Funkmonkey Menagerie of Interesting and Curious Things

[Funkmonkey]

I bet he strapped on real tight.


Wait, um....

...ooer missus....

[Nickdfresh]

Would it not be easier to cut it at the bottom?

Controlled drop...

[Seshmeister]

Would it not be easier to cut it at the bottom?

[Funkmonkey]

This is amazing, yet also exemplifies the Roth Army spirit at the same time. Reckless or standard operating procedure for a palm tree lumberjack? Just don't know. You decide for yourself.

[Funkmonkey]

This is fascinating and amazing. An MH-53E front landing gear got stuck and a maintenance crew on the ground came out to pry it open while the helicopter hovered ...for 20 minutes. There's all sorts of way this could go really bad. Here is this pilot making this big helicopter hover 6-7 feet off the deck with people standing underneath it. Gotta do what ya gotta do, or get a rotor strike.

#squish

[Funkmonkey]

Here is something I found that is tremendously fascinating potential case law involving privacy. Now that many students are are beginning their Fall semesters in both college and secondary schools virtually, how far into a private residence can a jurisdiction claim domain and be allowed to regulate? Does the fact that a camera is on and a teacher can see into a student's house give the school the right to enforce all of it's regulations and rules on the private residence? And taking that a step further, can the school system claim the private residence is an extension of the teacher's classroom and demand inspecting the home for compliance to classroom rules and regulation? I found an article claiming a fifth-grader in Baltimore got a visit from the police after his teacher called to report that she had seen a BB gun on the wall behind the student during a class video call. According to the article, there is "...a lack of privacy during virtual classes after her son was targeted by a teacher who saw what she thought was a scary-looking gun hanging on the wall of the boy’s bedroom."

Teacher Spying on Student During Virtual Class Sends Cops to Search 11-Year-Old's Home After Spotting a BB Gun

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/paula-bolyard/2020/06/11/teacher-spying-on-student-during-virtual-class-sends-cops-to-search-11-year-olds-home-after-spotting-a-bb-gun-n518679

This isn't from a new source like AP, Reuters, etc., and appears to be somewhat politically slanted. However, it does raise very interesting questions regarding privacy and the limit on government regulation. Also, does a person's home become subject to rules and regulations of a corporation because an employee is working from home and a camera is on? And if so, can an employee or student charge rent or receive compensation from the school system or corporation for use of the house as an extension of the workplace or classroom? That's Constitution level stuff right there folks. Potential Supreme Court case if someone brings this to trial?

Some quotes from the article:

"The principal and the teacher cited a rule stating that students may not bring guns to school and claimed it extended to virtual classes as well"

According to the boy's mother, "[the] teacher took a screenshot of the boy’s bedroom, which is incredibly creepy and a violation of the family’s privacy. When the mother demanded to see the screenshot taken by the creeper-teacher, she was told she would not be allowed to view it because it wasn’t part of his official school record."

[Funkmonkey]

What am I, fucking Google? :D

I dunno, you seemed to know what year, how many ships they started with, how many personnel, how many ships they finished with. So, yes you are Google.

[Seshmeister]

What am I, fucking Google? :D

[Funkmonkey]

If it's surprising naval facts you are after how about the Canadian navy?

At the start of WWII in 1939 the Canadian navy had only 6 ships. By the end in 1945 it had one of the largest navies in the world with 95,000 personnel and 434 ships.

That's quite an impressive build-up of arms. Does that include submarines and aircraft carriers? We're the ships all built in Canada or did they outsource any of the construction?

[Seshmeister]

If it's surprising naval facts you are after how about the Canadian navy?

At the start of WWII in 1939 the Canadian navy had only 6 ships. By the end in 1945 it had one of the largest navies in the world with 95,000 personnel and 434 ships.

[Nickdfresh]

Interesting. I was originally thinking Arkansas when I saw Little Rock. I found video of the christening.

Commissioning actually...

[Funkmonkey]

i did some checking around and it's actually illegal to photograph or make videos of the Eiffel Tower at night without permission because the light show is still copyrighted. The Tower itself is public domain but the light show apparently still maintains a copyright since 1985. Of course, the devil is in the details, no one has been sued yet, so French courts have not ruled on something like this as of now. Can you imagine what it would cost to send cease and desist letters to millions of tourists? But I can't remember seeing a Hollywood movie that contains a scene of the Eiffel Tower light show to challenge the copyright. Copyright law amazes me. I also discovered 3M's patent on Post-It Notes ran out in 1997 but they also have a copyright on the shape/size/color/name of the notes which curtails competitors from making an exact duplicate of the sticky note. Unlike the Tower, 3M regularly enforces their copyright by suing infringers.

https://bringmethenews.com/news/3m-sues-novelty-sticky-note-seller-for-using-its

Here's an illegal video of the Eiffel Tower light show.

Paris looks magical.

[Funkmonkey]

Yeah, the litorals were for the War on Terra'...but they seem to be not capable of much of anything...

They'd been better off building better, more capable Coast Guard cutters...

Just put some Death Star blasters on them and they'll be badass.

[Funkmonkey]

It was but it was christened in Buffalo on Lake Erie because it's namesake, a WWII vintage cruiser, is anchored at the Naval Park...

Interesting. I was originally thinking Arkansas when I saw Little Rock. I found video of the christening.

[Nickdfresh]

The fact there have been so many ordered doesn't mean the navy wants them particularly since the system is about politicians ordering shit no one needs and in return the defence corporations provide tax funded jobs in their areas plus campaign contributions to the politicians.

It's like socialism except instead of looking after people when they are sick or educating them instead the tax payers money makes a few people rich and means that the US needs a constant stream of conflicts to justify the system.

I'm not saying this is a Trump thing BTW. https://www.military.com/daily-news/...esnt-want.html

Yeah, the litorals were for the War on Terra'...but they seem to be not capable of much of anything...

They'd been better off building better, more capable Coast Guard cutters...