Weird Headlines

[bill_g]

With my rusty Spanish, I think I understand the joke.

It's almost an old Red Skelton joke.

[Mrich]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... plnews_d-1

US driver pulled over with huge African bull riding shotgun in car

The underheadline would also qualify.

Converted vehicle stopped in Nebraska with gigantic-horned Watusi bovine called Howdy Doody as passenger

More info about "Howdy Doody": https://wapo.st/3P2iUVo (gift article)

[bill_g]

[RTH10260]

What papers are needed for oversized transports?

[keith]

What papers are needed for oversized transports?

I would think you would need to file a route plan and have an escort in front and back.

[bill_g]

I suggest taking left turns at much reduced speeds. OTOH, drop it into second and stand on it for right turns.

[RTH10260]

Pierce Co. Sgt. pretends to be K9 to get suspects out of hiding


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[RTH10260]

Two million litres of red wine flood streets of Portuguese village

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Two million litres of red wine flood streets of Portuguese village

The Telegraph
11 Sept 2023

It is enough to make a connoisseur weep – the sight of millions of litres of red wine flooding down the streets of a village in Portugal.

The freak occurrence happened when two huge wine tanks burst at a distillery in São Lourenco do Bairro in central Portugal.

Bemused locals watched as an estimated 2.2 million litres – equivalent to an Olympic-sized swimming pool - cascaded through the village on Sunday, swirling around street signs and parked cars.

[Suranis]

Just another normal day in Dundee.

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[Suranis]

From 2019;

"American Girl" releases its first doll with hearing loss.

"American Girl" is a doll line from Mattel.

So... does it means the rest of the dolls can hear us?

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Suranis: So... does it means the rest of the dolls can hear us?

Yes. Yes they can.

[Suranis]

Forgot to link to the story

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/31/business ... index.html

[RTH10260]

Suranis: So... does it means the rest of the dolls can hear us?

Yes. Yes they can.

Does the doll at least understand sign language

[neonzx]

Man crushed to death by robot in South Korea

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67354709

A man has been crushed to death by a robot in South Korea after it failed to differentiate him from the boxes of food it was handling, reports say.

The incident occurred when the man, a robotics company employee in his 40s, was inspecting the robot.

The robotic arm, confusing the man for a box of vegetables, grabbed him and pushed his body against the conveyer belt, crushing his face and chest, South Korean news agency Yonhap said.

He was sent to hospital but later died.

[Volkonski]

Back when I was working in robotics the robots were separated from humans by gated fencing. Any attempt to get past the fences would disable the robots.

Of course a determined human can defeat most protective measures.

[Frater I*I]

Man crushed to death by robot in South Korea

And with this blow, history is changed...the war against the machines has begun...

I told yous all this would happen....

[RTH10260]

Back when I was working in robotics the robots were separated from humans by gated fencing. Any attempt to get past the fences would disable the robots.

Of course a determined human can defeat most protective measures.

the article speaks of a robotics company employee so gates may have been moved and disabled in maintenance mode.

[Sam the Centipede]

The only serious accident that I witnessed in a factory (many years ago) followed an official safety review which identified that a hydraulic press needed an extra safety gate. The guy who operated the press was the most safety conscious worker in the team – y'know, the guy who'd quietly but firmly tell youngsters to stop messing around or cutting corners – and he was injured when his arm caught in the moving press while as interlocks had to be modified for the new gate.

Unusual temporary situations can be the most dangerous.

[pipistrelle]

Man crushed to death by robot in South Korea

And with this blow, history is changed...the war against the machines has begun...

I told yous all this would happen....

You service them. Whose side you on?

[bill_g]

This sounds like a classic intersection of FAFO and the Darwin Award. It's unfortunate the man was killed, but his overconfidence killed him before he bypassed the safeties.

[Frater I*I]

You service them. Whose side you on?

It also means I know how to break them most efficiently...

[northland10]

Man crushed to death by robot in South Korea

And with this blow, history is changed...the war against the machines has begun...

I told yous all this would happen....

You service them. Whose side you on?

Wait, I thought we serviced cats?

[Frater I*I]

Wait, I thought we serviced cats?

We do...

An Interesting evolutionary trait they have...

A cat comes to your house and says: I live here now

Then the humans there buy food litter for it...

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

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[Kriselda Gray]

This sounds like a classic intersection of FAFO and the Darwin Award. It's unfortunate the man was killed, but his overconfidence killed him before he bypassed the safeties.

The article doesn't say anything about him bypassing safeties. He was inspecting the machine ahead of a scheduled test when it malfunctioned. Or is there something I'm missing?