Chilean rescue mission on BBC news in 6 hours

All safe and sound. I salute the brave miners, their families and all who took part in this amazing rescue. :)
 
Dunks said:
Using t=sqrt(2d/g) which is an extreme simplification it would take 11.04 seconds.

But this excludes terminal velocity (mass, shape etc), air resistance (air density, mass, shape etc), variations in the gravitation pull so forth. And of course whether it was launched from a plane on a conveyor belt and if you were also eating a sandwich sliced in two at the same time (also depends on whether you'd count it as one sandwich sliced in two halves, or two sandwiches.)

;)
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What about if you staple a slice of toast, buttered side away from the ground, to the bottom?
 
What a fantastic ending; all done and dusted! Looks like all the miners will be going onto bigger and better things, so kudos to them :)
 
Those Chilean miners are all sellouts, I preferred them when they were underground.

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Seriously, its a feat worth celebrating. I just hope they don't succumb to the 'celebrity' hype, especially when it fades.
 
vonhelmet said:
Considering he didn't have to give them anything, I'm not sure how you reach that conclusion.
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Well, it is kind of cheap, isn't it. It's using the events for Apple promotion.

I mean, come on, since would you otherwise have tied Apple to this or thought of them in relationship to it? No.
 
I personally can't wait for "I'm a trapped miner, get me out of here" hosted by the comical genius due Ant and Dec.
 
Lysander said:
Well, it is kind of cheap, isn't it. It's using the events for Apple promotion.

I mean, come on, since would you otherwise have tied Apple to this or thought of them in relationship to it? No.
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The world and his wife are going to throw stuff at them. If the numbers are to believed, there was a billion people watching those guys come out. You'd be an idiot not to try to get some publicity for your company out of that.
 
Lysander said:
Well, it is kind of cheap, isn't it. It's using the events for Apple promotion.

I mean, come on, since would you otherwise have tied Apple to this or thought of them in relationship to it? No.
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They got quiet a bit more then just an iphone4 :D
A flamboyant local singer-turned-businessman has given them $10,000 each, while Apple boss Steve Jobs has sent them all a latest iPod and a Greek firm has offered an islands tour.
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Well the risk assessment would take 6 months to complete, then it would need a court order and a public enquiry, planning permission involving mining operations and the building regs to prove the structural viability of the rig. Only then could they break ground.
 
LOAM said:
Well the risk assessment would take 6 months to complete, then it would need a court order and a public enquiry, planning permission involving mining operations and the building regs to prove the structural viability of the rig. Only then could they break ground.
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LOL. Didn't think about that. I was thinking a matter of days..
 
Not sure if it's mentioned on here, but a funny bit in tonight's Have I Got News For You. A news reader was obviously running out of things to say and commented on one miner by saying "And here is number 13... the only one to have a beard!" (I paraphrase)
I giggled.
 
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