Why Portland Should Have Kept Its Water, Urine and All 332
Ars Technica has nothing good to say about the scientific understanding (or at least public understanding) that led Portland to drain 38 million gallons of water after a teenage prankster urinated into the city's water supply. Maybe SCADA systems shouldn't be quite as high on the list of dangers, when major utilities can be quite this brittle even without a high-skill attack.
Frosty piss (Score:5, Funny)
literally.
just like homeopathy (Score:5, Funny)
Urine gets stronger the more you dilute it.
The uncomfortable truth is that all the water has pee in it.
The fuck?! (Score:0, Funny)
David Shaff obviously has a thing for watersports. It takes a Republican level of personal denial to drain 38 million gallons just to avoid drinking a little bit of pee.
Budweiser trucks seen nearby (Score:5, Funny)
Re:36 million gallons? (Score:4, Funny)
Oh, come on. Noone uses esoteric units of measurements like "liters"
Purity of Essence (Score:5, Funny)
Do you realize that in addition to urinating in water, why, there are studies underway to urinate in salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.
It's not organic. (Score:4, Funny)
I live in Portland. They'd probably allow it if he was a free-range drunkard with organic piss.
Re:Ever glass of tap water in LA. (Score:5, Funny)
Don't tell the homoeopaths.
Re:Don't tell them that... (Score:5, Funny)
Better nuke the reservoir form orbit, the only way to be sure.
Re:Lanted Ale.. (Score:5, Funny)
And they say American beer tastes like...
Re:Well they are elected (Score:4, Funny)
I damn sure don't want any piss in my facets. That's even worse than piss coming through my faucets.
Re:just like homeopathy (Score:5, Funny)
And this being Portland, it's probable that homeopathy is enforced by city ordinance.
Re:just like homeopathy (Score:3, Funny)
No but some swallow