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News and Headlines...

Here's one for the history buffs here- one of World War II's most notorious shipwrecks has been located by an expedition sent out by Paul Allen. Allen's team discovered the wreck of the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35), which was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea on July 30, 1945, shortly after having delivered components of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan to Tinian. Only 317 out of the cruiser's crew of 1,196 survived, due to a combination of the ship sinking rapidly, having been sent out unescorted, and exposure, injuries, and shark attacks taking their toll during the several days it took naval authorities in the area to realize that the ship had gone missing, and to start a search.

In a controversial move, likely sparked by a desire to find a scapegoat for the disaster and personal animosity towards the ship's captain by Adm. Ernest J. King, the CNO (who had some issues with the captain's father many years earlier,) Captain Charles McVey was court-martialed and found guilty of negligently hazarding his ship by failing to zig-zag, in what was the only instance of the captain of an American warship being tried for the loss of his vessel due to enemy action during the war. The emotional strain and guilt of that was believed to be a major factor in McVey's 1968 suicide. In 2000, Congress passed a resolution stating that McVey's record should be cleared, and in July, 2001, his conviction was posthumously overturned and service record expunged by order of the Secretary of the Navy.

It is estimated that only 21 Indianapolis survivors are still living today.

https://www.paulallen.com/wreckage-...om-uss-indianapolis-located-in-philippine-sea

https://news.usni.org/2017/08/19/uss-indianapolis-wreckage-found

https://imgur.com/a/3rCSp#0p0pcgt
 
Some funny news for these times...

Germany: police detain man hiding python in his pants
Associated Press

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Police in the southwestern city of Darmstadt said the 19-year-old was detained on Tuesday night after a loud argument with another man disturbed residents. They said he was searched and officers noticed "a significant bulge in his trousers."

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Germany: police detain man hiding python in his pants

Link above chosen for best title, and in case you doubt it because FOX: German police pull python out of man's pants after noticing "considerable bulge" | News | DW | 08.11.2017

"Is that a python in your pants or are you happy to see me? ... oh."

EDIT: Sorry, forgot this existed.
 
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A US Navy aircrew based at NAS Whidbey Island has been removed from flight status for grossly unprofessional conduct, and is facing possible further discipline after they engaged in a little impromptu skywriting during a training mission in their EA-18G Growler, and drew a certain, distinctly male, anatomical feature in the skies of Okanogan County in Eastern Washington. The incident became a news item after a mother nearby called in to the Spokane CBS affiliate to complain about the possibility of having to explain to her children just what the image in the sky was.

http://komonews.com/news/local/whid...er-after-drawing-penis-in-sky-over-washington

http://www.krem.com/news/local/okan...-skydrawings-spotted-in-okanogan-co/492496113
 
Another one for the history buffs- an expedition financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has located the wreck of USS Lexington (CV-2), the US Navy's first fast aircraft carrier, which was scuttled after being wrecked by an internal explosion from aviation fuel storage tanks that were damaged by a number of bomb and torpedo hits sustained during the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first carrier vs carrier battle in history, where the opposing fleets never directly sighted one another, May 8, 1942.

https://www.paulallen.com/uss-lexington-wreck-located-rv-petrel/



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Lexington off San Diego, October, 1941
 
A university in China, in an attempt to increase interest in its spring track & field day has decided to replace the javelin & discus events with a grenade toss, where competitors throw inert replicas of the Chinese knock-off of the WW2-era German Stielhandgranate, after students complained about the other two events didn't interest them, and as a nod to the school's history (founded during World War II as a military technical & industrial training center by Communist forces.) As a method to increase interest, it succeeded wildly.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43882201
 
fishbait08 said:
A university in China, in an attempt to increase interest in its spring track & field day has decided to replace the javelin & discus events with a grenade toss, where competitors throw inert replicas of the Chinese knock-off of the WW2-era German Stielhandgranate, after students complained about the other two events didn't interest them, and as a nod to the school's history (founded during World War II as a military technical & industrial training center by Communist forces.) As a method to increase interest, it succeeded wildly.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43882201
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That is badass.
 
Biigoh said:
lol... oh silly Vyor, this is a known thing.

I mean, you could have someone who can't eat meat because of health reasons, but would like a hamburger that tastes like meat.
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Or religious reasons, or as a way to still have burgers while protesting against animal treatment in farms, or many other reasons.
 
aabbcc said:
or as a way to still have burgers while protesting against animal treatment in farms, or many other reasons.
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That's like the diet coke of protesting, just saiyan.

If you're going to protest something, don't get your coke fix by snorting powdered sugar. I mean, you're technically not doing it, but you're not going to look good not doing it.

Just my opinion.
 
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/23/hasbro-ceo-dungeons--dragons-is-having-its-best-year-ever.html

But the surge in popularity of both "Dungeons & Dragons" and fellow high-fantasy game "Magic: The Gathering" seem to be part of a broader, longer-term trend of interest in immersive and online gaming.

"We just announced this afternoon that there'll be a crossover between 'Dungeons & Dragons' and 'Magic: The Gathering' in the fall, and I think our fans and gamers are going to be very excited about what's coming," the CEO said.

He added that Hasbro's goal over time will be to build fantasy games like these into esports properties "ripe for global esports competition" as consumers increasingly choose digital gaming over standard board games.
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Competitive D&D...

Just wat?!?!?
 
Biigoh said:
Competitive D&D...

Just wat?!?!?
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He actually didn't say that.
He said that a lot of people watched MTG games on esports, and a lot watched DnD games on twitch, so he feels this is a property (and he was earlier talking about Arena), that could grow into the esports market.

Doesn't sound like pushing for competitive DnD to me.
 
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A judge has ruled that copyright trolls need more than just an IP address if they want to go after copyright infringement. An IP is not enough proof to tie a person to a crime. From a report:

In a win for privacy advocates and pirates, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an IP address alone is not enough to go after someone for alleged copyright infringement. They ruled that being the registered subscriber of an infringing IP address does not create a reasonable inference that the subscriber is also the infringer. The case began back in 2016 and has been playing out in the legal system ever since. The creators of the film "The Cobbler" alleged that Thomas Gonzales had illegally downloaded their movie and sued him for it. Gonzales was a Comcast subscriber and had set up his network with an open Wi-Fi access point. At some point, someone had used his network to download the movie and the film creators captured Gonzales's IP address. The judge stated that in order for a proper case, the copyright owners would need more than just an IP address.
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