Comments on: 5 technology disasters, horrors and tragedies http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html Tech' views that are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:58:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Edberg http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-3694 Edberg Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:19:00 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-3694 Titanic brakes in half, I think becuz the pressure of the water in the bottom of the sinking ship!!! Titanic brakes in half, I think becuz the pressure of the water in the bottom of the sinking ship!!!

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-953 Wayne Smallman Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:27:26 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-953 Hi Scott! Now that's a damn fine comment, and I had no idea there was such a thing... Hi Scott! Now that’s a damn fine comment, and I had no idea there was such a thing…

]]> By: gmsc http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-951 gmsc Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:19:11 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-951 <I>In actuality, people were walking in unison, which one could argue is the right way, relatively speaking, assuming you’re squad of soldiers on parade, that is.</I> If you're a squad of soldiers walking, whether in a parade or not, marching in unison is NEVER the right thing to do on a bridge. When a squad comes to a bridge, the commander will order "Bridge Step!" (an asynchronous method of marching) In actuality, people were walking in unison, which one could argue is the right way, relatively speaking, assuming you’re squad of soldiers on parade, that is.

If you’re a squad of soldiers walking, whether in a parade or not, marching in unison is NEVER the right thing to do on a bridge. When a squad comes to a bridge, the commander will order “Bridge Step!” (an asynchronous method of marching)

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-950 Wayne Smallman Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:09:59 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-950 Hi Will and thanks for the comment. While I'll agree that Fractional Reserve Banking must have cost a lot of lives / livelihoods, it's not a technology but a financial scheme, so it wouldn't qualify for the purposes of this article. That said, I can see that it's certainly an idea you could pursue for your own website — a top X article on financial and monetary mayhem over the last century... Hi Will and thanks for the comment.

While I’ll agree that Fractional Reserve Banking must have cost a lot of lives / livelihoods, it’s not a technology but a financial scheme, so it wouldn’t qualify for the purposes of this article.

That said, I can see that it’s certainly an idea you could pursue for your own website — a top X article on financial and monetary mayhem over the last century…

]]> By: Will Ruddick http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-949 Will Ruddick Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:23:04 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-949 It would be great to include banking technology to this list. Such as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-reserve_banking" rel="nofollow">Fractional Reserve Banking</a> system that, among other things, allowed the Great Depression to happen, and continues to cause massive social stratification. It wouldn't be a stretch to see this invention as a main contributor to our current debt based economy, which disregards the environment, and demands the creation of more and more debt to fuel itself. It would be great to include banking technology to this list. Such as the Fractional Reserve Banking system that, among other things, allowed the Great Depression to happen, and continues to cause massive social stratification. It wouldn’t be a stretch to see this invention as a main contributor to our current debt based economy, which disregards the environment, and demands the creation of more and more debt to fuel itself.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-946 Wayne Smallman Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:23:17 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-946 Ahh, a conspiracy theorist! I like a good conspiracy, which that article makes for. Thanks for the comment, Aaron. Always appreciated... Ahh, a conspiracy theorist! I like a good conspiracy, which that article makes for.

Thanks for the comment, Aaron. Always appreciated…

]]> By: Aaron Bassett http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-945 Aaron Bassett Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:15:35 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/5-technology-disasters-horrors-and-tragedies.html#comment-945 That's <a href="http://archive.thisishampshire.net/2002/8/2/62440.html" rel="nofollow">if the Titanic sunk at all</a>. That’s if the Titanic sunk at all.

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