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Prigozhin’s dead, he just doesn’t know it yet.
Bizarre day
He knows it now
He knows it now
Reports are that his plane fell out a window.
The three-year cruise is canceled
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/three-year-cruise-canceled/index.html
The cruise was originally due to depart Istanbul, Turkey, on November 1, but shortly before that date, departure was postponed to November 11 and relocated to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and then to November 30, again from Amsterdam. But on November 17 – less than two weeks before the third departure date – passengers were informed the cruise was off.
Some of the passengers who booked the 111 cabins sold are still in Istanbul, having made their way there ahead of the original departure date. Others say they have nowhere to return to, having sold or rented out their homes in anticipation of the round-the-world voyage, as well as jettisoning their possessions.
TravelGal
11-27-23, 04:17 PM
The three-year cruise is canceled
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/three-year-cruise-canceled/index.html
:shakehead::shakehead: So they sold their worldly possessions to said on a ship that had not yet been purchased OR drydocked (who knows what could be found then). This deserves a real :tony: award
TravelGal
01-02-24, 01:25 PM
As I said on my Business Facebook page, this, my friends is why those cabin attendants are there and trained to do more than serve coffee. Everyone escaped with only 17 injuries out of 367 passengers and 12 crew.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/fire-breaks-out-plane-runway-japans-tokyo-haneda-airport-nhk-2024-01-02/
As I said on my Business Facebook page, this, my friends is why those cabin attendants are there and trained to do more than serve coffee. Everyone escaped with only 17 injuries out of 367 passengers and 12 crew.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/fire-breaks-out-plane-runway-japans-tokyo-haneda-airport-nhk-2024-01-02/
It's a blessing that everyone escaped from the airliner. Sad about the Coast Guard crew. I wonder who messed up.
It's good to see that most passengers did not attempt to retrieve their belongings before evacuating as we've seen in some other incidents.
TravelGal
01-06-24, 03:26 PM
If you still have some spare cash after your F1 Las Vegas trip, here's the inaugural Peterson Automotive Museum Rally.
https://www.petersen.org/events/norcalrally
Limited availability for 20 selected teams
Reserve your spot: $12,500 per team (2 people)
Looks like fun to me. I hope it's a success.
Elusive ‘alligator’-like creature found in treetops of Mexico. It’s a new species
https://news.yahoo.com/elusive-alligator-creature-found-treetops-173259785.html
cameraman
01-10-24, 04:07 PM
Elusive ‘alligator’-like creature found in treetops of Mexico. It’s a new species
https://news.yahoo.com/elusive-alligator-creature-found-treetops-173259785.html
That's a very relative use of “unusually large”. The critter maxes out at just under 10".:laugh:
Laguna Seca Sued by Rich Neighbors for Being a Race Track
https://www.thedrive.com/news/a-public-nuisance-laguna-secas-neighbors-sue-track-want-it-shut-down
:rolleyes:
Laguna Seca Lawsuit: Homeowners Perplexed as Iconic Race Track Materializes Overnight (https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/laguna-seca-lawsuit-homeowners-perplexed-as-iconic-race-track-materializes-overnight/)
Imagine the shock if, after moving into your home, you discover that a popular and world-renowned race track had materialized overnight in your general vicinity. The horror. You’d rightfully be confused, possibly even enraged at such a happening, and keen to pursue a lawsuit. Believe it or not, this is exactly the phenomenon that unfolded recently. Based on our deepest reporting capabilities, we can find no evidence that WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca ever existed before 2023.
Lawsuit: Company's board was too deferential to Roger Penske, blew $1B on stock buybacks
https://www.aol.com/lawsuit-companys-board-too-deferential-110542024.html
The lawsuit argues that the board members, including prominent metro Detroit banking executive and Michigan State University trustee Sandy Pierce, were too deferential to Chairman and CEO Roger Penske in allowing him to gain control last year and not demanding that he pay a premium — as someone from outside the company would have likely had to do.
The board members acted in bad faith and failed in their fiduciary duties, according to the lawsuit, which was filed this week in Delaware Chancery Court and seeks class action status for all shareholders.
