ML
    • Recent
    • Categories
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Register
    • Login

    Non-IT News Thread

    Water Closet
    91
    11.2k
    5.4m
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @mlnews
      last edited by

      @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

      WW2 'earthquake' bomb explodes in Poland during attempt to defuse it

      The largest unexploded World War Two bomb ever found in Poland has detonated during the defusing process, a Polish Navy spokesman said.
      The chance the bomb - at the bottom of a Baltic Sea shipping canal - would detonate had been put at 50-50 and all the divers were unharmed. About 750 residents had been evacuated near the port city of Swinoujscie. The RAF dropped the Tallboy or "earthquake" bomb in a raid in 1945 which sank the German cruiser Lützow. Swinoujscie was part of Germany and called Swinemünde at the time of the bombardment. The shock of the latest detonation was reportedly felt in parts of the city and a video shows the blast throwing up a large column of water into the air. The bomb was 6m (19ft) long and weighed 5.4 tonnes, nearly half of which was its explosives.

      that is just crazy, that thing was huge.

      DustinB3403D 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        @scottalanmiller the fact that it was still live all this time at the bottom of the ocean is even more insane.

        scottalanmillerS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
          last edited by

          @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @scottalanmiller the fact that it was still live all this time at the bottom of the ocean is even more insane.

          75 years!!!

          So crazy.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            Talk about quality bomb making, lol.

            DustinB3403D 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

              Talk about quality bomb making, lol.

              Right, the point was to make it explode, not last forever Grandpa. You could've used tinfoil. . . .

              scottalanmillerS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                last edited by

                @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                Talk about quality bomb making, lol.

                Right, the point was to make it explode, not last forever Grandpa. You could've used tinfoil. . . .

                It was made so well, it never went off. lol

                DustinB3403D 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  Talk about quality bomb making, lol.

                  Right, the point was to make it explode, not last forever Grandpa. You could've used tinfoil. . . .

                  It was made so well, it never went off. lol

                  Which is insane, it actually sank a German boat and didn't explode. . . wtf!

                  "The RAF dropped it in a raid in 1945 which sank the German cruiser Lützow."

                  scottalanmillerS JaredBuschJ 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    Talk about quality bomb making, lol.

                    Right, the point was to make it explode, not last forever Grandpa. You could've used tinfoil. . . .

                    It was made so well, it never went off. lol

                    Which is insane, it actually sank a German boat and didn't explode. . . wtf!

                    "The RAF dropped it in a raid in 1945 which sank the German cruiser Lützow."

                    Yeah, that thing was so big it'll go right through a ship!

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403
                      last edited by

                      Only until the grandkids of the engineers who made the damn thing got it to explode. Talk about "they don't build em like they used too".

                      Can you imagine taking a car from the bottom of a sea after 75 years and the engine turning over and being ready to go still. . .

                      DashrenderD 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @DustinB3403
                        last edited by

                        @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        Only until the grandkids of the engineers who made the damn thing got it to explode. Talk about "they don't build em like they used too".

                        Can you imagine taking a car from the bottom of a sea after 75 years and the engine turning over and being ready to go still. . .

                        lol - a bit different, this thing was seamingly super sealed... no seawater damage, I'm guessing.

                        DustinB3403D 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @Dashrender
                          last edited by

                          @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          Only until the grandkids of the engineers who made the damn thing got it to explode. Talk about "they don't build em like they used too".

                          Can you imagine taking a car from the bottom of a sea after 75 years and the engine turning over and being ready to go still. . .

                          lol - a bit different, this thing was seamingly super sealed... no seawater damage, I'm guessing.

                          haha well yeah, of course this is different, but its still very much a mechanical item that worked as intended after 75 year under the sea (after sinking a german boat none the less).

                          JaredBuschJ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • mlnewsM
                            mlnews
                            last edited by

                            Quake school owner jailed for 31 years in Mexico

                            A Mexican court has sentenced the owner of a school where 19 children died in a 2017 earthquake to 31 years in prison for culpable homicide.
                            Mónica García Villegas had illegally built an apartment on top of Mexico City's Enrique Rébsame primary school. The weight, over 200 tonnes, is thought to have contributed to the school's collapse. Seven adults also died. García Villega, who was on the run for a year, maintains her innocence and plans to appeal against the verdict. The collapsed school was the most harrowing symbol of the 7.1-magnitude quake. The tremor left more than 360 people dead and caused major damage across states in central Mexico.

