Titanic tourist submersible gone missing

LionAquaLooper

jellyroll said:

Note to self: When designing next submarine, feature window not necessary. 

Or at least make sure window is double glazed 

WindmillGuitars

James Cameron (of Titanic movie making fame) was interviewed and quoted that given the comms AND tracking went at the same time not long after launch - this would indicate that they were already gone

jellyroll

I recall reading they lost comms about 1.75 hours after launch and I also recall that the journey to the bottom should have taken 2.5 hours. So they'd have been about 70% of the way, about 1.5 miles down, when it happened. 

LastMantra

stickyfiddle said:

tone1 said:

I think there’s a pretty strong link between very successful people (whether that be in business or sports, and being a psychopath. A Psychopathic trait is usually a single minded/highly driven person with very little regard to anyone or anything, and they tend to act in an impulsive & risky manner….that’s what gets them to the top and makes them billionaires etc…..and then they usually crash & burn and take everyone with them…..Maxwell, Epstein, Weinstein, Stockton Rush, Trump etc.etc….

Yup. It's basically to impossible to become a multi-billionaire without being a psycho, because any rational person gets 1/10/50% there and goes "I've got enough, I'm gonna stop and do something fun (and hopefully beneficial for the world) with the time I've got left"

What's "enough?" 

LastMantra

Timcito said:

LastMantra said:

Air travel is only destroying the planet to go see the tombs of death cult mass murderers and extinct child sacrificing savages. 



  

The problem with this kind of cancel culture -  trashing ancient civilizations because they did not share our (ahem!) pristine worldview - is something of a dead-end because eventually someone in the future could just as easily trash ours for reasons we may not even be able to imagine right now. Perhaps future generations will look angrily back on us for murdering animals and eating them - who knows? At the times when the Incas and the Egyptians performed the horrors you refer to, I'd guess the perpetrators felt as guiltless as people today who tuck into a juicy steak at Roadhouse Grill.

And anyway, 'extinct child-sacrificing savages' is no way to talk about the Rolling Stones!   

It was more air travel I was trashing rather than ancient civilisations.

tony99

LastMantra said:

Timcito said:

LastMantra said:

Air travel is only destroying the planet to go see the tombs of death cult mass murderers and extinct child sacrificing savages. 



  

The problem with this kind of cancel culture -  trashing ancient civilizations because they did not share our (ahem!) pristine worldview - is something of a dead-end because eventually someone in the future could just as easily trash ours for reasons we may not even be able to imagine right now. Perhaps future generations will look angrily back on us for murdering animals and eating them - who knows? At the times when the Incas and the Egyptians performed the horrors you refer to, I'd guess the perpetrators felt as guiltless as people today who tuck into a juicy steak at Roadhouse Grill.

And anyway, 'extinct child-sacrificing savages' is no way to talk about the Rolling Stones!   

It was more air travel I was trashing rather than ancient civilisations.

You can trash the Mayans but the Incas were pretty sound. Don't get me started on the bloody Aztecs though.

LastMantra

tony99 said:

LastMantra said:

Timcito said:

LastMantra said:

Air travel is only destroying the planet to go see the tombs of death cult mass murderers and extinct child sacrificing savages. 



  

The problem with this kind of cancel culture -  trashing ancient civilizations because they did not share our (ahem!) pristine worldview - is something of a dead-end because eventually someone in the future could just as easily trash ours for reasons we may not even be able to imagine right now. Perhaps future generations will look angrily back on us for murdering animals and eating them - who knows? At the times when the Incas and the Egyptians performed the horrors you refer to, I'd guess the perpetrators felt as guiltless as people today who tuck into a juicy steak at Roadhouse Grill.

And anyway, 'extinct child-sacrificing savages' is no way to talk about the Rolling Stones!   

It was more air travel I was trashing rather than ancient civilisations.

You can trash the Mayans but the Incas were pretty sound. Don't get me started on the bloody Aztecs though.

Some of them were pedos! 

Offset

LastMantra said:

tony99 said:

LastMantra said:

Timcito said:

LastMantra said:

Air travel is only destroying the planet to go see the tombs of death cult mass murderers and extinct child sacrificing savages. 



  

The problem with this kind of cancel culture -  trashing ancient civilizations because they did not share our (ahem!) pristine worldview - is something of a dead-end because eventually someone in the future could just as easily trash ours for reasons we may not even be able to imagine right now. Perhaps future generations will look angrily back on us for murdering animals and eating them - who knows? At the times when the Incas and the Egyptians performed the horrors you refer to, I'd guess the perpetrators felt as guiltless as people today who tuck into a juicy steak at Roadhouse Grill.

