Weird News Compilation

[nsaspook]

 

[dwarde]

Bed Bugs found inside of laptops given to students. https://www.wbng.com/video/2024/09/01/bed-bugs-found-inside-laptops-given-out-students/

 

[Swamp Thing]

Unauthorized Starlink terminal and WiFi installed on US Navy warship

https://maritime-executive.com/arti...-warship-broke-rules-and-lied-to-get-starlink

 

[Hornbein]

https://audio-database.com/MITSUBIS...g8B7donC5CdEt41gLQ_aem_vZ_JaHSxwgW1wBL_m7PIjA

At the Koriyama Test at the Koriyama Factory was carried out in the measurement room at first, but it was stopped because fluorescent lamps on the ceiling fell due to vibration. It seems that the characteristic test was carried out at the ground in the factory premises.
The outdoor test seemed to have a negative impact on the neighborhood. At a distance of about 100m from the speaker, it was felt as sound, but at a distance of more than that, it was transmitted as vibration and earth rumbling instead of audible sound. Within a radius of 2 km from the factory, there were damages such as vibrations like earthquakes and earth rumbling, and sound of walls and windows.

The first one opened to the public was Kobe Portpia Mitsubishi Miraikan in March 1981.
In addition, it seems to have been used in a quiz program on Tokyo Broadcasting System at that time to ask, "If you ring it in the prefabricated house, will the window glass break?" It seems that the glass broke easily.

 

[jack action]

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At the Koriyama Test at the Koriyama Factory was carried out in the measurement room at first, but it was stopped because fluorescent lamps on the ceiling fell due to vibration. It seems that the characteristic test was carried out at the ground in the factory premises.
The outdoor test seemed to have a negative impact on the neighborhood. At a distance of about 100m from the speaker, it was felt as sound, but at a distance of more than that, it was transmitted as vibration and earth rumbling instead of audible sound. Within a radius of 2 km from the factory, there were damages such as vibrations like earthquakes and earth rumbling, and sound of walls and windows.

The first one opened to the public was Kobe Portpia Mitsubishi Miraikan in March 1981.
In addition, it seems to have been used in a quiz program on Tokyo Broadcasting System at that time to ask, "If you ring it in the prefabricated house, will the window glass break?" It seems that the glass broke easily.

I'm always amazed by these powerful speakers. It is just unimaginable. In this next video, not only we can see the girl's hair moving to the beat, but the camera that is filming is actually distorting! Not a video effect added afterward. Just insane.

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[Arjan82]

I'm always amazed by these powerful speakers. It is just unimaginable. In this next video, not only we can see the girl's hair moving to the beat, but the camera that is filming is actually distorting! Not a video effect added afterward. Just insane.

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That's ablsolutely <add your favorite profanity here...> insane!!!!

 

[pinball1970]

I'm always amazed by these powerful speakers. It is just unimaginable. In this next video, not only we can see the girl's hair moving to the beat, but the camera that is filming is actually distorting! Not a video effect added afterward. Just insane.

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That would surely damage the inner ear!? Definitely NOT showing our bassist that video- he will want one!

 

[pinball1970]

This was a surprise.

https://phys.org/news/2024-09-century-theory-big.html

Not that I read scientific journals all the time but I have never seen this journal or reference format.

Lone author, no citations and tired light so..weird news sf is best.

https://www.mdpi.com/2571-712X/7/3/41

 

[cormsby]

no citations
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-712X/7/3/41

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[pinball1970]

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[nsaspook]

https://www.tomshardware.com/softwa...lopment-video-stream#xenforo-comments-3855203

 

[Astronuc]

Giant sinkholes in a South Dakota neighborhood make families fear for their safety
https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-sinkholes-lawsuit-219c289c9c656d1382cd444b8b54b687

Stuart and Tonya Junker loved their quiet neighborhood near South Dakota’s Black Hills — until the earth began collapsing around them, leaving them wondering if their home could tumble into a gaping hole.

They blame the state for selling land that became the Hideaway Hills subdivision despite knowing it was perched above an old mine. Since the sinkholes began opening up, they and about 150 of their neighbors sued the state for $45 million to cover the value of their homes and legal costs.

Sinkholes are fairly common, due to collapsed caves, old mines or dissolving material, but the circumstances in South Dakota stand out, said Paul Santi, a professor of geological engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. The combination of such large sinkholes endangering so many homes makes the Hideaway Hills situation one to remember.

