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Anonymous wrote:If you have the time to indulge, this is a fascinating way to experience the event. Also surprisingly moving. I was just going to watch a couple minutes but ended watching the whole thing as I was riveted. It's the morse code SOS messages sent from the Titanic in real time (minus the longer gaps). Titanic obsessed kids might also appreciate it.

Oh, and here's the description from the guy who made the video, with a little more explanation of what you're seeing/hearing.

"I've taken all the Morse code communications I could find from the night of the Titanic disaster and turned it into streaming text. It's painfully slow by today's standards of communications as it presents at about the speed the transmissions were made that night. I've removed the "dead air" time cutting the total time from about two hours to one.

Morse code abbreviations have been included in the audio but the text is in English, for example the ship's ID code "MGY" will be heard but "TITANIC" will be read. "OM" will be heard but "OLD MAN" (meaning "buddy" or "friend") will be in the text.

I've left the code "CQD" as it's very prominent and important. This was the common international distress signal at the time and stood for "ATTENTION ALL STATIONS" (CQ) "DISTRESS" (D). Titanic was not the first to transmit an SOS but she used it also. They primarily used CQD because that was the most recognized distress signal of the time.

The log starts as the Titanic is transmitting personal telegrams for customers which are interrupted by the distress signal. It continues until the last message is transmitted. I've tried to make it as historically accurate as possible but I'm not a historian, just a Joe."

This is fascinating and thanks for posting. I know the one telegraph operator stayed at his position til the very end, desperately trying to reach the Carpathian. Will give it a listen.

He had successfully reached the Carpathia, which raced to site as fast as they could.
They had to dodge icebergs.

The Californian on the other hand, the radio operator had gone to bed and despite the crew spotting the flares the captain didn't even consider turning the radio back on. They were less than half the distance away.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have the time to indulge, this is a fascinating way to experience the event. Also surprisingly moving. I was just going to watch a couple minutes but ended watching the whole thing as I was riveted. It's the morse code SOS messages sent from the Titanic in real time (minus the longer gaps). Titanic obsessed kids might also appreciate it.

Oh, and here's the description from the guy who made the video, with a little more explanation of what you're seeing/hearing.

"I've taken all the Morse code communications I could find from the night of the Titanic disaster and turned it into streaming text. It's painfully slow by today's standards of communications as it presents at about the speed the transmissions were made that night. I've removed the "dead air" time cutting the total time from about two hours to one.

Morse code abbreviations have been included in the audio but the text is in English, for example the ship's ID code "MGY" will be heard but "TITANIC" will be read. "OM" will be heard but "OLD MAN" (meaning "buddy" or "friend") will be in the text.

I've left the code "CQD" as it's very prominent and important. This was the common international distress signal at the time and stood for "ATTENTION ALL STATIONS" (CQ) "DISTRESS" (D). Titanic was not the first to transmit an SOS but she used it also. They primarily used CQD because that was the most recognized distress signal of the time.

The log starts as the Titanic is transmitting personal telegrams for customers which are interrupted by the distress signal. It continues until the last message is transmitted. I've tried to make it as historically accurate as possible but I'm not a historian, just a Joe."

This is fascinating and thanks for posting. I know the one telegraph operator stayed at his position til the very end, desperately trying to reach the Carpathian. Will give it a listen.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have the time to indulge, this is a fascinating way to experience the event. Also surprisingly moving. I was just going to watch a couple minutes but ended watching the whole thing as I was riveted. It's the morse code SOS messages sent from the Titanic in real time (minus the longer gaps). Titanic obsessed kids might also appreciate it.

Oh, and here's the description from the guy who made the video, with a little more explanation of what you're seeing/hearing.

"I've taken all the Morse code communications I could find from the night of the Titanic disaster and turned it into streaming text. It's painfully slow by today's standards of communications as it presents at about the speed the transmissions were made that night. I've removed the "dead air" time cutting the total time from about two hours to one.

Morse code abbreviations have been included in the audio but the text is in English, for example the ship's ID code "MGY" will be heard but "TITANIC" will be read. "OM" will be heard but "OLD MAN" (meaning "buddy" or "friend") will be in the text.

I've left the code "CQD" as it's very prominent and important. This was the common international distress signal at the time and stood for "ATTENTION ALL STATIONS" (CQ) "DISTRESS" (D). Titanic was not the first to transmit an SOS but she used it also. They primarily used CQD because that was the most recognized distress signal of the time.

The log starts as the Titanic is transmitting personal telegrams for customers which are interrupted by the distress signal. It continues until the last message is transmitted. I've tried to make it as historically accurate as possible but I'm not a historian, just a Joe."

This is fascinating and thanks for posting. I know the one telegraph operator stayed at his position til the very end, desperately trying to reach the Carpathian. Will give it a listen.

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Anonymous wrote:This is 2021. It's time for a remake of James Cameron's 1997 movie Titanic.

The Irish and Italians should be represented in first class in the movie Titanic, even if it wasn't historically accurate, and they were in steerage.