Oops
Planes top 800 mph as near-record winds sweep high over Mid-Atlantic
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/planes-top-800-mph-as-near-record-winds-sweep-high-over-mid-atlantic/ar-BB1itub3
Winds roared to speeds of 265 mph high over Washington — at about 35,000 feet above ground, cruising altitude for airplanes — as a powerful jet stream swept over the region late Saturday. These winds allowed at least three commercial aircraft to reach speeds over 800 mph.
Planes top 800 mph as near-record winds sweep high over Mid-Atlantic
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/planes-top-800-mph-as-near-record-winds-sweep-high-over-mid-atlantic/ar-BB1itub3
I wonder what that felt like when they started to descend and came out of that tail wind. :eek:
I wonder what that felt like when they started to descend and came out of that tail wind. :eek:
My son flew into Sarasota during that time and said it was very bumpy, so I suspect there was a lot of turbulence.
WORLDS COLLIDE World’s tallest man Sultan Kosen meets shortest living woman & she fit in his shoe – they share unique set of challenges (https://www.the-sun.com/news/10439859/sultan-kosen-jyoti-amge-worlds-tallest-shortest-guiness-book/)
https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/02/meets-jyoti-amge-shortest-woman-880760189.jpg?w=1240
When Eyes in the Sky Start Looking Right at You (https://dnyuz.com/2024/02/20/when-eyes-in-the-sky-start-looking-right-at-you/)
For decades, privacy experts have been wary of snooping from space. They feared satellites powerful enough to zoom in on individuals, capturing close-ups that might differentiate adults from children or suited sunbathers from those in a state of nature.
Now, quite suddenly, analysts say, a startup is building a new class of satellite whose cameras would, for the first time, do just that.
A 5,000-pound satellite is expected to fall to Earth this week (https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/19/world/ers-2-european-space-agency-satellite-reentry-scn/index.html)
A European Space Agency satellite is expected to reenter and largely burn up in Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday morning. :eek:
Delta Is Surprising Flyers with Flight Transfers in a Porsche 911 GT3 RS at LAX (https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a46868855/delta-porsche-911-gt3-rs-lax/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_rdt&utm_medium=email&date=022024&utm_campaign=nl34412068&GID=12eee8d9ebd2bd923308a88423b643bdb9f56b803699a7 d94f4a2ef70ccd2657&utm_term=TEST-%20NEW%20TEST%20-%20Sending%20List%20-%20AM%20180D%20Clicks%2C%20NON%20AM%2090D%20Opens% 2C%20Both%20Subbed%20Last%2030D)
Porsche and Delta are teaming up to surprise and delight some Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) passengers with a Porsche 911 GT3 RS ride to their connecting flights. Lucky "select" and "unsuspecting" flyers with tight connections are being whisked away planeside and taken to their flights in the latest Porsche track weapon, Delta says.
devilmaster
02-21-24, 04:17 PM
Delta Is Surprising Flyers with Flight Transfers in a Porsche 911 GT3 RS at LAX
And I had to walk from terminal 3 to terminal 2. :flaming::flaming::flaming:
nissan gtp
02-27-24, 05:31 PM
Delta Is Surprising Flyers with Flight Transfers in a Porsche 911 GT3 RS at LAX (https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a46868855/delta-porsche-911-gt3-rs-lax/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_rdt&utm_medium=email&date=022024&utm_campaign=nl34412068&GID=12eee8d9ebd2bd923308a88423b643bdb9f56b803699a7 d94f4a2ef70ccd2657&utm_term=TEST-%20NEW%20TEST%20-%20Sending%20List%20-%20AM%20180D%20Clicks%2C%20NON%20AM%2090D%20Opens% 2C%20Both%20Subbed%20Last%2030D)
It's probably surprising how slow it has to drive on airport property.
The drug pilots take to stay awake
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240314-the-drug-pilots-take-to-stay-awake
Neuralink video shows patient using brain implant to play chess on laptop (https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/21/24107499/neuralink-human-trial-chess-video-brain-computer-interface)
Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company has released a video purporting to show the first human patient using Neuralink’s brain implant to control a mouse cursor and play a game of chess.
