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I would suggest that before the magma flows you add a fortification or something to halt the influx of said magma nasties.

We want fire in our forges, but we don't want !!forges!!

or !!smiths!!

While it's true we must resist the mob impulse, it occurs to me that it is the CEO's responsibility, in part, to ensure that the other  employees are fulfiling theirs.

I'd say that blame falls less with the upper management, because they are usually very isolated from the employees and the people responsible for the day-to-day of their companies. We can't blame them as much for demanding increased efficiency when, to all signs, nobody told them that it was a generally bad idea. As CEO, it is their job to ensure that their company makes money. The problem comes with how they do that. A CEO tells the guy under him to cut costs. That guy tells the guy under him to cut costs, and so on and so forth until it comes down to some engineer trying to satisfy the whole chain without getting anybody killed. The blame lies less with any particular individual or group of individuals, and more with the corporate culture that says that that engineer can't tell his boss that it can't be done. The chain of command, simply put, only goes one way. Now, is it possible that Tony Hayward wouldn't want to hear about various material changes, structural differences, and so on and so forth? Of course. In fact, I'd go as far as saying that it's likely. That's why we have the hierarchical structure in the first place. But that's because he shouldn't need to. He should be able to say "can you cut costs?" and get a reply back of "not safely." The engineers should be able to say "We can't do this without cutting important equipment." I think it almost seems like the bottleneck becomes the bureaucracy - middle management.

Other issues arise from the regulatory structure. That's the bit that's really ****ed up. Not just because of the whole "regulatory capture" aspect. As Aquizzar said, it's tough to get out there and have a thorough inspection of all these rigs. A page back or so, Loloklam posted a map that showed there were, quite frankly, a hell of a lot of them. Plus the whole "Regulatory Capture" thing. So

My concern, however, is less about DWH cleanup, BP prosecution, or any of that. It's about how many other rigs we have out there waiting to do the same thing. The whole industry is ****ed up, and I hope that DWH can serve as something of a wakeup call.

Disclaimer: I have no reason to believe I know anything more than anyone else, and especially with this sort of subject, I can guarantee I know less than a lot of you (i.e. Nonsapient)

Granted. You are arrested for the murder of Glen Beck, after the police discover that you used the corpse and blood of the nonsense-machine to make your bloody sense.

I wish that I could get that image out of my head before dinner time.

Granted. Now things break OS updates. Including vital "to avoid bricking" ones. Have fun with your high-tech doorstop.

I wish I could post these from my computer, rather than being forced to use my phone. But in a way that doesn't affect the form or functionality of said phone.

Granted. You sleep very well. You sleep so well that every moment not spent sleeping is a burning agony by comparison. And you only get one hour per night. Have fun with life!

I wish I had an elite four-man special forces group at my command.

Granted. You never have any Fun with it again.

I wish that life was always fun, but never Fun.

Best. Update. EVER.

Agreed.