The Banter Thread / Banter Topic / Sean Bean

[charlesr]

I read theregister every day. Good source of light hearted IT news. You have to realise their bias though....

[Ady]

Uh... yeah.

[Hohum]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/us_and_canada/10191622.stm

Genuinely getting quite worrying now, the consequences if it can't be stopped are huge. This comment from the BP COO about sums it up:

"This scares everybody, the fact that we can't make this well stop flowing, the fact that we haven't suceeded so far," he said.

Easy to blame an oil company I guess, although in the bigger picture it's us humans and our insatiable demand for oil that are ultimately to blame.

[Bort]

Cab lust rising again. Thank fook there isn't a mini cute going spare in the uk at the mo.

[abigsmurf]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/us_...a/10191622.stm

Genuinely getting quite worrying now, the consequences if it can't be stopped are huge. This comment from the BP COO about sums it up:



Easy to blame an oil company I guess, although in the bigger picture it's us humans and our insatiable demand for oil that are ultimately to blame.

Obama signed permission for drilling that close to the US coast. He knew it was a risk.

Obama is also sitting on pretty much the only tried and tested solution: use a nuke to collapse the hole. The Russians did it successfully 4 times

[Ady]

It's the only way to be sure!

[EvilBoris]

Watching Uri Gellar try and peddle crystal skulls on QVC is cracking me up right now

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

What makes it more shocking for me than Christian Bale is the fact that he's managed to lose what appeared to be pure muscle. I don't know but I would have thought that was lot harder to do.

I think the weight loss is about the same considering that Bale was an above average muscley fit guy before too & then became a walking skeleton. He then had to bulk up huge for Batman after filming The Machinist.

[dataDave]

It depends on how fast your metabolism is. Gaining weight is extremely hard and painful if your metabolism is through the roof. Having to force-feed yourself every two hours isn't enjoyable.

Still, it's better than starving like the majority of the world.

[dataDave]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/us_...a/10191622.stm

Genuinely getting quite worrying now, the consequences if it can't be stopped are huge. This comment from the BP COO about sums it up:



Easy to blame an oil company I guess, although in the bigger picture it's us humans and our insatiable demand for oil that are ultimately to blame.

I was searching for videos of this on Youtube and found this:

[NW2013]

How would a nuke plug the gap instead of just making an enormous hole/destroying the earth?

[dataDave]

How would a nuke plug the gap instead of just making an enormous hole/destroying the earth?

Maybe they just stick the missile in the hole without actually detonating it?

I'm guessing the huge explosion, coupled with the immense pressure collapses everything into compacted rubble? So yeah, initially it seems nasty, but in the long run it's a pretty good patch job.

I'm still under the impression that oil, along with anything else deep underground, should be left where it is.

[Dogg Thang]

I have a couple of weeks off now. Unexpected. I'm knackered (haven't had an actual holiday in a long, long time). Would love to go somewhere but can't really with the kids (one is just too young and totally crazy - it wouldn't be a holiday at all). Can't leave them and go away with the missus because I have nobody to mind them. And none of my mates can take any time off at such short notice.

Feeling a bit trapped.

What do I do?

[Dirty Sanchez]

Go on holiday and take the Mrs and kids - she probably needs a break as much as you do.

What do you want out of a holiday? For me it's spendind time with my family and make the most of it.

[Dogg Thang]

Thing is, one of our kids is an insane toddler - that's okay - but the other is a huge baby who is also insane and can't walk so it's routine, early put downs and buggies for her. Not sure it would be much of a holiday with that one.