Comments on: How ocean science saves money by hitching a ride http://boingboing.net/2013/03/13/how-ocean-science-saves-money.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 07:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ty_MY http://boingboing.net/2013/03/13/how-ocean-science-saves-money.html#comment-1678763 Ty_MY Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218220#comment-1678763 It says right up there. “Ships of opportunity go back to basically as long as ships have been at sea." Which is what you're saying. So you're saying nothing new either. It says right up there. “Ships of opportunity go back to basically as long as ships have been at sea.” Which is what you’re saying. So you’re saying nothing new either.

]]> By: James Woolfenden http://boingboing.net/2013/03/13/how-ocean-science-saves-money.html#comment-1678343 James Woolfenden Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218220#comment-1678343 Nothing new here SAFHOS http://www.sahfos.ac.uk/ been doing this for just about forever. Nothing new here SAFHOS http://www.sahfos.ac.uk/ been doing this for just about forever.

]]> By: PeterK http://boingboing.net/2013/03/13/how-ocean-science-saves-money.html#comment-1678210 PeterK Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218220#comment-1678210 I think dinner companion and roommate, if I am remembering Bill Bryson's  "A short history of nearly everything" correctly. I think dinner companion and roommate, if I am remembering Bill Bryson’s  ”A short history of nearly everything” correctly.

]]> By: c0smo http://boingboing.net/2013/03/13/how-ocean-science-saves-money.html#comment-1678194 c0smo Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218220#comment-1678194 why don't they just get robots to do it? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robotboat/robotboat-mark-vi why don’t they just get robots to do it? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robotboat/robotboat-mark-vi

]]> By: rocketpj http://boingboing.net/2013/03/13/how-ocean-science-saves-money.html#comment-1678110 rocketpj Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218220#comment-1678110 I spent a couple of summers on a Polish fish processing ship collecting biological samples.  Lots and lots of cabbage.  Every possible way to prepare cabbage.  Also not one woman and >80 men on a ship makes for some heavy drinking, though I was a lightweight compared to some of the men who'd been working the ships for decades. That said, boredom was an issue.  I had a quota of data samples each day to collect, which in total took about an hour.  Out of boredom I ended up collecting about 5 times as much.  I also reached my absolute peak chess playing skill by having daily games against the 2nd engineer - who crushed me utterly about 98 times until I finally won a game.  Good times, good times. I spent a couple of summers on a Polish fish processing ship collecting biological samples.  Lots and lots of cabbage.  Every possible way to prepare cabbage.  Also not one woman and >80 men on a ship makes for some heavy drinking, though I was a lightweight compared to some of the men who’d been working the ships for decades.

That said, boredom was an issue.  I had a quota of data samples each day to collect, which in total took about an hour.  Out of boredom I ended up collecting about 5 times as much.  I also reached my absolute peak chess playing skill by having daily games against the 2nd engineer – who crushed me utterly about 98 times until I finally won a game.  Good times, good times.

]]> By: Randy Murray http://boingboing.net/2013/03/13/how-ocean-science-saves-money.html#comment-1678016 Randy Murray Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218220#comment-1678016 It's an excellent idea. Ben Franklin himself performed some terrific ocean science in making may political trips back and forth across the Atlantic. He managed to map the Gulf Stream in 1770. It’s an excellent idea. Ben Franklin himself performed some terrific ocean science in making may political trips back and forth across the Atlantic. He managed to map the Gulf Stream in 1770.

]]> By: OldBrownSquirrel http://boingboing.net/2013/03/13/how-ocean-science-saves-money.html#comment-1677998 OldBrownSquirrel Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218220#comment-1677998 Wasn't Darwin on the Beagle largely as a dinner companion for the captain? Wasn’t Darwin on the Beagle largely as a dinner companion for the captain?

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