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05-19-2003, 02:20 PM | #1 |
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5/19/2003: Shipping container back-up
Another MSNBC image, this time showing you Kamman Pier in Busan, South Korea. At the time of this image there had been a truckers strike for five days. This shot says a lot about the world and not so much about the strike. I don't know about you, but when I looked at it my first thought was that these containers were full. But they're probably empty. If it's the truckers who aren't on the job, the empty containers would be the ones to sit idle at the port. How the standard shipping container dominates this world we know so little about. Imagine a port without standard shipping containers, and how much work it would take to get all the goods to their rightful owners. Imagine the amount of labor just to load and unload the ship. Instead, these massive standard containers go from ship to rail to truck throughout the entire planet, all moved with standard cranes and locked in place with standard locks. Next, imagine the amount of STUFF that could fit into all those shipping containers. This virtual river of goods is South Korea's economy. So if you could imagine how hard it would be to move all that stuff without the standardized shipping container, you see how just standardizing on that container creates massive amounts of wealth. Just being able to move it all efficiently decreases the cost of everything in every container. And the shot itself is a wonder of colors. |
05-19-2003, 02:29 PM | #2 |
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I'd like to build a self contained apartment in a shipping container and travel the world... of course, I am a nut job.
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05-19-2003, 03:24 PM | #3 |
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I'd like a nickel for everyone of those containers that's on the bottom of the ocean.
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05-19-2003, 04:11 PM | #5 |
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Yep. I think I could do better though. Friend of yours?
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05-19-2003, 04:16 PM | #6 |
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Oops, just went to the next page. He has been thinking about this.
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05-19-2003, 04:29 PM | #7 |
2nd Covenant, yo
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No, just did a quick Google and found it. Someone had passed through our Kinko's with many cool plans for storage container housing. I'm a single guy with no bills; and a setup like this guy had would definetly keep it that way.
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05-19-2003, 04:58 PM | #8 |
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The single part or the bills part?
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05-19-2003, 05:32 PM | #9 |
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Sorry, but the Army has both of you beaten. They've been housing people in shipping containers for a long time. Look closely again at the "walls" behind my living area in this picture. These particular shipping containers housed some of the higher-ranking Czechoslovakian chemical recon unit that shared a warehouse with us. Yes, living space was pretty tight at Camp Doha.
Having standard-sized containers also allows them to build these huge trucks with massive arms that are just the right size to pick up one of those bad boys, swing it around like a suitcase, and then set it down. |
05-19-2003, 05:43 PM | #10 | |
2nd Covenant, yo
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Quote:
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05-19-2003, 10:29 PM | #14 |
Umm ... yeah.
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12 responses and not one Raider of the Lost Ark reference?!? What the hell is wrong with you people?
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05-19-2003, 10:35 PM | #15 |
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The 2nd Pvt. Murphy strip is prolly the closest. <I>Light</I> infantry my ass!
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