Crews built Hideaway Hills, located a few miles northwest of Rapid City, from 2002 to 2004 in an area previously owned by the state where the mineral gypsum was mined for use at a nearby state-owned cement plant.

In court documents, the state traced the area’s mining history to the 1900s, noting a company that mined underground and on the surface before 1930. Beginning in 1986, the state-owned cement plant mined for several years.

The state claimed it wasn’t liable for damages related to the underground mine collapse because the cement plant didn’t mine underground and the mine would have collapsed regardless of the plant’s activities. Around 1994, a horse farmer bought the land and then later sold the property to a developer who encountered a deep hole, the state said in documents.

In 2000, the South Dakota Legislature approved the sale of the state cement plant. A voter-approved trust fund created from proceeds of the sale stands at over $371 million.

Meanwhile, on the Atlantic Coast in the Outer Banks, North Carolina: Two houses in Rodanthe, North Carolina collapse on same day; 4th to collapse in 2024
https://news.yahoo.com/two-houses-rodanthe-north-carolina-214007696.html

Rising sea levels and beach erosion are factors + the fact that people build houses in vulnerable locations susceptible to flooding, tides, storm surge, . . . .

 

[Hornbein]

I've been to the Outer Banks. Most of it is just a sandbar. The trees were cut down long ago and didn't come back.

https://foresthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Blegen-2004_Senter-Jim.pdf

The man who traveled through Greenland and Patagonia was shocked by what he saw on Hatteras Island. At Cape Hatteras, vast piles of sand had been cut loose from their binding mat of vegetation. Like waves of water on the ocean, these sand waves, or live dunes, as the island’s inhabitants called them, moved across the island, burying the remnants of the maritime forest and everything else that stood before them. As the dunes moved on,ghost forests were exposed, the dead wood left bleaching in the sun and rain. Spears contrasted the desolation of 1890 to past forest riches: Fifty years ago Hatteras Island, from inlet to inlet, a distance of over forty miles, was almost completely covered with a prodigious growth of trees, among which live-oak and cedar were chief insize and number. Growing everywhere in this forest were grape-vines of such great length and extent that the boys of that day (the white-haired men of this) were in the habit of climbing into the tree-tops and crawling from tree to tree, often for a distance of over one-hundred yards, on the webs the vines had woven.

When Spears looked at the subsistence economy of the Outer Banks, he did not see a way of life finely tuned to the landscape it existed in. He saw laziness and indolence and condemned it. The Bankers, he claimed, “are a contented race. . . .[T]he islander . . . takes the greater part of a week to accomplish what he might do if he had to, in twelve hours. . . . If his attention is by any chance called to the sand-wave,he languidly says that it won’t reach the Sound in his time. . . .”

In Spears’s eyes, the islanders’ desire for the things that money could buy, and their unwillingness to work hard, led them to unwisely harvest trees for firewood and boat building. Spears saw the desolation of Hatteras Island as a morality tale: “Thoughtless greed destroyed the protecting oaks and cedars, and now the desolating sand wave is upon the hallowed spot [the Kinnakeet cemetery].” It was this destruction, he believed, that turned the live dunes loose to wander across the island,with dire consequences for the island’s human community. “Powerless against this tidal wave of sand they must flee away and hide themselves from its fury in a part of the island below the cape, where stunted groves may yet protect them in the years to come; or to wander Ishmael-like on the mainland.”

 

[berkeman]

Not so much Weird News, more like very funny...

A California toddler's first school photos are going viral for the funniest reason.

Mom Keishaun Anderson shared her 2-year-old son's photos in a post on the social platform X, formerly called Twitter, where it's quickly gone viral with over 17 million views.

"(Y'all) my son took his first school pictures," Anderson wrote in the caption, alongside four snapshots of her son Arris with his black hoodie up, looking thoroughly displeased with the cherished rite of passage that is Picture Day.

Anderson told "Good Morning America" Arris, who she described as "super outgoing," is usually a smiley and photogenic kid who loves attending preschool, where he's in his first year.

When she went to pick up her son at school after the photos were taken on Sept. 10, Anderson said the teacher was waiting for her with the photo printout.

"She had a paper in her hand and she just kind of held it close to her and started laughing," Anderson recalled. "And I was like, Wait, what's wrong? And when she handed me the pictures, I was lost for words."

https://abc7news.com/post/mom-shares-sons-hilarious-1st-school-photos-family-memory-us/15325017/

 

[OmCheeto]

Not so much Weird News, more like very funny...

