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roachboy · 05-21-2010, 10:24 AM

as if there was some prize at stake for generating maximum ambivalence, if you follow this link:

GlobalWarming.House.Gov | Oil Spill in the Gulf LiveCam

alternate link:

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_inte...ov_stream.html

and watch a live feed (sometimes) of the oil spilling from the deepwater horizon wreckage into the gulf.
as you'll see if you go to the first page, rep ed markey is pretty proud of having forced bp to make this stream public.

i assume the motive was to maintain public pressure by enabling folk to click onto the spill. but it's also a really bizarre choice, and i think it poses some interesting problems, this stream.
like:

what are we looking at?
is *this* the reality of the spill? is the spill the continuing flow of oil, so is it a matter of origin? or is it a matter of extent? if it's both, why is the feed from the origin separated from all other data?

when i've been able to get on, i've spent much of the time sitting while i'm supposed to be working, head in the palms of my hands trying not to say the phrase "what the fuck?" too loud because i'm at work.

but seriously....what other response is there?

what do you make of this?

05-21-2010, 10:24 AM	#156 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	as if there was some prize at stake for generating maximum ambivalence, if you follow this link: GlobalWarming.House.Gov \| Oil Spill in the Gulf LiveCam alternate link: http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_inte...ov_stream.html and watch a live feed (sometimes) of the oil spilling from the deepwater horizon wreckage into the gulf. as you'll see if you go to the first page, rep ed markey is pretty proud of having forced bp to make this stream public. i assume the motive was to maintain public pressure by enabling folk to click onto the spill. but it's also a really bizarre choice, and i think it poses some interesting problems, this stream. like: what are we looking at? is this the reality of the spill? is the spill the continuing flow of oil, so is it a matter of origin? or is it a matter of extent? if it's both, why is the feed from the origin separated from all other data? when i've been able to get on, i've spent much of the time sitting while i'm supposed to be working, head in the palms of my hands trying not to say the phrase "what the fuck?" too loud because i'm at work. but seriously....what other response is there? what do you make of this? __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite