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IEEE Looks At Kevin Costner's Oil Cleanup Machines

Posted by timothy on from the bright-guy-just-picks-bad-scripts dept.

richardkelleher writes "IEEE Spectrum takes a look at the machines developed by a company funded by Kevin Costner that are supposed to extract the oil from the Gulf waters. Is it possible that in the years since the Exxon Valdez, that Kevin Costner is the only one who has invested money into the technology of oil spill cleanup?"

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  1. Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder how he sent them the plans...

    I bet he put them in an envelope and gave it to the postman.

  2. I don't trust him by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's got webbed feet.

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    "The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
    1. Re:I don't trust him by commodore64_love · · Score: 3, Funny

      But he also dances with wolves, so he can't be all bad.

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      "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
    2. Re:I don't trust him by RDW · · Score: 5, Funny

      'The dude dropped too much acid back in the 70's . . . he hears voices . . . and has hallucinations about baseball fields, and shit . . .'

      Yeah, stay away from that stuff. I had a really bad trip a few months back - ended up in a movie theatre where they must have been showing 'Dances With Wolves', but it looked like all the Sioux had changed into weird blue aliens who were COMING OUT OF THE SCREEN at me. Someone gave me a pair of shades but they just made it worse. Crazy shit.

    3. Re:I don't trust him by inamorty · · Score: 3, Funny

      Pocahontas is awesome!

  3. Actors.. by conares · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I was a kid back in the eighties, I always wondered what would happen if Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson and those other guys from all those war movies died. Real tough guys, just watching them fight made your face hurt back then. At some point, IMHO, Kevin Costner also reached that level of actorness. Back then I just thought "no more good movies, that's for sure". Kevin Costner just raised the bar. When he dies the world will go under.

    Oh yea...to me Chuck Norris was just a bitch-slappin' red haired pussy.

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    That, that really grinds my gears!
    1. Re:Actors.. by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 3, Funny

      Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson

      Kevin Costner also reached that level of actorness

      Oh no you dih-unt.

  4. Re:Well... by AndrewBC · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nonsense, he was hoping to head off the bad guys in Waterworld before they got started!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld#Smokers

  5. Re:Go Costner! Boo on BP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thats easy to fix though. Just rm -r *.tar

  6. Re:Recycling by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Though much maligned, Waterworld did make a surprisingly decent profit in the end

    Wow. That would make it the only movie in Hollywood history to show a profit.

    That Costner is a genius!

  7. Re:Maybe not the only one by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 5, Funny

    We might be going back in the direction of the latter two.

    I doubt it. If recent events in the business world have proven anything it's that modern companies exist to maximise the remuneration of management. Shareholders, stakeholders, customers and the existence of the company itself all come in second to making sure the executive officers get vast salaries, bonuses and exit packages.

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  8. Re:Maybe not the only one by Ephemeriis · · Score: 4, Funny

    A corporation's only goal is to maximize profit.

    So, if a company was able to maximise profits by boiling live babies, you'd be in favour of that? You monster.

    Babies are tasty.

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    "Work is the curse of the drinking classes." -Oscar Wilde
  9. Re:I wonder if Waterworld was the driver. by pipingguy · · Score: 2, Funny

    [waves fist] Finally I have someone to blame! You owe me $7.50 and 135 minutes of my life that I'll never get back!

  10. Re:3. Profit! 4. Fix the problem? by garn1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That is it! Throw Linguini at the oil spill! You, my friend, are a frikkin' genius!