Interesting Wikipedia articles?
Discussion
Dan_1981 said:
Love Waitbutwhy, annoyingly I don't think he has done any massively great ones recently as he's on some sort of Elon/Spacex w
k fest (and I like spacex!)Anyway, that graph with how much time left you have with parents is a scary one.
Losing them is one of my biggest fears.
That being said whilst it doesn't seem like a long time when you break it down, 60 odd years is still actually a long time (pretty much double how long I've lived already) it's just you can't be doing everything you want all the time so just enjoy the time you have.
andy_s said:
waitbutwhy has some great articles, but it's not been updated for a while unfortunately. His whole look at AI (incl. E Musk's project) was extremely well done I thought.
Yeah the AI thing was great and I read his Spacex stuff which was brilliant too I just think it was/is such a big topic that it's taking up way too much time (I think he's still working on something regarding it atm?)He's done a TED talk which is good, recommend it.
This guy is worth a read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hamilton_(rac...
"When the race was under way the team tried to sober Hamilton up by giving him coffee during the pit stops but he refused it, saying it made his arms twitch; instead he was given brandy. The alcohol must have helped when he struck a bird face first at 130 mph and broke his nose. It is wonder how the pair managed to drive at all but more wondrous still is that the pair won"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hamilton_(rac...
"When the race was under way the team tried to sober Hamilton up by giving him coffee during the pit stops but he refused it, saying it made his arms twitch; instead he was given brandy. The alcohol must have helped when he struck a bird face first at 130 mph and broke his nose. It is wonder how the pair managed to drive at all but more wondrous still is that the pair won"
Pintofbest said:
This guy is worth a read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hamilton_(rac...
"When the race was under way the team tried to sober Hamilton up by giving him coffee during the pit stops but he refused it, saying it made his arms twitch; instead he was given brandy. The alcohol must have helped when he struck a bird face first at 130 mph and broke his nose. It is wonder how the pair managed to drive at all but more wondrous still is that the pair won"
That's the trouble with Wikipedia: despite proper analysis by proper historians the more attractive myths keep surfacing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hamilton_(rac...
"When the race was under way the team tried to sober Hamilton up by giving him coffee during the pit stops but he refused it, saying it made his arms twitch; instead he was given brandy. The alcohol must have helped when he struck a bird face first at 130 mph and broke his nose. It is wonder how the pair managed to drive at all but more wondrous still is that the pair won"
See here for some refutation (post 23 for example).
Allan L said:
That's the trouble with Wikipedia: despite proper analysis by proper historians the more attractive myths keep surfacing.
See here for some refutation (post 23 for example).
I'm not sure there is much difference between a bloke who types on forums and an article that was edited by a different bloke. See here for some refutation (post 23 for example).
Here's another view backing up the story, it's also referred to in his book called 'Touch Wood'
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/classic-l...
Edited by Pintofbest on Thursday 2nd August 11:38
Edited by Pintofbest on Thursday 2nd August 11:40
Allan L said:
Pintofbest said:
This guy is worth a read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hamilton_(rac...
"When the race was under way the team tried to sober Hamilton up by giving him coffee during the pit stops but he refused it, saying it made his arms twitch; instead he was given brandy. The alcohol must have helped when he struck a bird face first at 130 mph and broke his nose. It is wonder how the pair managed to drive at all but more wondrous still is that the pair won"
That's the trouble with Wikipedia: despite proper analysis by proper historians the more attractive myths keep surfacing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hamilton_(rac...
"When the race was under way the team tried to sober Hamilton up by giving him coffee during the pit stops but he refused it, saying it made his arms twitch; instead he was given brandy. The alcohol must have helped when he struck a bird face first at 130 mph and broke his nose. It is wonder how the pair managed to drive at all but more wondrous still is that the pair won"
See here for some refutation (post 23 for example).
t to unappealing truths. glazbagun said:
Portrayed by Thomas Kretschmann in The Pianist. On a similar vein: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathography_of...
World record for flight endurance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_172#Operation...
