[Newfie]

So, you wake up to find yourself, your daughter, and Bill Gates in a two man life raft.

You three have a quick conversation about the meaning of "wealth" and "value" before deciding who to pitch overboard.

[Keith_McClary]

The latest xkcd has an infographic featuring the Titanic, the Deepwater Horizon and the largest supertanker.

The full sized image is bigger than your computer screen.

[Keith_McClary]

Nuclear Titanics
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'a') meltdown with a breach of containment at the Indian Point 2 plant just north of New York City: 50,000 “peak early fatalities; 167,000 “peak early injuries;” 14,000 “peak cancer deaths;” and $314 billion in “scaled costs”
...
“In a population of 100 reactors operating over a period of 20 years, the crude cumulative probability of such an accident would be 45%.”

[Revi]

Here's our latest podcast on the Titanic Analogy, Too Big to Sink.

http://sugarhousejournal.podomatic.com/player/web

Check it out.