IEEE Looks At Kevin Costner's Oil Cleanup Machines

richardkelleher writes "IEEE Spectrum takes a look at the machines developed by a company funded by Kevin Costner that are supposed to extract the oil from the Gulf waters. Is it possible that in the years since the Exxon Valdez, that Kevin Costner is the only one who has invested money into the technology of oil spill cleanup?"

Hmm

[Anonymous Coward]

I wonder how he sent them the plans...

I bet he put them in an envelope and gave it to the postman.

I don't trust him

[Vinegar Joe]

He's got webbed feet.

Re:I don't trust him

[commodore64_love]

But he also dances with wolves, so he can't be all bad.

Actors..

[conares]

When I was a kid back in the eighties, I always wondered what would happen if Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson and those other guys from all those war movies died. Real tough guys, just watching them fight made your face hurt back then. At some point, IMHO, Kevin Costner also reached that level of actorness. Back then I just thought "no more good movies, that's for sure". Kevin Costner just raised the bar. When he dies the world will go under.

Oh yea...to me Chuck Norris was just a bitch-slappin' red haired pussy.

Re:Well...

[AndrewBC]

Nonsense, he was hoping to head off the bad guys in Waterworld before they got started!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld#Smokers [wikipedia.org]

Re:Go Costner! Boo on BP!

[Anonymous Coward]

Thats easy to fix though. Just rm -r *.tar

Re:I don't trust him

[RDW]

'The dude dropped too much acid back in the 70's . . . he hears voices . . . and has hallucinations about baseball fields, and shit . . .'

Yeah, stay away from that stuff. I had a really bad trip a few months back - ended up in a movie theatre where they must have been showing 'Dances With Wolves', but it looked like all the Sioux had changed into weird blue aliens who were COMING OUT OF THE SCREEN at me. Someone gave me a pair of shades but they just made it worse. Crazy shit.

Re:Actors..

[thePowerOfGrayskull]

Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson

Kevin Costner also reached that level of actorness

Oh no you dih-unt.

Re:I don't trust him

[inamorty]

Pocahontas is awesome!

Re:Recycling

[Minwee]

Though much maligned, Waterworld did make a surprisingly decent profit in the end

Wow. That would make it the only movie in Hollywood history to show a profit.

That Costner is a genius!

Re:Maybe not the only one

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

We might be going back in the direction of the latter two.

I doubt it. If recent events in the business world have proven anything it's that modern companies exist to maximise the remuneration of management. Shareholders, stakeholders, customers and the existence of the company itself all come in second to making sure the executive officers get vast salaries, bonuses and exit packages.

Re:Maybe not the only one

[Ephemeriis]

A corporation's only goal is to maximize profit.

So, if a company was able to maximise profits by boiling live babies, you'd be in favour of that? You monster.

Babies are tasty.

Re:I wonder if Waterworld was the driver.

[pipingguy]

[waves fist] Finally I have someone to blame! You owe me $7.50 and 135 minutes of my life that I'll never get back!

Re:3. Profit! 4. Fix the problem?

[garn1]

That is it! Throw Linguini at the oil spill! You, my friend, are a frikkin' genius!