Funny- we can deliver fresh batteries to the Space Station, but not to oil rig blowout protectors.

[Mika]

Must be that big gubmint at work.

:banghead:

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[pinboy3niner]

1. There's an obvious explanation

At NASA, safety is paramount; to the oil industry, safety means, "Whatever we can get away with."

[Scuba]

2. When I was an IT manager, I'd have been fired for letting this happen...

...and there was much less at stake.

[Statistical]

3. Yeah most IT managers have a backup for the backup

and get a replacement as soon as the backup's backup goes out.

Then again when I was in IT we had standby raid controller cards just in case the ones in server went bad and the company discontinued making them. Totally different corporate culture.

[ixion]

4. We delude ourselves into thinking we're in control on this planet.

We're not.