Non-IT News Thread
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Talk about quality bomb making, lol.
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@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. . . .
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@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
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@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."
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@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!
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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. . .
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@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.
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@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).
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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. -
@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.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
(after sinking a german boat none the less).
No it did not.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
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BBC News - Jubilation as Chile votes to rewrite constitution
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Covid: Italy brings in sweeping new coronavirus measures
New measures to combat a surge in coronavirus cases have come into force in Italy with gyms, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres closed.
Restaurants, bars and cafes must stop table service at 18:00 and offer only take-away until midnight. Contact sports are prohibited. However, shops and most businesses will remain open. The government has warned that the rise in cases was causing a huge strain on the country's health services. However, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that a full lockdown would be catastrophic for the economy. Italy was among the first European countries to be badly hit by the virus but a national lockdown in March flattened the curve. Since then, the number of daily cases has climbed steadily and Sunday saw a new record of more than 21,200 infections. -
Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to US Supreme Court
The US Senate has confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in a victory for President Donald Trump a week before the general election.
Mr Trump's fellow Republicans voted 52-48 to approve the judge, overcoming the unified opposition of Democrats. The 48-year-old is expected to take the oath of office at the White House on Monday night. Her appointment seals for the foreseeable future a 6-3 conservative majority on the top US judicial body. Only one Republican, Senator Susan Collins, who faces a tough re-election battle in Maine, voted against the president's nominee in Monday evening's vote. Judge Barrett is the third justice appointed by the Republican president, after Neil Gorsuch in 2017 and Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. -
Covid: Antibodies 'fall rapidly after infection'
Levels of protective antibodies in people wane "quite rapidly" after coronavirus infection, say researchers.
Antibodies are a key part of our immune defences and stop the virus from getting inside the body's cells. The Imperial College London team found the number of people testing positive for antibodies has fallen by 26% between June and September. They say immunity appears to be fading and there is a risk of catching the virus multiple times. The news comes as figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the number of Covid-19 deaths in the UK rose by 60% in the week of 16 October. The ONS figures suggest there have now been more than 60,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK. More than 350,000 people in England have taken an antibody test
