Off Topix is a well established general discussion forum that originally opened to the public way back in 2009! We provide a laid back atmosphere and our members are down to earth. We have a ton of content and fresh stuff is constantly being added. We cover all sorts of topics, so there's bound to be something inside to pique your interest. We welcome anyone and everyone to register & become a member of our awesome community.
What you drink can say a lot about you—for better or worse. It seems that, with astonishing frequency, murderers tend to be connected with Richard’s Wild Irish Rose wine.
Described as “the murderers’ national drink” by a Chicago homicide detective in the book What Cops Know, the detective notes, “Invariably, there’s a bottle of it somewhere in the crime scene.”
He goes on to say: “A lot of the murders we get are crimes of passion – but you hate to use the word ‘passion,’ because the idea of a crime of passion is the guy coming home and finding his wife in bed with another guy. In most of our murders, the passion is over who gets the last swig of Richard’s Wild Irish Rose wine… Literally, if you took Richard’s Wild Irish Rose wine off the market, you’d probably prevent half of all homicides.”
there's a pretty interesting history to that, including some actual research that demonstrated that they will block radio waves.beowulf said:nah, i dont need a tin foil hat![]()
TommyTooter said:there's a pretty interesting history to that, including some actual research that demonstrated that they will block radio waves.beowulf said:nah, i dont need a tin foil hat![]()
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil_hat
In 2005, a group of MIT students, prodded by "a desire to play with some expensive equipment," tested the effectiveness of foil helmets at blocking various radio frequencies. Using two layers of Reynolds aluminum foil, they constructed three helmet designs, dubbed the Classical, the Fez, and the Centurion, and then looked at the strength of the transmissions between a radio-frequency signal generator and a receiver antenna placed on various parts of their subjects' bare and helmet-covered heads.
The helmets shielded their wearers from radio waves over most of the tested spectrum (YouTube user Mrfixitrick likewise demonstrates the blocking power of his foil toque against his wireless modem) but, surprisingly, amplified certain frequencies: those in the 2.6 Ghz ( allocated for mobile communications and broadcast satellites) and 1.2 Ghz (allocated for aeronautical radionavigation and space-to-Earth and space-to-space satellites) bands.
While the MIT guys' tongue-in-cheek conclusion -- "the current helmet craze is likely to have been propagated by the Government, possibly with the involvement of the FCC" -- maybe goes a few steps too far, their study at least shows that foil helmets fail at, and even counteract, their intended purpose. That, or the students are aliens who fabricated these results in an effort to get you to take your perfectly functional helmet off.
wasi90lk said:Conspiracy theories are often incorrect, which is why I do not believe in any conspiracy theory. What about you? Do you believe in any?
Brazil presidential candidate Campos dies in plane crash
13 August 2014
The Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, 49, has died in a plane crash, party members and local officials say.
Brazil's Vice President Michel Temer expressed his regret over the death of Mr Campos, who had been running third in the polls for October's election.
The plane carrying Mr Campos crashed in a residential area of the port city of Santos, in Brazil's Sao Paulo state.
It is not yet clear if any of the other passengers on board were killed.
DrLeftover said:Here's a brand new one:
Brazil presidential candidate Campos dies in plane crash
13 August 2014
The Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, 49, has died in a plane crash, party members and local officials say.
Brazil's Vice President Michel Temer expressed his regret over the death of Mr Campos, who had been running third in the polls for October's election.
The plane carrying Mr Campos crashed in a residential area of the port city of Santos, in Brazil's Sao Paulo state.
It is not yet clear if any of the other passengers on board were killed.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28778604