Comments on: Real Java MUD

Real Java MUD

imposster — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:18:52 -0800

Not your ordinary mud volcano. This erruption might be manmade and it is quickly engulfing a large swath of Eastern Java. The putrid gas and mud have been flowing since May, and recent attempts to control the flow have led to demonstrations serious enough for the govenrment to issue "shoot-on-sight" orders. The flow could last for another hundred years.

By: wabashbdw

wabashbdw — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:21:47 -0800

double

By: imposster

imposster — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:22:17 -0800

By: imposster

imposster — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:24:39 -0800

Well, that was fun while it lasted. I did search for it before I posted.

By: StrasbourgSecaucus

StrasbourgSecaucus — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:28:01 -0800

i just made a mud volcano in the men's room. don't go in there for a couple hours till it airs out.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:29:51 -0800

Drilling for mud bunnies, were they?

By: delmoi

delmoi — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:40:15 -0800

I hadn't seen the origional, and this FPP has a lot more info. I mean, this is a crazy story. A mud volcano spewing out tons of hot mud and destroying homes and villages? That's just crazy. We're only allowed to have one post about it?

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:40:20 -0800

Rebrand it to be a theraputic spa.

By: imposster

imposster — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:45:08 -0800

Maybe the post is worth keeping just because I knew about the new "shoot-on-sight" orders before it even happened (September 28, 2006).

By: onhazier

onhazier — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:46:13 -0800

They are looking to divert the mud into the sea.

By: imposster

imposster — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:51:45 -0800

Since it appears this post won't be deleted, some links to more benign examples of 'mud volcanoes.' -Mud volcanoes of the Caspian Desert -Mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan The human toll in Java is already staggering and appears only to be getting worse.

By: jeffburdges

jeffburdges — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:57:20 -0800

Woot!! 100 years of free mud! How much was Dilbert selling it for?

By: rhymer

rhymer — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:42:37 -0800

I spent a few days in Surabaya once. I think I prefer the mud.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:13:40 -0800

Perhaps a small nuclear explosion would seal it up.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:00:12 -0800

Real Java MUD What's the telnet address?

By: jam_pony

jam_pony — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:58:20 -0800

Java is prolix, tends to sprawl, and displaces native code, but I never thought to call it a mud volcano. That's good tho. And apps do seem to take a hundred years to respond sometimes. Shoot on sight is truly a sensible policy. Don't get me started on Dot-net - more like a sinkhole.

By: mdonley

mdonley — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:14:03 -0800

it is quickly engulfing a large swath of Eastern Java Geography note: Java's pretty big - 126,700 km². That's about half the size of Britain (but with twice as many people!). It's not engulfing "a large swath" by any means. This is more like it (check the photo's caption): The mud has now swamped an area larger than Monaco Also, here's a blog (in Indonesian) with some photos and details.

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:43:50 -0800

Anyone got a map of the afflicted area with an overlay of the mud?