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General => Science => Topic started by: Tank on February 24, 2012, 12:33:06 PM

Title: Meet the only man alive who has been to the deepest ocean
Post by: Tank on February 24, 2012, 12:33:06 PM
Meet the only man alive who has been to the deepest ocean (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17060355)

"At 30,000ft there was a great bang." !!!!

Ocean trench: Take a dive 11,000m down (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17013285)
Title: Re: Meet the only man alive who has been to the deepest ocean
Post by: Ali on February 24, 2012, 04:11:08 PM
Can you imagine?  How amazing.

On a complete side note, I've noticed that all of the ads that I get on the BBC videos appear to be American (anyway, they all have US accents.)  Is that because I'm viewing it from a US IP, or do the Brits just save money by not making their own commercials?   :P
Title: Re: Meet the only man alive who has been to the deepest ocean
Post by: Tank on February 24, 2012, 05:30:59 PM
Quote from: Ali on February 24, 2012, 04:11:08 PM
Can you imagine?  How amazing.

On a complete side note, I've noticed that all of the ads that I get on the BBC videos appear to be American (anyway, they all have US accents.)  Is that because I'm viewing it from a US IP, or do the Brits just save money by not making their own commercials?   :P
They must be US adverts as there are no adverts on the BBC in the UK. It's funded from the TV Licence and income from overseas sales of programmes.
Title: Re: Meet the only man alive who has been to the deepest ocean
Post by: Reprobate on February 24, 2012, 05:39:04 PM
The Trieste's story is pretty amazing, but is incomprehensible that we never followed up on that achievement. Now we could do a lot with ROVs and we could learn a lot more about life on our planet.


Title: Re: Meet the only man alive who has been to the deepest ocean
Post by: Tank on February 24, 2012, 05:48:47 PM
Quote from: Reprobate on February 24, 2012, 05:39:04 PM
The Trieste's story is pretty amazing, but is incomprehensible that we never followed up on that achievement. Now we could do a lot with ROVs and we could learn a lot more about life on our planet.
A Japanese ROV has been snooping around down there for quite a while now.