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Robotic Mini-sub to Inspect NYC Water System
jhiv writes: "The Delaware Aqueduct, one of the world's longest water tunnels, may be developing potential serious leaks, according to this article in the New York Times (free registration). One leak has already created a pond and a stream with a flow of a million gallons per day. New York city officials plan to use a robotic mini-submarine being developed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to inspect the interior of the 13 foot diameter tunnel. Previous repairs required four deep sea divers to spend almost a week at 700 feet pressure to fix a leaking valve. Ironically, if the tunnel is repaired, the wetlands created by leaks will be destroyed, causing a potential EPA violation. Additional coverage can be found here and here." NYC has been building a third major water tunnel to take the load off the first two - but it's a fifty-year project.
Why don't they just use duct tape to seal the leak?
Lets scale back on the anti-car sentiment here. Cars are innocent free ranging creatures no need to bash them.
Mac OS X and Windows XP working side by side to fight back the night.
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Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
Yes, but unfortunately because they are also a serious environmental hazard, they are now under the control of the government as well, and will be removed and relocated to an approved HazMat disposal point. I recommend stockpiling lots of painkillers soon.
Are they nuts?! Just driving a harmless little robot around the sewer system. Next thing you know you'll have alligators in the street, vigilante ninja turtles and rivers of slime that lead to bill murray driving Mecha Liberty around with a 8 bit Nintendo "arcade style" joystick!
What the hell are they thinking?!
-- Mike wildcard@illuminatus.org
Maybe they will find that baby alligator I flushed down the toilet back in the '80's...
"It's comin' back around again..." -RATM
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
(waits for the forehead slapping and groaning)
Starkle, starkle, little twink.
But how is it armed? What will it do if it encounters Chüds?
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.