Interesting Wikipedia articles?

Interesting Wikipedia articles?

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MissChief

7,112 posts

169 months

Monday 8th June 2015
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9patch said:
Cindy James was a Canadian woman who disappeared in May 1989 and was found dead in the backyard of an abandoned house in the Richmond neighborhood near Vancouver, British Columbia two weeks later.

It says this one is up for deletion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_James
Surely it's obvious? The killer is now a Wikipedia moderator?!?

NelsonM3

1,687 posts

172 months

Monday 8th June 2015
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HMHS Britannic. Titanics sister ship and the largest ship sunk in WW1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMHS_Britannic


RMS Aquitania. Last four stacker passenger liner. Served in two world wars and service record of 37 years only beaten by the QE2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Aquitania

RobinBanks

17,540 posts

180 months

Monday 8th June 2015
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NelsonM3 said:
HMHS Britannic. Titanics sister ship and the largest ship sunk in WW1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMHS_Britannic


RMS Aquitania. Last four stacker passenger liner. Served in two world wars and service record of 37 years only beaten by the QE2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Aquitania
According to that, the cost of Aquitania in modern Us dollars is $5.8 million.

No way in hell is that true

NelsonM3

1,687 posts

172 months

Monday 8th June 2015
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RobinBanks said:
NelsonM3 said:
HMHS Britannic. Titanics sister ship and the largest ship sunk in WW1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMHS_Britannic


RMS Aquitania. Last four stacker passenger liner. Served in two world wars and service record of 37 years only beaten by the QE2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Aquitania
According to that, the cost of Aquitania in modern Us dollars is $5.8 million.

No way in hell is that true
True. Cost £2 million in 1914 so perhaps they meant $580 million?


RobinBanks

17,540 posts

180 months

Tuesday 9th June 2015
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NelsonM3 said:
True. Cost £2 million in 1914 so perhaps they meant $580 million?
Even that sounds low to me for a ship like that!

Wing Commander

2,181 posts

233 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

A signal from space that, to this day, has an unknown source. Too neat and specific to likely be naturally generated, but comes from a part of space that has no planets.

Signal strength 30x more than background noise.

Quite interesting and makes you wonder!

DuckAvenger

325 posts

134 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Wing Commander said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

A signal from space that, to this day, has an unknown source. Too neat and specific to likely be naturally generated, but comes from a part of space that has no planets.

Signal strength 30x more than background noise.

Quite interesting and makes you wonder!
Not really

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/05/mic...

Dan_1981

17,399 posts

200 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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DuckAvenger said:
Wing Commander said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

A signal from space that, to this day, has an unknown source. Too neat and specific to likely be naturally generated, but comes from a part of space that has no planets.

Signal strength 30x more than background noise.

Quite interesting and makes you wonder!
Not really

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/05/mic...
Not really that similar at all though when you read the full detail about the Wow signal?

thismonkeyhere

10,385 posts

232 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Wing Commander said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

A signal from space that, to this day, has an unknown source. Too neat and specific to likely be naturally generated, but comes from a part of space that has no planets.

Signal strength 30x more than background noise.

Quite interesting and makes you wonder!
Enjoyed that. thumbup

Food for thought.

DuckAvenger

325 posts

134 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Dan_1981 said:
Not really that similar at all though when you read the full detail about the Wow signal?
Yes yes I know. Just joking.

Asterix

24,438 posts

229 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Wing Commander said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

A signal from space that, to this day, has an unknown source. Too neat and specific to likely be naturally generated, but comes from a part of space that has no planets.

Signal strength 30x more than background noise.

Quite interesting and makes you wonder!
wiki said:
In 2012, on the 35th anniversary of the Wow! signal, Arecibo Observatory beamed a response from humanity, containing 10,000 Twitter messages
Great, now aliens will know what Victoria Beckham got up to...

thismonkeyhere

10,385 posts

232 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Asterix said:
Wing Commander said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

A signal from space that, to this day, has an unknown source. Too neat and specific to likely be naturally generated, but comes from a part of space that has no planets.

Signal strength 30x more than background noise.

Quite interesting and makes you wonder!
wiki said:
In 2012, on the 35th anniversary of the Wow! signal, Arecibo Observatory beamed a response from humanity, containing 10,000 Twitter messages
Great, now aliens will know what Victoria Beckham got up to...
hehe Twitter FFS.

Give ETs even more reason not to make contact. (Should any exist)

PanzerCommander

5,026 posts

219 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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thismonkeyhere said:
hehe Twitter FFS.

Give ETs even more reason not to make contact. (Should any exist)
I was thinking exactly the same thing, you have to wonder sometimes if 'they' should exist and have ability to get here and back to wherever they live, might just have popped in for a look, thought "fk that" and left again.

Lefty

16,163 posts

203 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Asterix

24,438 posts

229 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Lefty said:
"Where are they?!"

I had the same thought when looking for fit birds in Cardiff.

slybynight

391 posts

122 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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You forgot to apply the drake equation....

Specifically...

fi = the fraction of places with life that actually go on to develop intelligent life (civilizations)

Asterix

24,438 posts

229 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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slybynight said:
You forgot to apply the drake equation....

Specifically...

fi = the fraction of places with life that actually go on to develop intelligent life (civilizations)
Are we talking about the universe or Cardiff?

Could be applied to both I guess.

Asterix

24,438 posts

229 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Lefty said:
...and further related - http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html#

Another epic site.

thismonkeyhere

10,385 posts

232 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Asterix said:
...and further related - http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html#

Another epic site.
Wibble.

ZOLLAR

19,908 posts

174 months

Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Asterix said:
Lefty said:
...and further related - http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html#

Another epic site.
Well that was just one of the best and most mind blowing, brain hurting but enjoyable things I've read in awhile!