History, Politics And Current Affairs

...Ya miss a continent ONCE, and they never let you hear the end of it. Mike Small continent? And who wants to nuke Australia anyway. To get radioactive mutations of the deadly critters they got? You just gave Hollywood the next big budget monster movie. :lol: :lol: Yes. And it will lead to the Aus...

I'll say, though, the reality of the SM-62 Snark was significantly better than that one test, with a test CEP larger than a continent.

For reference, given the infamous Mk_14, with its persistent 'Non of the Above' magnetic & contact triggers plus wonky depth holding... Do we know what happened to the Bureau perps ?? What little I've read about it suggests scandal was 'hushed up' for 'Operational Security', lest provide 'Encou...

I’m rather curious too. I don’t get the reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underarm_bowling_incident_of_1981 In 1981 in the Australia/New Zealand one-day match, the thing came down to the last ball bowled. New Zealand required a score of six on that ball to tie, which means that it must leave ...

Is that in a Test, there's a break for both lunch and Tea, there are endless debates about LBW, one side doesn't take the field until the game is half over, and underarm is a scandalous affair. In reality, routine jobs are commonplace, lunch is foreshortened, much less Tea, everyone tries to play a...

Is that in a Test, there's a break for both lunch and Tea, there are endless debates about LBW, one side doesn't take the field until the game is half over, and underarm is a scandalous affair. In reality, routine jobs are commonplace, lunch is foreshortened, much less Tea, everyone tries to play at...

WAG the average house has 20 tonnes of concrete, not 100. Also i assume that means you need to waterpoof the foundation, or perhaps the concrete is sufficiently waterproof. WAG is off by a bit. A 2000 sq ft (185 m2) house will typically have a 6 inch (152mm) thick slab. To account for the grade bea...

It's a bit delusional. The concrete in a house foundation is very spread out, and electrical insulation for a big capacitor would be a good thing. Plus, concrete foundations crack, and that could very easily disable the electrical conductivity. There are places, like mat foundations, where it could ...

I always keep my mod posts separate from comment posts and colour the former red, so that they stand out. A separate mod account may not be practical, as it would probably mean giving login details to more than one person for the same account. i think the point is to establish a second Mod account ...

....Heck, I just found out about an hour ago who won the doggoned game. Mike Yes. The news coverage is all about the halftime show. The actual game didn't even get to the top part of the CNN website, the ABC website, or the Fox website. I mean, it actually was a decent game with a few twists. The S...

Decidedly somewhere between a meh and WTF.

Plus the production and filming makes it difficult to see what's going on.

So reading over developments in this case, the mystery is swelling. All of the other articles I've seen are simply quoting or referring to the Bild article. WADA has no useful statement, except that they haven't heard of this. There are no specifics of which team(s) or which athletes are supposedly ...

So let's put this genital stuffing scandal to rest. It isn't what they're saying. So on January 15, three Norwegian officials, including two coaches and one suit technician were suspended 18 months for using non-elastic stitching into the crotch areas of ski jumping suits. The suits had been previou...

If Trump announces anything like that, it will be the best announcement of its kind ever, and he will know the Delta Aurigeans well, they get on well, he understands them. He’d probably drag a live Grey on stage and explain how he’s a great guy and how he’s made the greatest intergalactic deal with...

Also needing to re-understand that micrometer precision isn't really needed for a lot of items.

MikeKozlowski wrote: ↑Sat Jan 31, 2026 5:29 pm ...I believe the technical term for CPL Rosa's current situation is, "deep shit".

Mike

Actually, I think it's closer to, "Buried so far under deep shit that in five or ten years, if lucky, he may be able to see deep shit with a submarine periscope."

WTF??? https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2026-01-28/felon-lived-base-housing-camp-pendleton-20557106.html Felon arrested for gun violations while illegally living at Camp Pendleton A felon with four prior convictions in Virginia has been charged with possession of firearms and trespassin...

They have a point. See, lightning is electricity causing excitation of electrons and energy going from one place to another place. What we call static electricity is just lightning on a model scale. The caps provide protection against static discharge, therefore they protect against lightning. It's ...

Well, one valid target out of five isn't too bad for random chance..... New Jersey? :D Yes. :mrgreen: Craig, weirdly there’s nothing online that I can find about that incident. I can't find it either. This site: https://www.nuclearinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nuclear-Weapon-Accidents-Inciden...

Well, one valid target out of five isn't too bad for random chance.....