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ka1axy		2012-07-08 07:06:13 AM

Di Atribe: What is that guard guarding against? He's watching the water.

He clearly pissed someone off.

"Li! Stand at attention and guard the dam. All day."

Jon iz teh kewl		2012-07-08 07:52:28 AM

looks like a BMI of 31 there, lose some weight fattie!!

Blanco Basura		2012-07-08 08:02:13 AM

"Have you ever been down the Yellow River?"
"Yea, once in the 80's but I did not enjoy it..."

Another Government Employee		2012-07-08 08:20:13 AM

What they didn't tell you is the flotilla of dissidents they had moored just past the bend....

Aigoo		2012-07-08 08:25:07 AM

foxyshadis: Apocalyptic? "Scary"? Seriously? "Cool" is the only word to describe it. Daily fail suckered me in to yet another stupid click.

Not sure why they named it Apocalypse Dam, but the "scary" tag is all on subby. (Unless I misread the article, which I could have, since I haven't had coffee yet)

I agree, though, that is some of the coolest shiat I've seen all year.

aspAddict		2012-07-08 08:27:16 AM

Is impressed

Mister Peejay		2012-07-08 08:33:21 AM

Di Atribe: What is that guard guarding against? He's watching the water.

My thoughts exactly. What's supposed to happen, some "student" is going to swim upstream and jump up the dam like a spawning salmon?

Breech Birth		2012-07-08 08:48:16 AM

The Chinese are watching the slit go by with silts in their eye.
You read that right the first time.

MemeSlave		2012-07-08 08:57:50 AM

Me Chinese, me play joke, me fark up the environment because my citizens are cattle.

AntiquatedThinker		2012-07-08 09:13:48 AM

What, no SuperColonBlow jokes?

rorypk		2012-07-08 09:18:19 AM

I heard chinese girls have sideways silts

Mugato		2012-07-08 09:18:43 AM

sorebones: Chariset: Mugato: And so many of them had cameras, what are the odds?

It was a controlled spill.

They were making an ancient racial joke from the era before everyone over the age of 6 carried some type of camera 24 hours a day.

Thanks Debbie Downer.

BigNumber12		2012-07-08 09:28:12 AM

The WindowLicker: Most of the upper leadership have engineering backgrounds, which is a great argument to cite when an engineer mentions how much better everything would be if engineers ran it all.

Oh I don't know. We spend plenty of time talking about how much better we are than everyone else, but it's rare, if at all, that you'll see Fark engineers claiming that our type should be the ones in charge, the actual policymakers in the spotlight. With China's being the glaring exception, engineering doesn't typically attract that type of person.

WorkingInParadise		2012-07-08 09:49:17 AM

Somebody needs to 'shop a blue tote and a couple of Heineken bottles into the last pic.

Mister Peejay		2012-07-08 09:50:18 AM

BigNumber12: The WindowLicker: Most of the upper leadership have engineering backgrounds, which is a great argument to cite when an engineer mentions how much better everything would be if engineers ran it all.

Oh I don't know. We spend plenty of time talking about how much better we are than everyone else, but it's rare, if at all, that you'll see Fark engineers claiming that our type should be the ones in charge, the actual policymakers in the spotlight. With China's being the glaring exception, engineering doesn't typically attract that type of person.

But that's exactly it. Like Douglas Adams (and no doubt many before him) pointed out, the kind of people who want to be in power are exactly the kind of people who should not be in power.

So you need someone who doesn't want to be in power, but is still intelligent enough to analyze problems. Assuming that they know what the right problems to analyze are.

no icon tact		2012-07-08 09:53:56 AM

skrame		2012-07-08 10:42:37 AM

The WindowLicker: Di Atribe: What is that guard guarding against? He's watching the water.

He is a member of the Peoples Armed Police.

Wikipedia does a better job of explaining it, but they stand around and guard the stuff that the Chinese Government feels is especially important. They have the manpower to put as many guards as they want out there 24/7/365.

The PAP have equipment and training that is much better than the police forces, and they will fark you up if you screw around with them. I had the opportunity to watch them beat down protestors and other malcontents several times.

Their presence means that China looks at major infrastructure protection as a matter of national security. Given that the current General Secretary of the party has a Civil Engineering degree, this makes a lot of sense. Most of the upper leadership have engineering backgrounds, which is a great argument to cite when an engineer mentions how much better everything would be if engineers ran it all.

Thanks for the info. Perhaps that will stop Di from doing another PAP smear in the future.

BigNumber12		2012-07-08 10:45:13 AM

Mister Peejay: But that's exactly it. Like Douglas Adams (and no doubt many before him) pointed out, the kind of people who want to be in power are exactly the kind of people who should not be in power.

So you need someone who doesn't want to be in power, but is still intelligent enough to analyze problems. Assuming that they know what the right problems to analyze are.

Agreed. That's why I keep writing in votes for Maximus Decimus Meridius.

Correct me if I'm wrong, though - people with engineering degrees (only) in high-level political positions are relatively uncommon in the Western World.

