate-story-blown-apart-leaked-Labour-memo.html Anyways, some people will believe whatever their lefty overlords tell them to believe so there is little point arguing with a metaphorical brick wall. If you take your blinkers off you will come to the conclusion that: 1. Everyone broke the rules at some point including Starmer, Sturgeon, you, me and everyone else. 2. Lockdowns were stupid and pointless. Stupid and pointless laws are broken all the time. I want Boris to be investigated for the harm he did to the country by imposing lockdowns and Starmer to be raked over the coals for not opposing them. I could care less about the fact that MPs tell lies as unless I am somewhat mistaken, they always have done and always will do, from both sides. I'm presuming here that people are just pretending to be outraged about an MP that lies as though this is the first time its ever happened.

Please enlighten me how Keir Starmer having a beer and curry with his colleagues was deemed to be within the rules and Boris having cake with is colleagues in his workplace was breaking the rules.

"attended the venue". The venue in this case of course being 10 Downing street which was his home/workplace and as a key worker he was obliged to be at along with everyone else there. He was "mingling" with the same people he worked with so I'm struggling to see how this is any different to Keir Starmer having a beer and curry with his colleagues. If that far more egregious breach was not deemed to break the rules then it's not surprising that Boris saw his own eating of cake in his workplace with his colleagues also within the rules. It's not like he went to Stringfellow's and mingled with strangers and had a lap dance.

Just to be clear. He is being held to account for lying about eating cake on his birthday, and not for lying to parliament about weapons of mass destruction that led to 100s of thousands of deaths? I'm all for MPs being held to account for lying, but this is ridiculous.

I thought he was punished. Didn't he get a fine for his cake eating crime? Obviously because of who he is this would be something the left would happily bring back the death penalty for so a meagre fine will never be enough for people like him. I can't stand the guy. I thought his handling of Covid was weak and he was bullied into locking the country down when he should have been stronger. He knew that the rules and lockdowns were stupid, costly and pointless (hence his infractions) but he wasn't strong enough to not impose them anyway due to pressure from the fearful. I would like to see him face consequences (as I would for most other world leaders) for the crime of pointlessly taking away peoples freedoms and plunging their economies into debt that will probably take generations to pay back. There are 2 types of people in this world. Those who admit to breaking at least one rule during covid lockdowns or those who did but lie about it and want to persecute those who got caught.

The first role of a flight attendant is the safety and security of passengers, especially in an emergency. I'd have them doing regular fitness tests as well if I owned an airline to ensure they are fit enough to do that aspect of the job. Their other role is passenger comfort and if they cannot push a trolley down the aisle without their body touching/bumping into seated passengers on the way then they are failing at that part of the job too. The good news for the airlines staff is that should they find themselves getting towards that 10% then there is a very easy solution to prevent them being suspended. Eat a bit less and move a bit more.

Yes, that relates to CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION as it clearly states. Of course Tesla would not want their proprietary tech made public to be stolen. Maybe you should look at their employee handbook: https://www.ceconline.com/PDF/Tesla-Anti-Handbook-Handbook.pdf What I suspect is happening here is that greedy claimants and greedy lawyers have learnt from a previous case that in California you can get a substantial settlement for "claiming" racial abuse. A previous case involved someone who did a low level job for just 9 months and was initially awarded $137 million in punitive damages (reduced to $15m in a retrial and then further reduced to $3.2 million). On that basis alone I find this claim difficult to believe but am prepared to change my mind if just one of the claimants is able to back up their claim with video or audio evidence of the "rampant" racism taking place.

You keep posting links that mention nothing about whether people can keep their phones in their pockets at work at Tesla and your baseless assumptions are not evidence. It would be highly unusual for someone who is not a schoolchild to not have access to their phones in work so unless you have evidence to the contrary my point stands that for this alleged racism to be going on for so long and was so prevalent it is very strange how no-one managed to capture a single audio or video recording of this.