James Cameron Spills the Details From His Deep Dive

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James Cameron Spills the Details From His Deep Dive

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 5, 2012 @07:02AM from the rich-dudes-doing-science dept.

gbrumfiel writes "James Cameron has released the first batch of scientific results from his historic dive in March to bottom of the Mariana trench and an earlier series of test dives in the New Britain Trench. The Mariana Trench dive was the deepest by a human since 1960. Some of the most interesting results came from trips to the seafloor made by robotic vehicles built by Cameron's team. At the bottom of the trench, one of those robots found bizarre carpets of microbes coating rocks, that scientists say may have implications for the origins of life on Earth and other planets."

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That door... by kc9jud · 2012-12-05 07:04 · Score: 5, Funny

He still won't talk about that door, though... http://xkcd.com/1040/
1. Re:That door... by PPH · 2012-12-05 08:02 · Score: 1
  
  He couldn't open it. The latch clearly read "Occupied".
  
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2. Re:That door... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-05 08:21 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  What!? That would not stop him. For,
  His name is James Cameron! The bravest pioneer! No budget too steep, no sea too deep. Whoâ(TM)s that? Itâ(TM)s him! James Cameron!
  James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is... James Cameron.
  --James Cameron
3. Re:That door... by ByteSlicer · 2012-12-05 14:29 · Score: 1
  
  Yum Yum
In summary by Ukab+the+Great · 2012-12-05 07:06 · Score: 1

He found lots of water.
1. Re:In summary by iluvcapra · 2012-12-05 07:15 · Score: 1
  
  But did he succeed in raising the bar?
  
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2. Re:In summary by Anne_Nonymous · 2012-12-05 07:30 · Score: 2
  
  Well, David Byrne has been trying to tell us this for decades now.
3. Re:In summary by crazyjj · 2012-12-05 07:32 · Score: 1
  
  Of course he, did. He's James Cameron.
  
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4. Re:In summary by alvinrod · 2012-12-05 09:21 · Score: 1
  
  I found both Reverse Cowgirl and A Scause for Applause to be pretty good as well. Cartman Finds Love was pretty good, and Cash for Gold wasn't too bad either, although I can understand that one isn't for everyone. I've also heard that Going Native is a hell of lot more funny if you actually live in Hawaii. Really the only episode that I didn't care for at all was Faith Hilling. The rest were just par for the course.
  
  Compared to the last season, this one has a had a lot of good episodes.
Re:Wanted: More pictures in the article... by swanzilla · 2012-12-05 07:12 · Score: 4, Funny

The microbial carpet wouldn't sign a photo waiver release form.

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My keyboard by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-05 07:18 · Score: 1

There's a bizarre carpet of microbes coating my keyboard but nobody seems to want to get closer to study it.
Why is everyone referencing a South Park episode? by neminem · 2012-12-05 07:22 · Score: 2

When the obvious thing to ask whether he found or not, would be an alien race of water weirds, and if you think he went specifically to retrieve something, well, that would clearly be the nukes out of a downed US sub.
Yeah, right by DoofusOfDeath · 2012-12-05 07:25 · Score: 1

Like I'm going to ever watch another Cameron movie that tries to explain human origins.
1. Re:Yeah, right by aardwolf64 · 2012-12-05 08:03 · Score: 1
  
  It makes perfect sense... Life originated in the Marianas Trench. Once one of the little fishies was strong enough to swim to the surface, he directed Titanic.
Raising the Bar (South Park) by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-05 07:33 · Score: 3, Funny

James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is James Cameron!
1. Re:Raising the Bar (South Park) by FacePlant · 2012-12-05 07:49 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo James Cameron James Cameron
  
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2. Re:Raising the Bar (South Park) by coolsnowmen · 2012-12-05 10:40 · Score: 1
  
  haha- You know, I really don't see that reverence much...in fact, EVER.
Re:Why is everyone referencing a South Park episod by Cinder6 · 2012-12-05 07:45 · Score: 1

I'm pretty sure those are Russian Water Tentacles. Better send in the SEALs.

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Window of opportunity by partyguerrilla · 2012-12-05 08:12 · Score: 1, Troll

Hopefully this will use all of his time and attention and Avatar will never get a sequel.
Misread by Bovius · 2012-12-05 08:35 · Score: 1

I read the headline as "James Cameron Spills the Details From His Deep Hive".
Oh, so that's what he was doing down there.
Why always have be "origin of live of earth?" by tphb · 2012-12-05 08:40 · Score: 1

Can't it just be "it was really neat down there and we found some awesome new bugs"? Does it always have to have implications for the origins of life on earth and other planets?" Stupid press release writers. Come'on - it's the frickin' Marriana Trench. You don't have to draw "deeper" implications.
1. Re:Why always have be "origin of live of earth?" by jez9999 · 2012-12-05 09:51 · Score: 1
  
  You can't get deeper, anyway.
  
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What no murky video ? by issicus · 2012-12-05 08:44 · Score: 1

disappointing
Straight to the bottom by jovius · 2012-12-05 08:51 · Score: 1

One of the big dips in the Cameron's career.
Re:Wanted: More pictures in the article... by steelyeyedmissileman · 2012-12-05 13:37 · Score: 2

Watch the replay of his lecture and you'll see a lot more. I was lucky enough to be there; very impressive work.
And still no discovery by slashmydots · 2012-12-05 16:15 · Score: 1

Even at the very bottom of the ocean, he still couldn't find any character development or 2 dimensional characters in Avatar. I guess no matter where or how you look at it, they're still cartoonishly cliche walking stereotypes like "mister mean military man" and "super serious manager lady" and "do no wrong hero hippie guy."
His name is James, Cameron by tbid18 · 2012-12-06 05:57 · Score: 1

James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does, for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is...James Cameron.
1. Re:His name is James, Cameron by tbid18 · 2012-12-06 05:59 · Score: 1
  
  Whoops, didn't see someone else had posted this. Sorry!
Re:Why is everyone referencing a South Park episod by Cinder6 · 2012-12-06 06:25 · Score: 1

Honestly, when I was quoting the Abyss, I never even considered the hentai angle. Now I can never look at that movie the same way...

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