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HSE Alert
Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Dihydrogen monoxide: is also known as hydroxl acid, and is the major component of acid rain. contributes to the "greenhouse [...]
New sensor supports oil exploration
Sensor Systems claim to have made a the first advancement in almost 50 years in seismic sensors. The new device, an all-optical, fiber-optic omnidirectional geophone, requires no in-situ electronics, copper conductors, or electrical power. It incorporates a self-contained optical interrogation unit (using an optical time division multiplexing methodology) with integrated laser sources; all of the [...]
Global Warming Scam
I think that it is high time that the public started calling the media on the garbage they are spewing about global warming, sea level rises and all of the associated ills which they are making up as they go along. Take a look at the old pictures and quotes below and make up your [...]
New Server Home for Seismic Talk
I have not made any posts for some time as I tried different software to run Seismic Talk and a couple of different hosting accounts. I tried using another gallery style as well with the images hosted on another service but could not get things set up to make it easy for other people to [...]
Airport Security
I thought airport security was over the top when I couldn’t get into an airport because I was carrying a windproof lighter as “It could be used as a weapon” but this is just plain downright ridiculous. Brad Jayakody, from Bayswater, central London, was stopped from boarding because his Transformers T-shirt depicted a robot with [...]
Oil Price "may hit $200 a Barrel"
A Goldman Sachs energy strategist warns that this may happen in as little as six months. This is because of the demand driven price of oil. Goldman Sachs energy strategist Argun Murti made the warning as benchmark US light crude passed the $123 mark for the first time. Surging demand was increasingly likely to create [...]
Singapore Prices
Technorati Tags: Singapore,hotel prices,exchange rate With the exchange rate at around $1.42 per $US it looks like Singapore is pricing itself out of business. I called the usual hotels that I use and found them all full due to an ASEAN conference so I stopped by the hotel booking booth at Changi airport to see [...]
Things you may not have known
Technorati Tags: strange facts , human body The human body contains enough phosphorus to make the heads of 200 matches, enough fat for seven bars of soap, and enough iron to make one nail. The human body has over 45 miles of nerves. The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body’s weight. [...]
Personnel department computer system
Technorati Tags: personnel department , personnel shortage , computerized systems While on a crew run by one of the biggest name seismic outfits recently I was surprised to hear that one of the staff had been bid for multiple jobs at the same time. Bidding in this manner is not unusual but what is highly [...]
Fur flies over Miss Universe
Technorati Tags: PETA , animal rights , Miss Universe PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and some of the other raving loony animal rights types are campaigning to get the reigning Miss Universe, Japan’s Riyo Mori, to stop wearing animal furs by accusing her of promoting cruelty. Ms Mori, 20, a ballerina by [...]
Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok
I recently had the rather dubious pleasure of transiting the new airport in Bangkok. I had already been through the place on my way into and out of Thailand three times before, so I was already aware of its post industrial decor and metal seats, but this was my first time in transit. To start things off I [...]
Passive Seismic Mapping PSTT
I recently came across an interesting article about a 3D seismic technology which does not use traditional type sources making it possible to use the technique in places otherwise locked out due to environmental concerns. Passive seismic mapping using passive seismic transmission tomography (PSTT) is a seismic technique which uses a sparse array of 3C [...]
