Things that make you go "Hmmmm…"

[kladner]

Just to remember, it happens all over-

Several major nightclub fires have been blamed on pyrotechnics igniting foam used for soundproofing, including The Station nightclub fire in the US that killed 100 people in West Warwick, Rhode Island, in 2003 and the Kiss nightclub fire in Brazil, which killed 242 people in the university town of Santa Maria in 2013.

It also reminds me of a Chicago columnist writing about people being trampled to death at rock concerts, and at open air papal masses. Royko's headline was something like "The Who, 16; Pope, 76." (Numbers are pulled out of air, but the pope scored much higher in a South American debacle.)

Then, there was Coconut Grove. "...killing 492 people (which was 32 more than the building's authorized capacity) and injuring hundreds more."

[Brian-E]

Originally Posted by kladner

Just to remember, it happens all over- [...]

It happened here in NL too, nearly 15 years ago, in Volendam. What's happened in Bucharest seems quite similar to that disaster. It's a terrible tragedy.

[schickel]

Originally Posted by kladner

Suspect "said it was a new toy" and he was aiming at the water, not the vessel.

Does anyone have an idea of the power level such a laser would have?

According to an article linked in the main article, it was one of these. Definitely not something someone should be waving around at random!


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10000mw is the power mentioned. As someone said in the comments, Holy tapdancing Jesus Christ!

[kladner]

Originally Posted by schickel

According to an article linked in the main article, it was one of these. Definitely not something someone should be waving around at random!


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10000mw is the power mentioned. As someone said in the comments, Holy tapdancing Jesus Christ!

Thanks! That is scary powerful.

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by schickel

10000mw is the power mentioned.

I remember discussions of a planetarium type show with lasers. Someone realised that if an audience member had stood up, during the show, they would have caught a multi-Watt laser in the face.
Nice thing is that no one has CO₂ laser pointers (their beams are not visible.) In the hands of these morons those would cause a lot of damage.

[LaurV]

(googling for co2 lasers now: what they are? what they do? do their parents know? how can we get one? etc)

[kladner]

From the Beeb:
It is now alleged that Porsches and Audis with 3.0 litre diesels also have test-dodging software.

[science_man_88]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/world-...180553708.html

[Dubslow]

AMD is being sued about it's definition of "core" vis à vis its Bulldozer architecture, with 8 integer units and 4 FP units.

http://hothardware.com/news/amd-slap...bulldozer-cpus

[kladner]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

AMD is being sued about it's definition of "core" vis à vis its Bulldozer architecture, with 8 integer units and 4 FP units.

http://hothardware.com/news/amd-slap...bulldozer-cpus

Interesting. I tend to agree that AMD used non-standard definitions, which were misleading. However, I knew what I was getting when I got an FX-8350. At the time, I was having problems with a 1090T, and the FX would run on the same board.

[ewmayer]

Oakland Raiders Player May Face Felony Charge For Barking at a Police Dog Before Steelers Game | The Big Lead

The phrase "man bites dog - film at 11" comes to mind.