And anyway, 'extinct child-sacrificing savages' is no way to talk about the Rolling Stones!   

It was more air travel I was trashing rather than ancient civilisations.

You can trash the Mayans but the Incas were pretty sound. Don't get me started on the bloody Aztecs though.

Some of them were pedos! 

Now then now then...

dano

LastMantra said:

stickyfiddle said:

Yup. It's basically to impossible to become a multi-billionaire without being a psycho, because any rational person gets 1/10/50% there and goes "I've got enough, I'm gonna stop and do something fun (and hopefully beneficial for the world) with the time I've got left"

What's "enough?" 

Lets start with  enough as 1% of a billion, so £10M 

Kittyfrisk

dano said:

LastMantra said:

stickyfiddle said:

Yup. It's basically to impossible to become a multi-billionaire without being a psycho, because any rational person gets 1/10/50% there and goes "I've got enough, I'm gonna stop and do something fun (and hopefully beneficial for the world) with the time I've got left"

What's "enough?" 

Lets start with  enough as 1% of a billion, so £10M 

See, that complete lack of drive & ambition is why you'll never make it to the top 

mrkb

Kittyfrisk said:

dano said:

LastMantra said:

stickyfiddle said:

Yup. It's basically to impossible to become a multi-billionaire without being a psycho, because any rational person gets 1/10/50% there and goes "I've got enough, I'm gonna stop and do something fun (and hopefully beneficial for the world) with the time I've got left"

What's "enough?" 

Lets start with  enough as 1% of a billion, so £10M 

See, that complete lack of drive & ambition is why you'll never make it to the top 

Or the bottom......

LastMantra

dano said:

LastMantra said:

stickyfiddle said:

Yup. It's basically to impossible to become a multi-billionaire without being a psycho, because any rational person gets 1/10/50% there and goes "I've got enough, I'm gonna stop and do something fun (and hopefully beneficial for the world) with the time I've got left"

What's "enough?" 

Lets start with  enough as 1% of a billion, so £10M 

Who needs 10m?

usedtobe

dano said:

LastMantra said:

stickyfiddle said:

Yup. It's basically to impossible to become a multi-billionaire without being a psycho, because any rational person gets 1/10/50% there and goes "I've got enough, I'm gonna stop and do something fun (and hopefully beneficial for the world) with the time I've got left"

What's "enough?" 

Lets start with  enough as 1% of a billion, so £10M 

That’s plenty

RiftAmps

usedtobe said:

dano said:

LastMantra said:

stickyfiddle said:

Yup. It's basically to impossible to become a multi-billionaire without being a psycho, because any rational person gets 1/10/50% there and goes "I've got enough, I'm gonna stop and do something fun (and hopefully beneficial for the world) with the time I've got left"

What's "enough?" 

Lets start with  enough as 1% of a billion, so £10M 

That’s plenty

SFA estimate that you need £5M in the bank to live like a Millionaire* - https://www.simplefinancialadvice.co.uk/how-many-millions-do-you-need-to-live-like-a-millionaire/

Other sources say that £2.2M in the bank plus a minimum of £9k income per month would cover it.

*What's a Millionaire's lifestyle?

Coutts bank revealed that a millionaire’s lifestyle would have bought you all the trappings of a comfortable life, including:

• A five-bedroom house
• Two members of staff
• Two luxury cars
• An apartment in the South of France
• A yacht

Sassafras

Do we know how much that Titan submersible cost to put together?

Haych

Why does one need to live like a millionaire? Can’t you have cash in the bank and still live a modest lifestyle?

Arguably, the more modest a lifestyle you lead the more cash you’re likely to have in the bank, no?

RocknRollDave

Sassafras said:

Do we know how much that Titan submersible cost to put together?

Less than it should have.

usedtobe

Nobody ‘needs’ to live like a millionaire.. I own the house I live in, there’s a car on the drive, and there’s a bit in the bank.. I’m ok.. I don’t need any more, as things stand, but the last 2-3 years, and the knowledge that things aren’t going to get any better, anytime soon, is a bit of a concern..

darthed1981

Haych said:

Why does one need to live like a millionaire? Can’t you have cash in the bank and still live a modest lifestyle?

Arguably, the more modest a lifestyle you lead the more cash you’re likely to have in the bank, no?

Give me a million quid and I'll retire - I don't want expensive shit nearly as much as I want time.

Sassafras

Money buys you power and influence. If that makes you happy, it could be said money buys you happiness.