And Denzel Washington should play the part of the aristocrat Mr. John Jacob Astor, a part played by Eric Baeden.

Zendaya should play the part of Rose, a part played by Kate Winslet.

And the engineer Thomas Andrews who was played by Victor Garber (a Hollywood actor who is out and gay) should actually be portrayed as out and gay.

The character Molly Brown played by Kathy Bates should by a transgender woman.

Maybe make the remake a Disney movie and a Broadway musical.

We also need differently-abled actors: Marlee Matlin, someone who uses a wheelchair, etc.

Also we need to explore feminism. Include lesbian relationships and undertones. Fly a rainbow flag on the RMS Titanic.

+1,000,000

Also Rose and Jack are both on the GTBLQ spectrum … Rose comes out as actually identifying as a man who loves gorgeous dresses and renames himself Robby while Jack declares he is bisexual and can swing with either Rose or Robby or Robby-Rose.

The early scene where the research team searches the wreck of the RMS Titanic and open a safe they hope will contain a necklace with a large diamond - but reveals instead a drawing of a young nude transgender person sporting a, erm, artificial appendage that rhymes with dingo. Robby is brought upon the Titanic and recounts experiences that are played by all the original Hamilton cast.

Rest In Peace James Horner who wrote the Oscar winning score for the original movie but died in a car crash in 2015. In tribute, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Billie Eilish are joined by Jade Mya (Canadian grassy country singer), Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Pabilo Vittar (Brazilian drag artist) and Tyler The Creator (reformed homophobe rapper) in providing a new uplifting musical score for our times. Due to,popular demand, the original show stopper “My heart wil go on” is redone as “They/ them/ it’s heart will go on”.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have the time to indulge, this is a fascinating way to experience the event. Also surprisingly moving. I was just going to watch a couple minutes but ended watching the whole thing as I was riveted. It's the morse code SOS messages sent from the Titanic in real time (minus the longer gaps). Titanic obsessed kids might also appreciate it.

Oh, and here's the description from the guy who made the video, with a little more explanation of what you're seeing/hearing.

"I've taken all the Morse code communications I could find from the night of the Titanic disaster and turned it into streaming text. It's painfully slow by today's standards of communications as it presents at about the speed the transmissions were made that night. I've removed the "dead air" time cutting the total time from about two hours to one.

Morse code abbreviations have been included in the audio but the text is in English, for example the ship's ID code "MGY" will be heard but "TITANIC" will be read. "OM" will be heard but "OLD MAN" (meaning "buddy" or "friend") will be in the text.

I've left the code "CQD" as it's very prominent and important. This was the common international distress signal at the time and stood for "ATTENTION ALL STATIONS" (CQ) "DISTRESS" (D). Titanic was not the first to transmit an SOS but she used it also. They primarily used CQD because that was the most recognized distress signal of the time.

The log starts as the Titanic is transmitting personal telegrams for customers which are interrupted by the distress signal. It continues until the last message is transmitted. I've tried to make it as historically accurate as possible but I'm not a historian, just a Joe."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is 2021. It's time for a remake of James Cameron's 1997 movie Titanic.

The Irish and Italians should be represented in first class in the movie Titanic, even if it wasn't historically accurate, and they were in steerage.

And Denzel Washington should play the part of the aristocrat Mr. John Jacob Astor, a part played by Eric Baeden.

Zendaya should play the part of Rose, a part played by Kate Winslet.

And the engineer Thomas Andrews who was played by Victor Garber (a Hollywood actor who is out and gay) should actually be portrayed as out and gay.

The character Molly Brown played by Kathy Bates should by a transgender woman.

Maybe make the remake a Disney movie and a Broadway musical.

We also need differently-abled actors: Marlee Matlin, someone who uses a wheelchair, etc.

Also we need to explore feminism. Include lesbian relationships and undertones. Fly a rainbow flag on the RMS Titanic.

Anonymous wrote:All this coverage has made me so upset and anxious. We have a cruise booked for this summer, and it’s our first real vacation in over two years (between Covid and DH’s BigLaw schedule, it’s been really hard to find quality family time). Now I’m second-guessing myself. Do you think that they will have new safety regulations in place by July? Can I bring a personal inflatable raft onboard? (I was thinking of having it delivered to an Amazon locker near the dock.)

What about our nanny? She’ll be staying on a different level, and will have a different muster station than us. It will be really inconvenient if an emergency happens at night — we’ll wind up in the lifeboat alone with our kids (8, 10, 14). Can I ask Royal Caribbean to make an exception for her? Would my DS14 be counted as a man? Or could the captain allow him to go into the boat with the other children? (He has a late summer birthday and is small for his age, plus ADHD. His therapist and endocrinologist both say he’s still very much a child.)

This is all so overwhelming! If anyone has any experience with surviving a shipwreck, or knows of an organization/business that could help me plan, I’d really appreciate some advice. I mean, I think of Titanic and just get so cold at the idea of having our well-deserved vacation ruined like that.