Distinguished Global Warming Scientist		2012-07-08 11:05:31 AM

jtown: I wonder how many toxins those people are inhaling/ingesting. China doesn't exactly have a great track record for keeping their rivers clean. That sediment's probably chock-full of nasty stuff.

Amen to that. In addition, the sudden, annual releases of energy and movement of huge masses of water downstream (as opposed to the previous undammed natural movements of the river) undoubtedly has a very very small but measurably pernicious and deleterious effect on planetary spin and global climate. Minute, to be sure, but these man-made technological hobgoblins have a cumulative effect.

buckler		2012-07-08 11:18:32 AM

WhyteRaven74: buckler: I seem to recall seeing a documentary about the Chinese installing a dam, flooding an archaeologically-rich area in the last decade or so. Maybe it was Italy.

No, that was China.

I think it was a NOVA episode I watched. I remember now that archaeologists had discovered the remains of a Roman villa in the area that was to be flooded, including one of the most intricate and best-preserved floor mosaics ever found. They were only able to hustle it and a few artifacts out of the area before it was flooded, and were lamenting the loss of whatever else they hadn't found.

I think I also heard about something similar in China, and confused the two. I'll need to look it up.

mc_madness		2012-07-08 11:22:13 AM

That's my toilet after Taco Bell... :(

strapp3r		2012-07-08 11:43:21 AM

f00kin eco-disaster

Ambitwistor		2012-07-08 12:07:28 PM

Mugato: And so many of them had cameras, what are the odds?

Please, no one wander off the dam tour and please take all the dam pictures you want. Now, are there any dam questions?

sethstorm		2012-07-08 12:25:16 PM

AntiquatedThinker: What, no SuperColonBlow jokes?

~With 637 years worth of fiber in Super Colon Blow, I'd think that wasn't a dam release of silt.

studebaker hoch		2012-07-08 12:25:20 PM

Too bad we can't de-silt Hoover Dam or Glen Canyon Dam.

They'll hold back meadows eventually.

sethstorm		2012-07-08 12:38:35 PM

studebaker hoch: Too bad we can't de-silt Hoover Dam or Glen Canyon Dam.

They'll hold back meadows eventually.

You can deslit them, however.

vegandago		2012-07-08 12:50:23 PM

Di Atribe: What is that guard guarding against? He's watching the water.

The guard is there to prevent the kid that finished last semester with a 3.99 GPA from jumping off so that he no longer shames his family.

germ78		2012-07-08 01:27:16 PM

studebaker hoch: Too bad we can't de-silt Hoover Dam or Glen Canyon Dam.

They'll hold back meadows eventually.

Came here to say this. It would be a nice feature to have now. Though I'm sure it would piss off some rancher or golf course owner for getting mud on their desert.

MemeSlave		2012-07-08 01:35:03 PM

studebaker hoch: Too bad we can't de-silt Hoover Dam or Glen Canyon Dam.

They'll hold back meadows eventually.

No they'll hold back deserts... because they're in the desert. It will still be hot and arid once they silt in.

Di Atribe		2012-07-08 01:51:54 PM

The WindowLicker: The PAP have equipment and training that is much better than the police forces, and they will fark you up if you screw around with them.

I have no doubts. I was just wondering why he was watching the water, where no one could survive, as opposed to maybe turning around 180 degrees and watching a place where people might be.

skrame: Thanks for the info. Perhaps that will stop Di from doing another PAP smear in the future.

Ohgoddammitsomuch lol

studebaker hoch		2012-07-08 02:26:13 PM

vegandago

Di Atribe: What is that guard guarding against? He's watching the water.

The guard is there to ~~prevent~~ throw the kid that finished last semester with a 3.99 GPA ~~from jumping~~ off so that he no longer shames his ~~family~~ country.

/And then send the family a bill for the thirty seconds of his time used.

Beowoolfie		2012-07-08 03:08:18 PM

Joe The Plumber's Wife: buckler: I seem to recall seeing a documentary about the Chinese installing a dam, flooding an archaeologically-rich area in the last decade or so. Maybe it was Italy.

Why/How would China flood Italy?

Italy doesn't have Walmart stores?

casual disregard		2012-07-08 03:34:13 PM

ThatDarkFellow: If I didn't know any better I would swear they were standing in front of some sort of painting.

[i.dailymail.co.uk image 640x400]

Of course, they take the umbrellas to keep the paint off.

Indubitably		2012-07-08 08:02:32 PM

Planetize...

Polish Hussar		2012-07-08 11:21:52 PM

buckler: WhyteRaven74: buckler: I seem to recall seeing a documentary about the Chinese installing a dam, flooding an archaeologically-rich area in the last decade or so. Maybe it was Italy.

No, that was China.

I think it was a NOVA episode I watched. I remember now that archaeologists had discovered the remains of a Roman villa in the area that was to be flooded, including one of the most intricate and best-preserved floor mosaics ever found. They were only able to hustle it and a few artifacts out of the area before it was flooded, and were lamenting the loss of whatever else they hadn't found.

I think I also heard about something similar in China, and confused the two. I'll need to look it up.

The dam flooded Roman ruins were actually in Turkey. The NOVA episode was titled "Lost Roman Treasure." Link

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