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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (570076)	6/3/2010 7:53:20 PM
From: TopCat	Respond to of 1579681

"At least in my line of work, if something goes wrong, the computer chip malfunctions. No big deal." Maybe there was a computer chip in the blowout preventer. <g>

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (570076)	6/3/2010 7:57:29 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579681

Validation of an engineering design is my specialty, though, so I hope you understand why my ears perk up when I hear these kinds of reports. So, as a professional engineer (a different specialty, I understand that), do you believe there is enough information publicly available on which to base the attacks against BP's operations? I'm not an engineer but I just don't see how sufficient details are available to make any real determination. I wouldn't argue with you about it, though. Meanwhile, Paul Begala is on CNN calling the CEO of BP a dirtbag and the biggest villan of the year, etc. Obama has almost done as much. I don't know about the engineering end of it. But since the date that rig exploded, BP has done everything humanly possible to solve this problem. They do this because they are trying to salvage their business. To have the president come out and condemn their actions, express "anger", and generally bash the company is counterproductive and incompetent.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (570076)	6/3/2010 8:04:07 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1579681

Inode, I understand that there is a lot of hearsay in the media. Validation of an engineering design is my specialty, though, so I hope you understand why my ears perk up when I hear these kinds of reports. At least in my line of work, if something goes wrong, the computer chip malfunctions. No big deal. But if something goes wrong on an oil rig, KABOOM followed by GIANT OIL SLICK. Not good. Inode has a point in that everyone is trying to put the blame on BP and accompanying them with all kinds of threats. Even if its true about BP negligence, at this stage of the game, it accomplishes nothing to pile on. While I read everything about what happened prior to the explosion with a jaundiced eye, last nite, AC 360 had on the show the wife of one of the rig workers who got killed. She said her husband was home just before the explosiion and he acted very peculiarly. Suddenly, he had this urgency to get a will drawn up [he was 35] and went through the house explaining how things worked and then showing how Transocean was liable should he die at the site. I don't know if he had a premonition of death, or if things were being run so badly at the rig, but her whole conversation was eerie to say the least.