The patient, identified as 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh, said he was injured in a diving accident eight years ago that paralyzed him below the shoulders. Arbaugh describes using the Neuralink implant as like using the Force from the Star Wars franchise, allowing him to “just stare somewhere on the screen” and move the cursor where he wants.
The ‘world’s largest’ vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air just opened. Here’s how it works (https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/climate/direct-air-capture-plant-iceland-climate-intl/index.html)
Iceland is an extremely cool place. Geothermal and hydro energy is abundant so much so that Iceland is a leading smelter of aluminum. In fact their leading exports are aluminum and fish products. No aluminum is mined on the island!
American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland. (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/us/politics/american-companies-still-make-aluminum-in-iceland.html)
Alcoa, formerly the Aluminum Company of America, and another American company, Century Aluminum, have opened factories like this in Iceland, and closed factories in the United States, for a simple reason: Electricity is much cheaper here.
This year (2017), tiny Iceland is on pace to make more aluminum than the United States. So are its fellow hydropower superpowers, Canada and Norway.
The Supermarket Scanner Changed the Way We Buy Groceries Forever (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/supermarket-scanner-changed-way-we-buy-groceries-forever-180984293/)
Invented 50 years ago, the curious box deciphered an arcane kind of code to offer shoppers a trip into the future
TravelGal
05-20-24, 11:41 AM
The Supermarket Scanner Changed the Way We Buy Groceries Forever (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/supermarket-scanner-changed-way-we-buy-groceries-forever-180984293/)
It didn't change the way I buy groceries except that there may be fewer people ahead of me in the checkout line.
Nova explosion visible to the naked eye expected any day now (https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/if-you-can-see-the-big-dipper-youll-get-to-see-a-star-go-nova-soon/)
When you look at the northern sky, you can follow the arm of the Big Dipper as it arcs around toward the bright star called Arcturus. Roughly in the middle of that arc, you'll find the Northern Crown constellation, which looks a bit like a smiley face. Sometime between now and September, if you look to the left-hand side of the Northern Crown, what will look like a new star will shine for five days or so.
The eclipse, the aurora borealis and now this. The natural world is quite entertaining this year.
Danica Patrick Admits Believing The Moon Landing Was Faked By The United States (https://brobible.com/culture/article/danica-patrick-moon-landing-faked/)
‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ explosion will bring a new star to the night sky
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11/science/nova-new-star-nasa-scn/index.html
Astronomers are expecting a “new star” to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September in a celestial event that has been years in the making, according to NASA.
‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ explosion will bring a new star to the night sky
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11/science/nova-new-star-nasa-scn/index.html
"Years in the making." Talk about an understatement.
Hidden UFO civilization could be on Earth: Harvard researchers
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4717233-hidden-ufo-civilization-could-be-on-earth-harvard-researchers/mlite/
:eek:
‘Dyson spheres’ were theorized as a way to detect alien life. Scientists say they’ve found potential evidence (https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/science/dyson-spheres-alien-life-evidence-scn/index.html)
Freeman Dyson theorized that hypothetical alien megastructures would give off infrared radiation and searching for that byproduct would be a viable method for searching for extraterrestrial life.
The sun's magnetic field is about to flip. Here's what to expect. (https://www.space.com/sun-magnetic-field-flip-solar-maximum-2024)
Full lunar eclipse
Aurora Borealis
Cicadas
and no this
2024 you've been interesting and not even half over
ChatGPT is Bull****
Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persistent inaccuracies in their output; these are often called “AI hallucinations”. We argue that these falsehoods, and the overall activity of large language models, is better understood as bull***** in the sense explored by Frankfurt (On bull*****, Princeton, 2005): the models are in an important way indifferent to the truth of their outputs. We distinguish two ways in which the models can be said to be bull***ters, and argue that they clearly meet at least one of these definitions. We further argue that describing AI misrepresentations as bull**** is both a more useful and more accurate way of predicting and discussing the behaviour of these systems.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5
Maybe i need to update the language filter now that bull***** is allowed in academic papers. :D
Mysterious monolith discovered in north Las Vegas Valley (https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/06/17/mysterious-monolith-discovered-north-las-vegas-valley/)
2 climate activists were arrested after spraying orange paint on Stonehenge
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/19/nx-s1-5012595/climate-activists-arrested-stonehenge
:shakehead:
Pair held after orange paint sprayed on aircraft
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9eedx9legpo
A pet donkey disappeared in California five years ago. He’s been spotted living with a herd of wild elk (https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/us/donkey-elk-herd-california-cec/index.html)
NASA astronauts' return on Boeing's spaceship has been delayed repeatedly
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna158577
This eventually be a tense return to Earth
NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station (https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/nasa-will-pay-spacex-nearly-1-billion-to-deorbit-the-international-space-station/)
NASA has awarded an $843 million contract to SpaceX to develop a "US Deorbit Vehicle." This spacecraft will dock to the International Space Station in 2029 and then ensure the large facility makes a controlled reentry through Earth's atmosphere before splashing into the ocean in 2030.
