Failed ProjectsYou start off with the best of intentions, but through raging incompetence, ineptitude or the plain fact that you're working in IT, things go terribly wrong and there's hell to pay. Tell us about the epic failures that have brought big ideas to their knees. Or just blame someone else.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 14:19)
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One from my dadMany many moons ago, he was in the process of building a raft using plastic barrels (the big, industrial sort you see used by chemical companies - you can buy them second hand if you ask nicely). He wanted to see how much buoyancy they had. He did this by cutting the top off one of these barrels and demanding that his friend push him in the river. His friend, albeit with some degree of protest, complied. The barrel instantly turned turtle. His house keys, which were in his pocket at the time, are probably still at the bottom of that river.
He had to sit outside the house he was sharing with my mum for four hours, soaking wet, before she got back. We never let him forget.
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MatJ LOOK, Mon 7 Dec 2009, 0:45,
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OopsOne such container would of course roll over. It's not enough to be buoyant: you also need stability. He should have fixed at least three of them together (if standing upright). Failing that, you'd need a heavily weighted keel.
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