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https://abc7news.com/post/mom-shares-sons-hilarious-1st-school-photos-family-memory-us/15325017/

I must be old. Back when I was his age, I wouldn't be shipped off to school for another 4 years. I can totally relate to the expression on his face.

 

[nsaspook]

Los Angeles Bus HIJACKED, Driver Rescued After Being Taken Hostage​

I've seen this movie.

 

[jack action]

Not weird but the cameraman really makes it funny:

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[Astronuc]

Banning Alcohol at Australian Bank Would Be Difficult, CEO Says
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/anz-elliott-says-alcohol-ban-034504938.html

(Bloomberg) -- ANZ Group Holdings Ltd.’s Chief Executive Officer Shayne Elliott said an alcohol ban would be “difficult to implement” as the bank works to restore an embattled reputation following a series of scandals in its trading arm.

While Australia’s fourth-largest lender hasn’t ruled out imposing such a policy after complaints of inebriated staff on the trading floor, it wouldn’t be easy to do so and maintain, . . .

Elliott said he’s “not encouraging the use of alcohol,” but prohibiting it would be complicated by the fact that “most of our people are in the business of dealing with customers, are going to events and lunches and all sorts of things.”

Whatever happened to 'no drinking alcohol on the job'?! Fitness-for-duty.

 

[Astronuc]

Hidden runway bomb explodes just after plane takes off​

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cy430j48kjyo

A bomb, probably dropped in World War Two, exploded at an airport, around one minute after a passenger plane passed the site.

No one was injured at Miyazaki Airport, in south west Japan, . . . .

and a video camera recorded the explosion. I wonder if the vibration from the engines dueing take-off set of the bomb. It was a 500 lb bomb.

https://news.yahoo.com/autos/500-pound-world-war-ii-160500360.html

https://news.yahoo.com/news/us-bomb-world-war-ii-103352124.html

Imagine if a plane taxied over that spot when it exploded.

 

[Ibix]

Apparently Britain is going to be destroyed by the weather today:

There's a glitch in the data pipeline somewhere apparently which is giving stupid wind speeds that are then (somewhat conservatively) classified as "hurricane force", presumably because there's no higher category.

 

[DrGreg]

Apparently Britain is going to be destroyed by the weather today:
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There's a glitch in the data pipeline somewhere apparently which is giving stupid wind speeds that are then (somewhat conservatively) classified as "hurricane force", presumably because there's no higher category.

At least the website is now warning us not to believe it:

 

[nsaspook]

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/redbox-vending-machine-kiosk-dvd-movies-4e285ee8
Bankruptcy Took Down the Redbox Machine. If Only Someone Could Take Them Away.
The DVD vending machine pioneer is out of business, sticking Walgreens, Walmart and other merchants with 24,000 abandoned big red machines
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...only-someone-could-take-them-away/ar-AA1s1XTc
Want a Redbox?

 

[Hornbein]

https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/redbox-vending-machine-kiosk-dvd-movies-4e285ee8
Bankruptcy Took Down the Redbox Machine. If Only Someone Could Take Them Away.
The DVD vending machine pioneer is out of business, sticking Walgreens, Walmart and other merchants with 24,000 abandoned big red machines
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...only-someone-could-take-them-away/ar-AA1s1XTc
Want a Redbox?
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Airports sometimes get stuck with abandoned airplanes. Big ones.

 

[Swamp Thing]

Want a Redbox?

This is the kind of opportunity that some DIY tech YouTuber could take up. Buy up as many as you can afford and make a parallel computing cluster from their processors... Or something. The thing is to create an appealing story arc that also educates about some technical concepts and attracts lots of views.

 

[Tom.G]

This is the kind of opportunity that some DIY tech YouTuber could take up. Buy up as many as you can afford and make a parallel computing cluster from their processors... Or something. The thing is to create an appealing story arc that also educates about some technical concepts and attracts lots of views.

There are probably some on this site that could readily do that, but...
they know better!

 

[nsaspook]

You can't even trust screen printed bags today.

 

[nsaspook]

Spoiler

https://www.kptv.com/2024/10/11/oregon-voter-pamphlet-trolls-voters-with-rick-roll/

 

[Arjan82]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ses-after-body-falls-from-hearse-into-traffic

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A funeral home in Poland has apologised after a body that it was transporting fell out of a hearse and into traffic.
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[nsaspook]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/20...-vhs-limited-edition-collectible-release-date
Alien: Romulus is getting a VHS release
A limited edition, “fully functioning VHS tape” version of Alien: Romulus will be available in December.