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              Which is insane, it actually sank a German boat and didn't explode. . . wtf!

                              That is not what the article said. A bombing run would drop more than one bomb per plane.

                              Specifically this bomb was dropped in the raid that that sank the Lützow. Nothing states this bomb sank said ship.

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                                last edited by

                                @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                (after sinking a german boat none the less).

                                No it did not.

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                • mlnewsM
                                  mlnews
                                  last edited by

                                  Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda: Mexico's ex-defence minister arrested in the US

                                  A former Mexican defence minister has been arrested on drugs charges at Los Angeles airport in the US.
                                  Gen Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda was detained on Thursday, Mexico's foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard tweeted. Gen Cienfuegos was arrested on a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warrant, the Mexican government confirmed for the BBC. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Friday the general had been accused of drug trafficking. "Hopefully this serves to illustrate that the main problem in Mexico is corruption," the president said, before praising Gen Cienfuegos' successor at the head of the army and his counterpart in the navy. President López Obrador, who was elected on an anti-corruption platform in 2018, has accused his predecessors of running a "narco-government" that allowed corruption. He is seeking to lift the immunity of former leaders from prosecution.

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • mlnewsM
                                    mlnews
                                    last edited by

                                    The Countdown: Early voting, Biden's ads and the Beastie Boys

                                    Just over two weeks to go and while Joe Biden may be having quiet week, he made sure it came after he dropped some ads timed for peak NFL audiences that might just hit a key demographic - one that knows 90s music.
                                    President Donald Trump's campaign has reached a frenetic pace since he left hospital last week. Joe Biden, in contrast, has no public events on his schedule. But anybody who watched TV in the US this weekend, particularly those traditional Sunday afternoon American football matches, probably saw a Joe Biden ad - they may be the only way Americans can see Mr Biden before this Thursday's presidential debate. His campaign is blanketing the airwaves, the result of a record-breaking $383m fundraising haul for September and outspending Donald Trump. This is also about their different debate preparation strategies. The Biden camp wants their candidate rested and focused, even as conservatives accuse him of hiding from the public.

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • mlnewsM
                                      mlnews
                                      last edited by

                                      Epstein: Ghislaine Maxwell denies witnessing 'inappropriate' activities

                                      US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell said she never witnessed "inappropriate underage activities" by him, according to transcripts of a 2016 deposition.
                                      The testimony was made in a now-settled civil defamation lawsuit brought by one of the late financier's accusers, Virginia Giuffre. Ms Maxwell had long fought to keep the testimony secret. She will go on trial in a criminal case next year and has pleaded not guilty. She is accused of helping Epstein traffic and sexually abuse underage girls and of perjury for denying involvement in such a scheme when she gave her deposition under oath.

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • mlnewsM
                                        mlnews
                                        last edited by

                                        The Countdown: Ariana Grande and early voting for astronauts

                                        There are 11 days left and as candidates fly all over the country, they can watch the video to Ariana Grande's new song in which she leads an all-female team at the White House.
                                        About 51.5m votes have been cast so far, according to the US Election Project website, in places like Georgia and Florida - and in Earth's orbit, where astronaut Kate Rubin just cast her vote at the International Space Station. Just like other absentee voters, as this Nasa release explains, an astronaut has to fill in an application to say they intend to vote from space. The clerk at the county election office, most likely in Texas where Nasa is based, has a special password to download the astronaut's vote.

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • hobbit666H
                                          hobbit666
                                          last edited by hobbit666

                                          BBC News - Tanker stowaways: Seven detained off Isle of Wight

                                          Seven suspects have been detained after a suspected hijacking involving stowaways on a tanker off the Isle of Wight.

                                          UK special forces completed the operation in nine minutes, BBC Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale said.

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            BBC News - Jubilation as Chile votes to rewrite constitution
                                            https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-54687090

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • 1
                                            • 2
                                            • 537
                                            • 538
                                            • 539
                                            • 540
                                            • 541
                                            • 560
                                            • 561
                                            • 539 / 561
                                            • First post
                                              Last post