Take a Mt. McKinley at the paper? Or a K2?

Spell checkers are not a replacement for actually reading what you've written.

An interesting comparison between the 1979 Ixtoc oil disaster and the BP disaster. Note that indeed Transocean and Sedco merged in 1999.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=127_1274931222

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATA_over_Ethernet

This is something I've always wanted to play with. It's a little expensive (for a home user) to get into, but it's extremely scalable. If I moved all my DVDs and such to on-line storage, I think this is what I would opt for. It can be run in all sorts of RAID configurations, doesn't require matched sized hard drives, and it can all be racked up very nicely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_(volume)#Oil_barrel

There are 42 gallons, not 55, in a barrel of oil.

Not that it makes it any less of a disaster, but it is the correct number.

I've always preferred to call it the "Zero Intelligence" policy. As all too often demonstrated by school administrators.

'In a stark departure from the typical passenger instructions issued prior to touchdown, the same attendant added, "Your federally trained flight attendants have taken control of the situation!" according to Mr. Rosenblith'

That scares me more than someone holding a dead-man switch on a hydrogen bomb.

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/04/love-of-shopping-is.html

And I agree with a previous comment that he should have gotten an INCREASED sentence, since clearly we can't allow someone who has no control over themselves loose in public.

...is the public housing project of the internet.

99-bottles-of-beer.net

*turkeys*