Remember Skylab? (https://www.history.com/news/the-day-skylab-crashed-to-earth-facts-about-the-first-u-s-space-stations-re-entry)
Firefly is building fast and breaking things on path to a reusable rocket (https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/07/firefly-is-building-fast-and-breaking-things-on-path-to-a-reusable-rocket/)
"For our base design, we're designing around return to launch site propulsive landing," said Merritt d'Elia, manager of propulsion for the MLV program. "We'll iterate through all of these things, but we're fundamentally architecting for reusability. Not just architecting, we're planning to do it."
Man stopped at customs with 100 live snakes down his pants
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/10/travel/snake-smuggler-trousers-scli-intl/index.html
A man was caught trying to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into mainland China by stuffing them into his pants, according to the country’s customs authority.
Nope
Northrop Grumman XRQ-73 SHEPARD Demonstrator Breaks Cover
https://theaviationist.com/2024/07/10/northrop-grumman-xrq-73-shepard-demonstrator-breaks-cover/
https://theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/XRQ-73-678x381.jpg
It’s a hybrid!
Decomposing Behemoth; The Convair XC-99 (https://militarymatters.online/forgotten-aircraft/decomposing-behemoth-the-convair-xc-99/)
https://militarymatters.online/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Xc-99.jpg
Wow, its a double decker!
https://militarymatters.online/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Convair-model-37.png
https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D4D22AQFvLxKhtpRHUA/feedshare-shrink_800/0/1720693944123?e=1723680000&v=beta&t=h6OjSVMZOBtSzHrI_zuHsNPDjqf0kkU5wT3pEk7ciZg
Model rocket enthusiasts are learning how to do vertical landings
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/11/24195913/rockets-hobbies-spacex-falcon-9-model-rockets-landings
Two hobbyists show how they can pull off SpaceX’s trick at a smaller scale with custom hardware and a few years of effort.
:cool:
SpaceX debris crashed onto Canadian farmland, highlighting potential for deadly disaster (https://studyfinds.org/spacex-space-debris-crashed-onto-canadian-farmland/)
TravelGal
07-20-24, 11:37 AM
SpaceX debris crashed onto Canadian farmland, highlighting potential for deadly disaster (https://studyfinds.org/spacex-space-debris-crashed-onto-canadian-farmland/)
What did you expect? All those SciFi TV shows can't be wrong. :tony:
What did you expect? All those SciFi TV shows can't be wrong. :tony:
Remember SkyLab?
Immortalized by Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl…
qLoNQNK376E?si=qszu1o0yFyioyJ1_
Putin is about to lose Russia’s ‘Holy land’ (https://dnyuz.com/2024/07/22/putin-is-about-to-lose-russias-holy-land/)
Last week, the last remaining warship – a Project 1135 class patrol frigate – slunk quietly out of Sevastopol harbour, which had been the main base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet since 2014. Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk suggested we should “remember this day.”
maybe there is hope after all
Boeing, NASA may have found ‘root cause’ of Starliner spacecraft’s issues, but astronauts are still in limbo
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/science/boeing-starliner-issues-root-cause-testing-nasa/index.html
After weeks of troubleshooting and recent tests meant to replicate the issues plaguing Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing officials still aren’t ready to name a return date for the two astronauts piloting the vehicle on its inaugural crewed test flight.
