It was his fault! [Citation not needed] Richard Trevithick was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, and his most significant contributions were the development of the first high-pressure steam engine and the first working railway steam locomotive. […] During further tests, Trevithick’s locomotive broke down three days later after passing over a …
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2020, you have been something.
Bye Bye, 2020.
Going like a bat
[Citation not needed]: During the Pascal-B nuclear test, a 900-kilogram (2,000 lb) steel plate cap (a piece of armor plate) was blasted off the top of a test shaft at a speed of more than 66 km/s (41 mi/s; 240,000 km/h; 150,000 mph). Before the test, experimental designer Dr. Brownlee had estimated that the nuclear …
Dissection of a scam
Most internet-savvy people develop a kind of natural resistance against spam, obtrusive advertisement, and online scams. Stopping for a second to ponder the state of things reveals a wealth of information not only on the scammers themselves, but also sheds light on the people being scammed. A few days ago I noticed at the end of …
You are human, aren’t you?
I firmly believe that you want to believe that. Don’t know if Sam Vaknin is the real deal, but in the best tradition of the Turing test, if he fools the experts, he probably is. Either way, this is a chilly (but curious to watch) documentary. …