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[Tubby’s Canteen]

Well, for all those who have gone googoogaga over AI, Intuitive Machines is now two for two landing on the moon. As one comment I saw on a site said, “Might as well put the landing legs on the side if the vehicle”.

As an aside, what brilliant engineer or AI program designed a landing craft with such a high center of gravity?

Nice view

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ironic that self righting children’s remote control cars have be around at least 30 years and yet the technology escapes space exploration.

 

[deewayne2003]

The firearms being reclassified are mostly semi automatic and removable magazine and or capable of producing over 10000 Jules of energy

So Canada has banned the .460wby?

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

So Canada has banned the .460wby?

Yes, except for native hunters who apparently use them for hunting whales

 

[OxfordTheCat]

So Canada has banned the .460wby?

And the prayers of grateful shoulders and those on the wrong sides of a muzzle brake have been answered, and not a tear was shed.

(Might as well post something really contentious in the politics thread...)

 

[OxfordTheCat]

Yes, except for native hunters who apparently use them for hunting whales

This kind of thing really grinds my gears.

Natives hunting caribou herds to extinction with snowmobiles and 338s, whale and seal hunting with rifles and dinghy, all in the name of "traditional hunting rights".

If they're going to hunt out of season with no limits or oversight, the traditional part should be forced by law.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

So Canada has banned the .460wby?

The . 460 Weatherby is one of the very few rifle cartridges approved by the International Whaling Commission for the harvesting of whales. The cartridge was deemed to have the penetration necessary to penetrate to the brain stem to provide a quick kill on whales.

 

[Scott CWO]

@Scott CWO I will give a shout out to your neck of the woods though. In June we flew through Denver on the way to Maui. The United crew from Denver was great. It probably helped being in business

I’m talking about the airport staff. Slow as molasses and just walked away from a line of us waiting. No sense of urgency.

 

[Tanks]

Interesting read and food for thought.

Opinion | Trump’s Choice in Ukraine: Chamberlain or Eisenhower? — The Wall Street Journal

To avoid another Munich, follow the example of the 1953 armistice that resolved the Korean War.

apple.news

 

[Tundra Tiger]

This kind of thing really grinds my gears.

Natives hunting caribou herds to extinction with snowmobiles and 338s, whale and seal hunting with rifles and dinghy, all in the name of "traditional hunting rights".

If they're going to hunt out of season with no limits or oversight, the traditional part should be forced by law.

Don't. Get. Me. Started.

Preach it brother...

 

[steve white]

The . 460 Weatherby is one of the very few rifle cartridges approved by the International Whaling Commission for the harvesting of whales. The cartridge was deemed to have the penetration necessary to penetrate to the brain stem to provide a quick kill on whales.

But what does that have to do with Canadian hunters wishing to visit Africa?!

 

[deewayne2003]

Yes, except for native hunters who apparently use them for hunting whales

The . 460 Weatherby is one of the very few rifle cartridges approved by the International Whaling Commission for the harvesting of whales. The cartridge was deemed to have the penetration necessary to penetrate to the brain stem to provide a quick kill on whales.

I have no doubt the information you have given is accurate and truthful, and that's why I find it.....

F******G HILARIOUS!

Can you imagine being in that meeting.....

"We need to ban these weapons for the safety of all Canadians, there is no legitimate sporting purpose for weapons with this much power!"

"Actually sir, the natives NEED .460wby's to shoot whales!"

And it's funny because it's true! LOLOLOLOL

 

[rigbymauser]

Interesting read and food for thought.

Opinion | Trump’s Choice in Ukraine: Chamberlain or Eisenhower? — The Wall Street Journal

To avoid another Munich, follow the example of the 1953 armistice that resolved the Korean War.

apple.news

Overhere the un-official picture of Trump is he is an aggressor and he is russian colaborator driven by huge inpredictable untrustworthy ego. I doubt Broadways acting school( if such excist) couldn`t make up such charactor for a show.

Couldn`t read the artical(paywall). Trump however is no Chamberlain and no such kind.

