The Interesting Pictures thread

[DerStrom8]

Presumably it's just a viewing tower? - there's a 'similar' (much smaller) example in the Netherlands where my daughter lives.

https://aippartners.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/406881.jpg?w=512

I was referring to the structure in China, it appears to be creating rain or something of that sort.

 

[JimB]

Seen in a museum in Friedrichshafen Germany

JimB

 

[tvtech]

I was referring to the structure in China, it appears to be creating rain or something of that sort.

I'm not sure Matt. All I know is I wouldn't walk on that thing

 

[DrG]

Ultra-zoomable

Hongkong - big pixel panorama

Hongkong - big pixel panorama,bigpixel,gigapixel,panorama,giga pixel

www.bigpixel.cn

 

[shortbus=]

TV, any idea what this structure is used for? I can't quite figure it out just by looking at it.

My guess? It's where China creates the Global Warming Hoax.

 

[DrG]

Because life is too short NOT to enjoy good food with a good friend.

 

[tvtech]

 

[tvtech]

This is freaky:

 

[Pommie]

And, is that actually writen in the book or are you just posting another meme?

Mike.

 

[DerStrom8]

And, is that actually writen in the book or are you just posting another meme?

Mike.

I haven't read the book but all sources seem to point to it being legit.

A Thriller Novel from 1981 Accurately Predicted the Coronavirus Outbreak, Claims Congress Leader | Weather.com

In chapter 39 of his book, author Dean Koontz writes that the lab is located in Wuhan, which lends the virus its name, Wuhan-400. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com

weather.com

 

[shortbus=]

An even scarier book is, "It Can't Happen Here", by Sinclair Lewis. It was written in 1935, and predicts pretty much what is happening in the US today. I read it years ago after reading one of his other books, "Elmer Gantry".

It Can't Happen Here - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[tvtech]

ArcGIS Dashboards

ArcGIS Dashboards

gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com

 

[tvtech]

 

[Ian Rogers]

Just like the bible.... Read into it what you want to hear... Yes we know there are many labs out there creating biological weapons..

If I were to leash a global hit on the world I doubt it would be a flu derivative.. Like I said in another ( hijacked ) thread, this is no worse than a normal flu, not even on a scale of an epidemic..

Scaremongery… The media today sucks... Oooh Brexits over what else can we whinge about!!

 

[tvtech]

Just like the bible.... Read into it what you want to hear... Yes we know there are many labs out there creating biological weapons..

If I were to leash a global hit on the world I doubt it would be a flu derivative.. Like I said in another ( hijacked ) thread, this is no worse than a normal flu, not even on a scale of an epidemic..

Scaremongery… The media today sucks... Oooh Brexits over what else can we whinge about!!

I find it scary. Whole ship of people now have it. Most people out of China.

Westerdam passenger infected with coronavirus: What we know and what we don't | CNN

The Westerdam cruise ship was supposed to have been the lucky one.

edition.cnn.com

 

[tvtech]

13 Americans moved to Omaha facility from evacuation flights, US officials say | CNN

More than a dozen Americans evacuated on US-chartered flights from a cruise ship docked in Japan were being tested for the novel coronavirus at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, health officials said Monday.

edition.cnn.com

 

[Ian Rogers]

Well! This isn't the thread to discuss it... Leave it to "Interesting pictures".. There are two other threads on this topic...

 

[gophert]

If I were to leash a global hit on the world I doubt it would be a flu derivative.. Like I said in another ( hijacked ) thread, this is no worse than a normal flu, not even on a scale of an epidemic..

if I were to pick a virus, I would pick one that, unlike the flu, is contagious long before the infected person feels sick enough to stay home. Make sure contagious people walk around with their friends and neighbors for at least two weeks

I would also ratchet up the fatality rate by about 25x more than the flu - from 0.1% to 2.5%. Any higher and everyone (including healthy people) will self-quarantine and quench the transmission rate.

Also, I would make sure the demographics of the fatalities look more like the demographics of the general population instead of a virus like the flu that kills mostly old people and people with lung diseases.

Some pretty minor effects can significantly change the total number of deaths. Also, the long lag between infection and visible symptoms plus the transmission of the virus before symptoms are noticed mean this virus could be around a long time - a long, slow burn until everyone gets it. What's 2.5% of 7 billion?

 

[tvtech]

Optical illusion planet in Paris:

 

[tvtech]