Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst?

Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by blindriver on Sunday February 19, 2023 @11:41PM (#34864964)

This guy feels like an operative that is trying to seed misinformation. There is zero percent chance that the first explosion was an accident, given the geopolitical situation that was current. The fact he is trying to peddle that it was an accident is insulting.

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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by Arainach on Sunday February 19, 2023 @11:47PM (#34864995)

It's one thing to say it's incredibly unlikely, which is fair. Please don't use terms such as "zero percent chance" - there is absolutely both chance and precedent for pipelines to have catastrophic failure, regardless of timing. The chance is never zero.

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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by Daz1 on Monday February 20, 2023 @12:39AM (#34865279)

No need to be a pedant. The phrase '0%' chance means 'for the purpose of the conversation, an infinitesimally low likelihood of occurring.

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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by ianburrell on Sunday February 19, 2023 @11:56PM (#34865045)

One question is did the operator do anything after Germany suspended the certification on September 22. Like decreasing pressure or increasing pressure. Those seem unlikely to cause leak but would explain the timing.

We also don’t know anything about the leaks. It should be obvious to investigators if Nord Stream 2 was not an explosion.

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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by kilgnad on Sunday February 19, 2023 @11:57PM (#34865059)

The chance is never zero, but it can be effectively zero. And the way we communicate this fact is through inexact language. It's never zero in the same way that you ever having a chance to live on the moon in your lifetime is never zero.

The way you're characterizing is wrong because although it's non zero... this much is true: You have to be pretty damn stupid to NOT think biden is behind the whole thing.

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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by armatav on Sunday February 19, 2023 @11:55PM (#34865040)

Yeah it’s zero. Like the chance of rolling a 6 on a coin.

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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by kilgnad on Monday February 20, 2023 @12:00AM (#34865072)

You're voted down, but you're not wrong. The government does use agents that spread misinformation. I mean it's a freemarket... perfectly legal for the media too bullshit and perfectly legal for the government to bullshit too.

There is nothing precluding this blog from being written by such an agent.

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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by _kbh_ on Monday February 20, 2023 @12:10AM (#34865123)

> There is nothing precluding this blog from being written by such an agent.

And in the same vain there’s nothing precluding you or the parent on being Russian agents is there?.

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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by kilgnad on Monday February 20, 2023 @10:13AM (#34868821)

There is. Because if you look at my comment history I'm all over the place. I comment on different topics.

Your comment history, however, is all political and targeting Russia.

In front of a panel, you're the one that's more likely to be an agent. If you're not an agent you definitely have a political bias/agenda.

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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by _kbh_ on Monday February 20, 2023 @12:08AM (#34865120)

Funny that’s exactly how I feel about the fever dream that Seymour Hersh spewed forth.

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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by Thorrez on Monday February 20, 2023 @12:17AM (#34865159)

What is the percent chance that the boat laying the pipe would go way off course 50m from where the rupture would later occur, and not go off course in any other place along the pipeline?

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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by postsantum on Monday February 20, 2023 @12:23AM (#34865193)

This stage is called "Yes, we did it but it was an accident"

Expecting the next one - ".. and this is why it was a good thing"

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