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  • Correct.
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    • As always, thanks for the info.
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      Originally posted by SanTropez
      May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
      Originally posted by bigblue_dl
      I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
      Originally posted by Kepler
      When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
      He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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      • Ah, NYC...
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        • Suez Canal update: Ever Given still stuck.

          CNBC reporting that it could now take weeks to free the ship, potentially starting to impact global prices by next month.
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          • Originally posted by aparch View Post
            Suez Canal update: Ever Given still stuck.

            CNBC reporting that it could now take weeks to free the ship, potentially starting to impact global prices by next month.
            This is the image that has been circulating about the ostensible "traffic jam" caused by the ship, but for all I know this is what ordinary traffic flow looks like:




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            • I’m relieved to see our news sources are capable of reporting on something as important as Suez Canal traffic, while also reporting on alleged sexual predators like Cuomo and Watson. By chance, does the Suez Canal do more worldly business than that bridge in New York? ;-)

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              • Originally posted by Kepler View Post

                This is the image that has been circulating about the ostensible "traffic jam" caused by the ship, but for all I know this is what ordinary traffic flow looks like:
                Yeah - even when traffic is normal, all those same ships would be there. The key tell would be *velocity* data, not position. There and moving = normal. There and stopped = slight problem.

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                • Originally posted by aparch View Post
                  Suez Canal update: Ever Given still stuck.

                  CNBC reporting that it could now take weeks to free the ship, potentially starting to impact global prices by next month.
                  Anyone who thought this was going to take a day or two doesn't understand m*v

                  220,000 tons * 13 knots = LOL. Imagine a train 220 miles long (or 110 miles if you can double stack the containers). That's how much cargo this bad boy holds.
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                  As of 9/21/10:         As of 9/13/10:
                  College Hockey 6       College Football 0
                  BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                  Originally posted by SanTropez
                  May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                  Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                  I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                  Originally posted by Kepler
                  When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                  He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                  • Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post

                    Anyone who thought this was going to take a day or two doesn't understand m*v

                    220,000 tons * 13 knots = LOL. Imagine a train 220 miles long (or 110 miles if you can double stack the containers). That's how much cargo this bad boy holds.
                    Recalls to mind one of my favorite mind-blowing stats from CERN: at full energy, the beam of protons circulating inside the LHC (rest mass less than a billionth of a pound) has as much kinetic energy as a typical TGV train (France's 350 km/hr high speed rail).
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                    • Did someone stop and think maybe the size of ships through the skinny canal has to be regulated? That ship is massive.
                      **NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.

                      Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
                      Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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                      • Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                        Did someone stop and think maybe the size of ships through the skinny canal has to be regulated? That ship is massive.
                        Why would you think it's not regulated?

                        Of course it is, and it's worked well for many tens of thousands of trips through the canal. Maybe this really was a 9-sigma event? Incredibly unlikely things happen all the time - every time there's a mega lottery winner, a billion-to-one shot just occurred. No way to know if this was a systemic failure or bad luck until the forensics are complete.
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                        • Originally posted by LynahFan View Post

                          Why would you think it's not regulated?

                          Of course it is, and it's worked well for many tens of thousands of trips through the canal. Maybe this really was a 9-sigma event? Incredibly unlikely things happen all the time - every time there's a mega lottery winner, a billion-to-one shot just occurred. No way to know if this was a systemic failure or bad luck until the forensics are complete.
                          Cause it doesn't pass the eye test. Seems to me the globe is having a whole **** ton of 9-sigma events lately.
                          **NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.

                          Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
                          Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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                          • On the plus side, this could mean more business for the air cargo carriers. :-)
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                            • Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post

                              Cause it doesn't pass the eye test. Seems to me the globe is having a whole **** ton of 9-sigma events lately.
                              Sure is. And always has. With many trilllions of "events" each day, unlikley things are......likely....to happen. That does not prove that they were not, in fact, unlikely.
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                              • Originally posted by LynahFan View Post

                                Why would you think it's not regulated?

                                Of course it is, and it's worked well for many tens of thousands of trips through the canal.
                                I was surprised to read only about 50 ships go through the canal a day.
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