uh, yeah, actually, it is.

if you're talking about pitching a sack of potatoes from deck to deck, sure, go ahead, they've been doing that for hundreds of years.

if you're talking about using a crane to swing a TEU full of product in a 6 foot swell from a 170,000 ton freighter (emma maersk) to some vessel alongside, you're in for a pretty serious operation.

there's about a thousand different ways to kill yourself in the open ocean. if the containers were stuffed full of cash/gold bars/diamonds/etc, this might be worth considering. but it's probably rubber dog shit from china, and not really worth dying for.

..maximize / minimize / etc are still there.

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All hail the Keebler elfnet.

these are TSA agents. they're not molesting people for pleasure; they're doing it for monetary gain. sounds like prostitution to me.

"don't hate the player, hate the game."

can we please stop using the phrase 'push out'? it conjures up an image of a turd every single time. of course, maybe that's the idea?

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More direct link, more details, related contraptions (eats mice!): http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17367-carnivorous-domestic-entertainment-robots/1

It's a Giant Spider Invasion of Savings at Menards! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762893/

ok.. so, there's my confusion. article linked to a coast guard site on EPIRBs, but we're really talking about ELTs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPIRB

i wasn't aware that aircraft were required to have EPIRB's. boats, yes.. but aircraft? plausible, i guess, but i'd rather they stay in the air where they belong.