I want a LaserDisc version.

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.boston25news.com/news/l...ai-school-project/FLHKVXSQPRDLZD7TTMWCRNI54I/
Parents of Hingham student sue school district after son disciplined for using AI on school project

HINGHAM, Mass. — The parents of a Hingham High School senior disciplined by school officials for using artificial intelligence on his social studies project are now suing the school district claiming that the boy’s civil rights were violated.

Dale and Jennifer Harris of Hingham claim in their lawsuit that their son, identified only as “RNH” in court paperwork, “will suffer irreparable harm that is imminent” after his teachers disciplined him and another classmate for using AI on their school project.

“He’s been accused of cheating and it wasn’t cheating, there was no rule in the handbook against AI,” said Jennifer Harris, the student’s mother.


The couple is also asking the court to order school officials to change their son’s final grade from a “D” to a “B,” to “cease and desist” from barring him from being inducted into the National Honor Society, and “to cease and desist from characterizing the use of artificial intelligence” by their son as “cheating,” the lawsuit states.

A "D" was generous.

 

[Astronuc]

Artisan cheese seller in a pickle after thieves made off with massive cheddar haul
https://apnews.com/article/cheddar-...s-yard-dairy-e482c4ea63305493797c75eb103221e7

LONDON (AP) — Thieves with a nose for fine cheese have pulled off a massive cheddar ripoff in London.

Neal’s Yard Dairy said a con artist posing as a wholesale distributor for a major French retailer had made off with 22 metric tons (48,488 pounds) of award-winning cheddar worth 300,000 British pounds ($390,000) before the company realized it had been scammed and reported the theft on Monday.

“The high monetary value of these cheeses likely made them a particular target for the thieves,” Neal’s Yard Dairy, a distributor, wholesaler, and retailer of British artisanal cheese, said in a statement.

Detectives at Scotland Yard and international authorities are searching for the culprits.

Nearly 1,000 wheels of cloth-wrapped cheese from three makers have gone missing: Hafod Welsh organic cheddar, Westcombe cheddar, and Pitchfork cheddar.

The dairy sells a wedge of Hafod cheddar for 12.90 pounds ($16.70) for 270 grams (9.5 ounces).

 

[Astronuc]

Update on the cheddar heist - 'Grate cheese robbery': Man arrested after 24 tons of cheddar totaling $390,000 is stolen in London
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...-tons-cheddar-totaling-390000-stol-rcna178224

Three cheeses from three different suppliers were stolen: Hafod Welsh organic cheddar, Westcombe cheddar and Pitchfork cheddar. Neal's Yard Dairy said that "despite the significant financial blow," it has paid each of its artisan cheesemakers in full for its products.

Tom Calver of Westcombe said in a video on Instagram that "it was a hoax — it was theft, it was fraud." Behind him were rows of empty shelves in the dairy, showcasing how much cheese was taken.

Another cheesemaker, Trethowan Brothers, which supplied the Pitchfork cheddar, said Neal's Yard Dairy “fully (and swiftly) paid” it, despite the theft.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg57yr2dqd2o

 

[nsaspook]

https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/30/r...s-in-car-buttons-are-an-anomaly/?guccounter=1
Rivian’s chief software officer says in-car buttons are ‘an anomaly’

The trend of big touchscreens in cars has left many yearning for the not-so-distant days when most user interactions happened with physical buttons. But Rivian’s chief software officer Wassym Bensaid believes using buttons in a car is an “anomaly.”

“It’s a bug. It’s not a feature,” Bensaid said Wednesday at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. “Ideally, you would want to interact with your car through voice. The problem today is that most voice assistants are just broken.”

 

[Tom.G]

https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/30/r...s-in-car-buttons-are-an-anomaly/?guccounter=1
Rivian’s chief software officer says in-car buttons are ‘an anomaly’

By Voice??
Uh yea, sure.

Just try an emergency maneuver to avoid a sudden hazard in the road by talking about it. By the time you get the second word of instruction out of your mouth you are already hamburger splattered on that obstruction.

Oh, and don't forget the mental processing time to create the word(s). That is processing time better spent in action and in a real emergency, many people are initially speechless; then add the time to inhale so you can speak.

Oh, well; “The best-laid plans of mice and men oft’ go awry.” (famous line from a poem by Robert Burns)

Cheers,Tom

p.s. Thanks for the 'heads-up' about what car Not to buy.