Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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@taniwharugby article slightly misleading in that this occurred in the new section of canal built to take these mammoth ships. Smaller vessels can re-route via the old section. Still caused a big spike in oil though.
Captain's 'excuse' is vessel was hit by a freak wind gust. Surely the ship's designers would have taken into account the windage effect on a vessel the size of a small European principality?
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@dogmeat said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@taniwharugby article slightly misleading in that this occurred in the new section of canal built to take these mammoth ships. Smaller vessels can re-route via the old section. Still caused a big spike in oil though.
Captain's 'excuse' is vessel was hit by a freak wind gust. Surely the ship's designers would have taken into account the windage effect on a vessel the size of a small European principality?
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@dogmeat you've got to feel sorry for the captain, poor guy imagine! We've all had driving mishaps, except ours probably weren't world news and on water.
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@mikedogz that marine traffic one is crazy!
Assume that is only registered vessels with GPS too.
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Any ship above a certain size has to have GPS so all of the big ones are there.
I'm studying a Global Supply Chains paper at Uni so this is very topical. The lecturer was nerding out about it.
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@mikedogz said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Any ship above a certain size has to have GPS so all of the big ones are there.
I'm studying a Global Supply Chains paper at Uni so this is very topical. The lecturer was nerding out about it.
i bet that is a veeeery interesting course after the past 15 months!
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@nta It’s fascinating but you do find yourself asking “why”?
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@catogrande said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@nta It’s fascinating but you do find yourself asking “why”?
that's totally not the question internet people ask. It's just 'can we do it?'
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@nzzp said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@catogrande said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@nta It’s fascinating but you do find yourself asking “why”?
that's totally not the question internet people ask. It's just 'can we do it?'
Yes. Agreed. T’was my point.
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@catogrande said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@nzzp said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@catogrande said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@nta It’s fascinating but you do find yourself asking “why”?
that's totally not the question internet people ask. It's just 'can we do it?'
Yes. Agreed. T’was my point.
that's the awesome thing about it though ... folk just doing stuff that you ask WTAF.
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Additionally: I don't have access to a Vulcan 20mm
When you look at that, and look at weapons like that used in movies, you understand how sanitised it is. One round of 20mm would tear a body apart.
Apparently .50 calibre rounds don't even need to hit to do damage - just passing nearby causes serious trauma
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@nta said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Additionally: I don't have access to a Vulcan 20mm
When you look at that, and look at weapons like that used in movies, you understand how sanitised it is. One round of 20mm would tear a body apart.
** Apparently .50 calibre rounds don't even need to hit to do damage - just passing nearby causes serious trauma**
Last bit is rubbish, it's only 12.7 in diameter, no way the shock wave would do much. But yeah, even good old 7.62 chews through brick. Depending on the round people generally have rather large exit holes, pretty grim
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@machpants said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Last bit is rubbish, it's only 12.7 in diameter, no way the shock wave would do much.
I consider myself educated - found a clip of a guy using one to shoot through a house of cards, and zero movement.
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@nta said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
i cant decide what is the most amazing part of this
a) how the gel reacts and still comes back argely to right angles
b) the camera manages to capture it so well
c) someone can get their hands on a gun like that -
@mariner4life check it
