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The odds of that happening ??? Hahahaha....I prefer my chances of becoming pregnant as a 65 year old male !!!
Good that NTSB saw the logical explanation to that otherwise nasty incident.
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quote:Originally posted by bulbousbow: [...] And these waves are becoming more frequent...!
Or we just were not aware of the fact that such waves occure that often.
quote:Ernst wrote:Or we just were not aware of the fact that such waves occure that often.
True, before anykind of monitoring we didn't know if these happened often or seldomly, but since the planet's climate is changing we cannot discount that the weather (on the surface) and the changes in sea temperature are not contributing to this as well and making them happen more often.
quote:Originally posted by bulbousbow:True, before anykind of monitoring we didn't know if these happened often or seldomly, but since the planet's climate is changing we cannot discount that the weather (on the surface) and the changes in sea temperature are not contributing to this as well and making them happen more often.******Cheers
Of course - I did not want to start a discussion on the change of the climate - which is happening and certainly also contributing to this phenomenon.
I only wanted to point out that the only 'recently' the awarness of the existences of such waves has increased. A lot of ship losses which could not be explained up to now might have been caused by such giant waves - a cause for a ship loss which has more or less been excluded in the past.
Regulations (and the assumptions they are based on) for ship building will probably change. This nevertheless does not mean that nowadays passengers ships are not safe - compared to some cargo ship they 'more' structural strength and are certainly able to survive most scenarios. (with minor damage like broken furniture etc.)
quote:Originally posted by Linerrich:It's unfortunate that, after the sensation headlines and accusations at the time, that this report will be little read or heard about. The Miami Herald had a 2-paragraph item about it, buried deep inside the paper somewhere.
What we all need is an enforceable legal obligation on all news media to report stories fairly and accurately, including giving adequate time and priority to follow-up events.
quote:Originally posted by Globaliser: [...]What we all need is an enforceable legal obligation on all news media to report stories fairly and accurately, including giving adequate time and priority to follow-up events.
Sounds fantastic - but who decides what is fair and accurate? So at the end of the day free speech as we have it now might be the better option.
quote:Ernst wrote:Sounds fantastic - but who decides what is fair and accurate? So at the end of the day free speech as we have it now might be the better option.
Fair and accurate? Simple, just tell the truth.
quote:Originally posted by Ernst:Sounds fantastic - but who decides what is fair and accurate? So at the end of the day free speech as we have it now might be the better option.
So there wouldn't be any conceptual difficulties with extending this legal test to reporting of general news.
quote:Originally posted by bulbousbow:Fair and accurate? Simple, just tell the truth.******Cheers
quote:Originally posted by Globaliser:In the UK, we already have such a test for the contemporary reporting by the media of court proceedings, which they have few problems complying with. (The relevant provision permits reporting if it is "a fair and accurate report of legal proceedings held in public, published contemporaneously and in good faith".)So there wouldn't be any conceptual difficulties with extending this legal test to reporting of general news.
If there is a problem one can always sue the media - this is already possible. But any control which goes farther is compeltely unacceptalbe in a democracy.
[ 12-30-2005: Message edited by: Ernst ]
quote:Originally posted by Ernst:If there is a problem one can always sue the media - this is already possible. But any control which goes farther is compeltely unacceptalbe in a democracy.
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