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Wrong Chemical Dumped Into Olympic Pools Made Them Green (arstechnica.com)
Z00L00K writes: [Ars Technica reports:] "After a week of trying to part with green tides in two outdoor swimming pools, Olympic officials over the weekend wrung out a fresh mea culpa and yet another explanation -- neither of which were comforting. According to officials, a local pool-maintenance worker mistakenly added 160 liters of hydrogen peroxide to the waters on August 5, which partially neutralized the chlorine used for disinfection. With chlorine disarmed, the officials said that 'organic compounds' -- i.e. algae and other microbes -- were able to grow and turn the water a murky green in the subsequent days. The revelation appears to contradict officials' previous assurances that despite the emerald hue, which first appeared Tuesday, the waters were safe." I would personally have avoided using the green pools, but that's just me. "Hydrogen peroxide is sometimes used in pools -- often to de-chlorinate them," reports Ars. "Basically, the chemical, a common household disinfectant, is a weak acid that reacts with chlorine and chlorine-containing compounds to release oxygen and form other chlorine-containing compounds. Those may not be good at disinfecting pools, but they still may be picked up by monitoring systems. Hydrogen peroxide can also be used to disinfect pools but must be maintained in the waters -- not a one-time dumping -- and can't be used in combination with chlorine." Apparently, the green water irritates eyes and smells like farts.
Obviously he just hasn't posted the same comment in enough threads. I'm sure he'll get some bites if he keeps casting.
Found the NBC shill.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
They can build decent aircraft but can't figure out how to properly maintain a pool... and for the Olympics no less... geez...
Brazil has nice big beaches, full of topless chicks, covering up their butts with shoestring bikinis.
Why would anyone want to go to a pool at all . . . ?
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
I agree sir, this is not a technology related story. This is not part of what slashdot is about. This should be removed, the people posting these types of 'stories' should be black listed.
Since aparently they have given up. Why don't we just start posting stories inside threads of this garbage?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY
This is a video link to the latest boston dynamics robot. Of the Atlas series, the machine utilizes hydraulics to operate and features increased ability to manipulate objects with the primary objective being the ability to work inside buildings.
Of related note, google has been pushing boston dynamics to attempt to get it to produce robots which perform in these types of manner. The boston dynamics team has been resistant as they were far more interested in doing core research into robot stability and mobility. This was not meant to be a profit point but a research company and has been pressured time and again to pimp out its image and overstate what it can do. The result is an exodus of talent from the company and google becoming fed up at the resistance and looking to sell it.
Who's there?
Emmerson.
Emmerson who?
'Em are some big ol' titties!