For here am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
:edit: replaced original article with a better one
This Man Knows the Truth About Amelia Earhart. Why Doesn’t Anyone Believe Him?
https://apple.news/ANPoFRvSMSaKhhBuC2g2zeg
Great story. I didn’t know the search has continued all these years
The World's Deepest Voice
https://sonicstate.com/news/2023/01/29/man-with-worlds-deepest-voice/#:~:text=Tim%20Storms%20is%20the%20Guinness,deeper %20on%20other%20planets!).
This Man Knows the Truth About Amelia Earhart. Why Doesn’t Anyone Believe Him?
https://apple.news/ANPoFRvSMSaKhhBuC2g2zeg
Great story. I didn’t know the search has continued all these years
This one pukes because I can't open Apple News on my desktop.
Sorry Richard. It's a Popular Mechanics article, which is subscription only.
Try this, not as detailed but much the same
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240131-researchers-say-amelia-earharts-long-lost-plane-may-have-just-been-found
Boeing, NASA may have found ‘root cause’ of Starliner spacecraft’s issues, but astronauts are still in limbo
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/science/boeing-starliner-issues-root-cause-testing-nasa/index.html
For here am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
:edit: replaced original article with a better one
https://x.com/ajtourville/status/1820118331061321828?s=61&t=oFXcsN2wTfApq6UdUB40Qg
the above tweet may have been a bit premature - but it may not be wrong either
NASA likely to significantly delay the launch of Crew 9 due to Starliner issues (https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/nasa-likely-to-significantly-delay-the-launch-of-crew-9-due-to-starliner-issues/)
s of late last week, NASA still had not decided whether the Starliner vehicle, which is built and operated by Boeing, should be used to fly its two crew members home. During its launch and ascent to the space station two months ago, five small thrusters on the Starliner spacecraft failed. After extensive ground testing of the thrusters, as well as some brief in-space firings, NASA had planned to make a decision last week on whether to return Starliner with crew. However, a Flight Readiness Review planned for last Thursday was delayed after internal disagreements at NASA about the safety of Starliner.
NASA might keep Boeing astronauts on the space station until February — and tap SpaceX to bring them home
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-considers-keeping-boeing-astronauts-space-station-february-rcna165587
NASA is considering keeping the two astronauts who flew Boeing's capsule to the International Space Station there until February as a result of issues the spaceship encountered midflight. :shakehead:
https://x.com/jalopnik/status/1820887457677869112?s=61&t=oFXcsN2wTfApq6UdUB40Qg
NASA acknowledges it cannot quantify risk of Starliner propulsion issues (https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/nasa-acknowledges-it-cannot-quantify-risk-of-starliner-propulsion-issues/)
"We don’t have enough insight and data to make some sort of simple black-and-white calculation."
:shakehead:
Remember when we used to make fun of the commies for their crummy spaceships? :D
There's a Problem With Rescuing the Stranded Astronauts: SpaceX and Boeing Spacesuits Aren't Compatible
https://futurism.com/stranded-astronauts-spacex-boeing-spacesuits-incompatible
For one, Starliner's spacesuits aren't compatible with those used on board SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. That means if the pair were to return on board the SpaceX capsule currently docked to the station, which is one rescue plan under consideration by NASA, they'd be flying without wearing a suit, as NASA confirmed during a teleconference call last week — an unfortunate reality for the space agency that will likely factor into its upcoming decision.
:eek:
There's a Problem With Rescuing the Stranded Astronauts: SpaceX and Boeing Spacesuits Aren't Compatible
https://futurism.com/stranded-astronauts-spacex-boeing-spacesuits-incompatible
:eek:
I saw a community note on that that said they'll just take extra suits for them. Which makes sense but I don't know anything about it.
NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule
https://apnews.com/article/boeing-spacex-nasa-astronauts-starliner-e4e81e5a6c23dee2f8f72260ddea011c
Inside the 'golden age' of alien hunting at the Green Bank Telescope
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-golden-age-alien-green-bank.html
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