"After the flight, Cook said: Next time I feel in the mood to fly endurance, I'm going to lock myself in our garbage can with the vacuum cleaner running. That is until my psychiatrist opens up for business in the morning."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_172#Operation...
"After the flight, Cook said: Next time I feel in the mood to fly endurance, I'm going to lock myself in our garbage can with the vacuum cleaner running. That is until my psychiatrist opens up for business in the morning."
ZOLLAR said:
Currently reading about all the different replicas of the Eiffel Tower
On that subject, the beta version of the Eiffel Tower 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vals%C3%B6rarna#The_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_submarine_N...
''The vessel was casually known as "Nerwin" and was never officially named or commissioned. The U.S. Navy is allocated a specific number of warships by the U.S. Congress. Admiral Hyman Rickover avoided using one of those allocations, and he also wanted to avoid the oversight that a warship receives from various bureaus.''
''The vessel was casually known as "Nerwin" and was never officially named or commissioned. The U.S. Navy is allocated a specific number of warships by the U.S. Congress. Admiral Hyman Rickover avoided using one of those allocations, and he also wanted to avoid the oversight that a warship receives from various bureaus.''
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Fauld_explosion
Visited this yesterday, it's still quite a sight. The scale of it is hard to comprehend, especially considering the explosion occurred underneath a decent sized hill and not flat land as I had previously thought.
I was itching to jump the barrier and explore the crater, but sense prevailed.
Visited this yesterday, it's still quite a sight. The scale of it is hard to comprehend, especially considering the explosion occurred underneath a decent sized hill and not flat land as I had previously thought.
I was itching to jump the barrier and explore the crater, but sense prevailed.
TTmonkey said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Leakey
Only living recipient of a VC during Afghan conflict. Amazingly, a relative also won a VC during WW2. I find that link fascinating.
Very late with this response - but bloody hell!Only living recipient of a VC during Afghan conflict. Amazingly, a relative also won a VC during WW2. I find that link fascinating.
wiki said:
Having reached the group under attack, he gave first aid to the wounded US Marine Corps captain and began to evacuate him from the battlefield.[2] While under fire, he returned to the machine guns that his section had left at the top of the hill. He moved one to a better position to fire at the attacking Taliban even though he was under constant, accurate fire (bullets were ricocheting off the weapon he was carrying). His actions inspired other soldiers to join in the fight back.[4]
While he was manning the machine gun, he was also shouting updates of the situation into his radio.[4] Having realised that more than one machine gun would be needed to effectively fight back the insurgents, he allowed his gun to be taken over by another soldier. He then ran once more through heavy fire to retrieve a second machine gun, position it in a suitable site, and then manned it to fire at the Taliban.[14]
The skirmish lasted approximately 45 minutes during which 11 insurgents were killed and four wounded. It was only when air support arrived that fighting ceased. When it did, he handed the second machine gun over to another soldier. He then returned to the injured American officer and oversaw his medical evacuation.[4]
While he was manning the machine gun, he was also shouting updates of the situation into his radio.[4] Having realised that more than one machine gun would be needed to effectively fight back the insurgents, he allowed his gun to be taken over by another soldier. He then ran once more through heavy fire to retrieve a second machine gun, position it in a suitable site, and then manned it to fire at the Taliban.[14]
The skirmish lasted approximately 45 minutes during which 11 insurgents were killed and four wounded. It was only when air support arrived that fighting ceased. When it did, he handed the second machine gun over to another soldier. He then returned to the injured American officer and oversaw his medical evacuation.[4]
Halb said:
artillery delivering bear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)
Posted previously on thread - but for those that missed it, reminded me of this....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Nuisance
A Great Dane (dog, that is) enlisted into the SA Navy so he could get free train travel!
Edited by Mastiff on Tuesday 27th November 15:49
Edited by Mastiff on Tuesday 27th November 15:51
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utsuro-bune
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazino_affair
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Hollis (to follow on the VC recipient theme - apologies if pearoast)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazino_affair
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Hollis (to follow on the VC recipient theme - apologies if pearoast)
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