http://www.seismictalk.com News and views, rants and raves from the seismic industry Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:16:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.seismictalk.com/pet-peeves http://www.seismictalk.com/pet-peeves#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:16:30 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/pet-peeves I just bought myself a new computer and reinstalling all of the software is one of those activities that I don’t particularly enjoy but I can live with that. What I find incredibly annoying is that a new computer and freshly downloaded antivirus software (direct from the manufacturers site) required almost 3 GB of updates. [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/pet-peeves/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/hse-alert http://www.seismictalk.com/hse-alert#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:32:44 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/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 [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/hse-alert/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/obama-scorecard-2 http://www.seismictalk.com/obama-scorecard-2#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:39:47 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/obama-scorecard-2 I read an article saying that while Obama T-Shirts were the most popular item in 2008 he has been pushed out of first place by none other than George W. Bush. Not being Obama’s biggest fan I found several sites selling “Miss me yet?” T-Shirts with GWB pictured like the one shown. I almost bought [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/obama-scorecard-2/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/i-wonder-why http://www.seismictalk.com/i-wonder-why#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:27:26 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/i-wonder-why HSE has become an important part of life in the oil exploration business but I have often wondered why it is that many of the HSE people seem to have things backward. Instead of looking at crews that get through without any HSE incidents the HSE people concern themselves with why accidents happen. Seismic exploration [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/i-wonder-why/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/new-sensor-supports-oil-exploration http://www.seismictalk.com/new-sensor-supports-oil-exploration#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:00:48 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/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 [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/new-sensor-supports-oil-exploration/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/spending-your-way-out-of-trouble http://www.seismictalk.com/spending-your-way-out-of-trouble#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 00:40:34 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/spending-your-way-out-of-trouble The world’s financial problems came about by having a government push financial institutions into providing home mortgages to people who would not be allowed to hold a credit card in a third world country. These mortgages were invested in by a wide range of outside companies without anything approaching due diligence. These companies include insurance [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/spending-your-way-out-of-trouble/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/great-service-from-amazoncom http://www.seismictalk.com/great-service-from-amazoncom#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:56:45 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/great-service-from-amazoncom A recent experience with Amazon’s service people has left me smiling. Generally I have rather low expectations for service from online sellers but this was one occasion when the service was genuinely excellent. I had ordered some books and had them sent to my address in Indonesia using the cheapest method, which has worked okay [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/great-service-from-amazoncom/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/global-warming-scam http://www.seismictalk.com/global-warming-scam#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:22:28 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/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 [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/global-warming-scam/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/nokia-e71 http://www.seismictalk.com/nokia-e71#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:17:13 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/nokia-e71 My all-time favourite mobile phone was my old Sony Ericsson P910i but SE’s later phones just don’t match up in features or ease of use. I replaced the P910i with a Nokia E61i after the scroll wheel got wrecked by an idiot in airport security in Jakarta knocked the phone off the scanner in his [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/nokia-e71/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/vibroseis-versus-dynamite http://www.seismictalk.com/vibroseis-versus-dynamite#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:54:08 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/02/11/forums-now-operational/ I’m currently on a 2D job which is mainly flat but it does have one portion in the middle which has some hills requiring bulldozer cutting. The client emailed me the other day asking about using vibes in the hills as somebody at the office had asked if it wouldn’t be better to use dynamite. [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/vibroseis-versus-dynamite/feed 0