Things that make you go "Hmmmm…"

[only_human]

Originally Posted by retina

Curious. But this is not unprecedented and it has solutions. People that take a domestic flight within USA (no passport required) can leave the US city, fly over Canada, and land in the destination US city. Flying to/from Alaska is one clear example of this. So all they have to do is have a Cessna available and fly over the other country. It would be unreasonable for the other country to deny fly-over rights, because it works both ways for both countries.

Good point. Also this particular enclave is actually a bunch of nothing. (Sorry, I fell for clickbait and didn't look into it enough)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahala_Khagrabari

Dahala Khagrabari (#51) was an Indian enclave belonging to the District of Cooch Behar in the State of West Bengal. This was a piece of India within Bangladesh, within India, within Bangladesh.

It was one of the smallest—7,000 square metres (1.7 acres)—of the Indo-Bangladesh enclaves, albeit not the smallest of the 106 Indian exclaves inside Bangladesh and 92 Bangladeshi exclaves inside India. It was the only third-order enclave in the world until 2015, when it was ceded to Bangladesh.

Overview

Dahala Khagrabari (#51) was completely encircled by the Bangladeshi village of Upanchowki Bhajni, 110, itself contained in the Indian village of Balapara Khagrabari, itself contained in the Debiganj, Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. Thus Dahala Khagrabari was the enclave of an enclave of an enclave. In practice, it was a parcel of land used for farming and was not actually inhabited. It was separated by a few metres of Bangladeshi land from its first-order Indian enclave.

The owner of this enclave was a Bangladeshi farmer who lives in the enclave surrounding Dahala Khagrabari (#51).

Belgium/Netherlands:
http://www.futilitycloset.com/2011/0...d-archipelago/

And in 1971 a corrupt bank occupied a building that straddled the border, which permitted it to avoid being searched by the authorities of either state. The Belgian tax department couldn’t reach the safe, which lay behind “Dutch” counters. And the Dutch authorities could pass the counters but couldn’t open the safe, which was “Belgian.” Finally, authorities from both states undertook to search the premises in a joint effort, and the bank was eventually declared bankrupt after investigations into the laundering of drug money.

[only_human]

Originally Posted by only_human

Hitchhiking robot embarking on coast-to-coast tour across US

Hitchhiking Robot Lasts Just Two Weeks in US Because Humans Are Terrible

The researchers who built hitchBOT announced today that they need to stop the experiment because hitchBOT was vandalized in Philadelphia.

From the researchers who built hitchBOT:

The goal of the hitchhiking trip was to see how humans would interact with hitchBOT. And apparently the answer was “not well.” HitchBOT has been around the world, including trips across the entirety of Canada and Germany without major incident. But America is clearly a hard land for our robot brothers and sisters.

[Xyzzy]

Originally Posted by only_human

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Status of Jericho, Cecil the lion's brother, disputed

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[jasong]

Originally Posted by only_human

Hitchhiking Robot Lasts Just Two Weeks in US Because Humans Are Terrible

Yeah, I figured the US would be the source of his demise. With the way some Americans view property rights, it was pretty much inevitable once he was in the more central part of the US. I mean, you have a computer that's been "abandoned" and you expect people to escort it around.

There are probably a ton of Americans who have never left their country and think it's insane it lasted so long in those other places.

I think if it as selective golden rule hypocrisy. Using God to justify ungodly behavior.

Off-topic:Same as calling capitalism Christian, capitalism is the best answer only because human beings are evil. If everyone adhered to the golden rule the best answer would probably be some form of socialism. Everybody doing what they can and helping out the people that are unable to help themselves for whatever reason.

[only_human]

Originally Posted by jasong

Yeah, I figured the US would be the source of his demise. With the way some Americans view property rights, it was pretty much inevitable once he was in the more central part of the US. I mean, you have a computer that's been "abandoned" and you expect people to escort it around.

All those politicians trying to stand out at the moment an not one of them thought to bring the robot with them on the campaign trail. Purely for altruistic purposes, of course, while traveling in the same direction; although there might also be a debate appearance along the way.

[kladner]

not one of them thought to bring the robot with them on the campaign trail.

As a baggage handler?

[only_human]

Originally Posted by kladner

As a baggage handler?

Not so much.

They could have spun things a thousand ways about technology, future changes, about the robot's presence on twitter, about doing something crowd pleasing for the following -- or about security and safety and surveillance, yada yada yada. In other words they could have fit almost any narrative, and the robot already had a newsy national focus. Yah know, attentive people were already watching. But that probably would have needed creative thinking and more than just bashing rivals, so it would have been too much of a stretch anyway. If I were Trump, I would have taken the robot to Newark, New Jersey, fired it and then called Chris Christie about this bum on his doorstep in a really rotten neighborhood. There could have been opportunities galore.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by retina

Curious. But this is not unprecedented and it has solutions. People that take a domestic flight within USA (no passport required) can leave the US city, fly over Canada, and land in the destination US city. Flying to/from Alaska is one clear example of this. So all they have to do is have a Cessna available and fly over the other country. It would be unreasonable for the other country to deny fly-over rights, because it works both ways for both countries.

The original astronauts to land on the moon had to go through customs on their return:
http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/fil...apollo11_2.pdf

[only_human]

In the article, click on start to, ahem, start:

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[Xyzzy]

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[xilman]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

http://i.imgur.com/dnfz5iA.gif

Magnificent!