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From the indictment: 19. HENRY and SCHOOLEY lacked the technical expertise to properly design a complex amusement ride such as Verrückt. Neither of
by willglynn 9y ago
From the indictment:
19. HENRY and SCHOOLEY lacked the technical expertise to properly design a
complex amusement ride such as Verrückt. Neither of the two men possessed any
kind of technical or engineering credential relevant to amusement ride design or
safety. As SCHOOLEY admitted, "If we actually knew how to do this, and it could
be done that easily, it wouldn't be that spectacular."
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- itronitron 9y agoso basically, they were doing water slide _research_ instead of water slide _engineering_
- thisacctforreal 9y agoWater slide experimentation might be more apt. Don't test in production. Or with human lives.
- wolfgke 9y ago> Don't test in production. Or with human lives. They surely tested it with their own life before. It worked. ;-)
- munificent 9y ago"Disrupting the water slide economy."
- slg 9y ago>"If we actually knew how to do this, and it could be done that easily, it wouldn't be that spectacular." The same logic applies for a majority of cryptocurrency and gig economy startups.
- ams6110 9y agoMost of which don't put lives at risk.
- jakelarkin 9y agojust the wealth/livelihoods of people who don't know any better.
- slg 9y ago"Most" might be true but it certainly doesn't apply to all. Uber's self driving car recently killed someone and there are plenty of indirect examples of deaths like the reported suicides after Mt Gox collapsed. Either way, "it isn't going to kill anyone" shouldn't be an excuse for ignoring the law or reasons for why that law might have been created in the first place.