 

[steve white]

A very good friend of mine is a Yale PhD, and currently a dean at a large university in Ohio.. he previously taught at the Naval Academy..

He'll tell you the #1 rule is "publish or die"..

if you want a career in academia, you get published.. and what peer reviewed journal, and who the peers are absolutely matters..

Im personally about 1/2 through a doctoral program myself (taking a VERY long path to completion.. between other time sucks in my life and my true hatred for academia its been a slow and painful process)..

My experience has been my dissertation panel (made up of 3x PhD's and a panel chair (also a PhD) could care less about the content of my dissertation.. At this point I've got 110+ pages of research completed, and Im about 99% convinced none of them have done anything more than a high level pass on any of the actual research.. they are FAR more focused on APA writing style, and finding comma splices than they are the validity of the research (which is one of the things that drives me absolutely nuts)..

I could likely completely make up all of the research.. if it were well documented and the correct processes were followed in generating the data, they'd never know... they are much more concerned with form over function..

While my doctoral program IS NOT in a hard science or engineering field (Im pursuing a doctorate in business), the research methodology is the same..

Needless to say, I question pretty much ALL research.. and seriously discount anyone that declares themselves a "scientist" if the title is all they have to offer..

I can appreciate that we need verification of qualifications, like an accepted doctorate, to give us confidence in the services of professionals--after all, we don't have the luxury of knowing all of them personally. So we codify qualifications in all fields. But then people blindly follow their advice, not checking to see if they are up to date on latest research. My own mother will not take advice from me to take vitamins D3--"my doctor hasn't told me to do that." Later she finds out it is important, but by then has done without the benefits for said period of time. At the end of the day, we are all responsible for our own health, business dealings, etc., and sometimes the best thing we might do is question, then inform ourselves, so that we are an active participant in decisions made. I sure don't want my health to be compromised because some doctor is getting kickback for trying big Pharma's latest and greatest, or to complete one more placebo in a trial. I want what is best for ME.
But more to the point of this thread, I don't want people in power who are really unqualified to be making decisions, deciding what I need or don't need to hunt in Africa, OR to make decisions concerning wildlife management when the closest thing they have experienced to swing their opinion is opinion polls, or the emotional baggage of watching "Bambi." Let real wildlife experts with field experience decide, unpolitically, what is in the best interests of wildlife management. And I don't care what their public poling is from people who don't have a clue about such things.

 

[steve white]

I've never had a problem with at any Canada Airport, but land crossings. I've land crossed in BC and Alberta in rental cars (hint Washington & Montana plates) and every time. I get where are you from question and I say Texas, I spend the next five minutes being drilled about if I guns with me.

The only problem I know to warn about is--if you are bringing home fish from Canada, and you fished with a temporary license, be sure the date on the license is good THROUGH YOUR TIME OF DEPARTURE OR BORDER CROSSING. Two uncles stopped fishing, license expired, they lallygagged on their way home, and were cited at the border for this very reason. Doesn't make sense to me, but...

 

[SaintPanzer]

Damn the paywall:

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-choice-in-ukraine-chamberlain-or-eisenhower-567ee1da?st=twZxWk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Interesting point from the article: "Eisenhower signaled that the U.S. was willing to escalate militarily if necessary. This, combined with a change in the attitude of the Soviet Union following Stalin’s death..."

In point of fact, there has never been a signal that the US is willing to escalate militarily, and I am still hoping for a Russian change of attitude following Putin's death.

 

[Wheels]

That whole crew earned their PhDs in the 1950s or 1960s, back when you had to show proficiency in both German and Latin. Couldn't get a doctorate without one or the other or both languages back then.

My father learned Latin in a small high school. If I remember correct the Principal knew Latin and felt the need to teach it in addition to his primary duties. My father then served in the Third Army as an MP. He found out he could communicate with many of the German officer POW's who had to learn Latin in college or beyond. Kind of odd when you think about it. Two people with their own language, communicating in a third language that had been dead over 1,000 years.