Random News not worthy of own thread

[burger1]

Borderlands 3 6 month Epic games store exclusive.

https://kotaku.com/borderlands-3-is-a-s ... 1833771692

[Ronald Sandoval]

Suspect Drop Kicks Arnold Schwarzenegger In South Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEXRpEzgzAY

[burger1]

Linksys routers leak user data

https://arstechnica.com/information-tec ... connected/

[Ronald Sandoval]

Arrested For Dancing The Macarena In The Streets Of Saudi Arabia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai43grw4JbQ

[RegisterMe]

Arrested For Dancing The Macarena In The Streets Of Saudi Arabia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai43grw4JbQ

No argument about how ridiculous it is to arrest a kid for something like that but.... it was in 2017.....

[BugMeister]

John Cleese waxes lyrical on various topics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr4wo0fG8kQ

- there's many a true word spoken in jest..
- incidentally, don't bother to click on the link, if you're so inclined

- it is a free world after all..

[fiksal]

Boeing story continues, 4 people were picked, higher ups and "revolutionaries"
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/worl ... ZovATJA-Xw

I will be interested to see how Netherlands proceeds prosecuting them without them being there. But they get kudos for doing something.

[Bishop149]

I started playing "The Outer Wilds"* a game that I discovered somewhat by accident as it didn't cross my "mainstream game news" radar at least.
I'm rather enjoying it and would highly recommend it.
It's charming as heck and manages to pull off the rare trick of throwing you in, explaining nothing and this only causing confusion.
To describe it in one sentence:

"It's game about exploring a solar system to unravel its history and mysteries"

I picked it up for a tenner on sale at epic games but it seems to be full price again now.
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p ... wilds/home


*not "The Outer Worlds" . . . which is game just announced at E3. It's going to get confusing as hell when these two are inevitably nominated for the same award.

[Ronald Sandoval]

Angela Merkel shakes at Berlin ceremony https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_au ... n-ceremony
she shows all the signs of Parkinson's Disease if she has such an illness i think people should know

[Chips]

If it were Parkinsons then surely with the severity of the shakes she had previously, it'd be a permanent thing - and not just 3 occurrences in public in her time in office.
Also, given their severity, you'd surely see other symptoms?
Lastly, unless whatever the reason makes her unfit for office, it's no-ones business. Be concerned for her wellbeing? Yes! But it doesn't give you a right to demand to know. Medical matters should remain private unless an individual chooses to disclose it, regardless of the office they hold - UNLESS it makes them unfit for the role (i.e. being dead would make you unfit to be president Suffering from a weak bladder should not - and it is therefore no-ones business. )

[BugMeister]

conspiracy theories being put out by a bloke who wears sunglasses indoors..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqRegKHVPuM

- takes all sorts..

[Ronald Sandoval]

https://twitter.com/HelenKennedy/status ... s-11752649
well i thought about starting an ivanka thread but just put this here

[BugMeister]

ever wondered what happened to all those Bob Ross paintings..??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDs3o1uLEdU

[Ronald Sandoval]

nice program have to say i have never heard of Bob Ross i did used to watch a program called paint along with nancy though

[Chips]

Iran seizes a British flagged tanker in the Gulf (allegedly the AIS shows it as being in international waters at the time before making an about turn and sailing directly north into Iranian waters).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49053383

The most interesting comment I've read so far was someone on Twitter saying "Oh great, we could have Bodger Johnson trying to defuse this next week".

Assume it was in the shipping lanes at the time so constrained on where it could actually be, but... why even go anywhere near the maritime border if it's possible to avoid given the circumstances. Oh well.

[RegisterMe]

Johnson. Defuse. Oil tanker. Iran.

That's not a combination of words to impart confidence.

[Chips]

I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to send in HMS Victory.

*edit* Make it 2 tankers in 1 day. When they see weakness...
All I will say is (without trying to sound bellicose) 95% of UK trade arrives by sea, and that's set to continue with globalisation over the next decade or so. If you cannot protect your reliance upon trade, then you're at the mercy of the whims of others. 2 tankers so far, but ... why not increase it if no-one is opposing you to these actions? What have they to lose?

Again, favourite comments so far from the general public

HMG must immediately announce a Review, seek to appoint a Chair in six months time with a view to an interim report by Christmas 2024, that’ll bang the Iranians to rights.

*edit 2* For those interested, the "Save the navy" website often runs articles which aren't *just* about "oh the navy needs more ships". This is of interest, explaining territorial waters, international waters, shipping lanes and so on - as well as just how little can be done, how dangerous the area can be, and what decisions have to be made by any ships in the area. It's a far cry from the simplistic chest thumping responses some give, and a far cry from the "only political solution" others talk about. A proper tinderbox and a very difficult area requiring extremely cool and responsible heads to get things right. It certainly appears far far more goes on than Joe Public is aware of.

https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/chokep ... of-hormuz/

[Ronald Sandoval]

so windows 10 got an update come up this afternoon i thought it was some fixes to the update from 2 weeks ago but so far its been running 2 hours and is only @ 30%

[Alan Phipps]

No Win10 updates for me today. Don't you have your system set to update during silent/non-use hours?

[Ronald Sandoval]

well i thought it would be a quick update now @ 89%