Pretty sure that any bumper system put in place will not stand up to being rammed by such a massive ship.

NASCAR has always been heavily biased to mechanical grip, so instead of avoiding the wall to keep aero functioning, they “break” aero and let the air spilling off the right hand side of the splitter blow into the gap and produce a side force that lets them ‘un-steer’ and knock off a little of the slip angle.

Too close…

IMO, one of the few good things about catholic schools K-12 for a lot of us: The nuns wouldn’t have tolerated any of this shit on the part of a student for a second. They were the only ones who could smack the crap out of a student with impunity.

I have a red dress laid away for the huge party when Trump dies.

He passed from an aggressive form of brain cancer, the treatment for it left him partially disabled and he died a year after being diagnosed.

Yep, brain cancer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Atwater#Illness

Yes. There was hand-writing when Atwater died about how he supposedly repented of his bad and racist strategizing at the end, blah blah, and no, fuck that guy. He’s the poster child for why the American fetish for redemption stories is garbage.

“a fellow-student threw a glass of ice at her, “and it really hurt her which was the funny part.””

There are very few grim things that bring me pleasure, but one portion of that small set is the knowledge that Lee Atwater has been dead for thirty years and he never saw his 41st birthday. That pleasure is tempered somewhat by the realization that the stink and sticky filth of his horrid being is still slathered all…

I had the same thought - obsessive sociopaths both, but Atwater had the charisma to be the class clown and Miller...didn’t.

The negligence of a pilot in the performance of duty is a maritime tort within the jurisdiction of a court of the admiralty, which deals only with maritime actions.

No, it’s like saying it’s the porter’s fault that the porter crashed your car when they were driving. Or that it’s the valet’s fault that they crashed your car when you use valet parking.

rimshot!

Maritime law predates a lot of countries. It is far older than most people realize. It is weird and arcane but it is well established.

Interviewer: What do you know about navigating tight canals?

How could those Suez Canal pilots not know about Bank and Squat Effects?

Unfortunately, maritime law going back centuries establishes that, while it’s the Suez Canal pilot’s fault that the ship grounded, it’s still the responsibility of the Ever Given’s captain. It may seem unfair, but that’s the way it works.

When I was ten years old, I overheard a family friend, who was 18 years old, sexualize my body. To this day, he doesn’t know I know what he did. He went on to work for a European Prime Minister. I tell everyone what he did when his name comes up.

Ugh, this reminds me of an old boss I had who was the biggest a-hole and bully, who is not only fucking successful, but flourishing. Lots of awards and recognition for being a top person in their field. I hate those people. 

Not only are there no brakes, but you also don’t have steerage at slow speeds. I assume this ship has bow thrusters and that will help, but that’s a lot of mass on a fluid surface that’s just going to keep heading in the direction it’s heading for a while after you attempt to correct course.