The really big decrease comes from delidding. That is because from about Haswell onwards, Intel in their Core processors have used thermal paste instead of solder to make contact between the CPU die and the integrated heat spreader (the top of the CPU that you normally see). There are people on the Web who perform…

As I explain elsewhere here, I think the Crystal’s story is more plausible than the alternative, i.e. that Fitzgerald made a massive turn to port into Crystal’s path.

All of this discussion is based without referral to Fitzgerald’s known course. According to the published “Supplemental Timeline of Events” attached to the “Supplemental Preliminary Inquiry”, Fitzgerald was on a course of 230 degrees (SW), while the AIS data shows that ACX Crystal was on 88 degrees (E). The Inquiry on…

There’s something odd here. According to the published “Supplemental Timeline of Events”, Fitzgerald was on a course of 230 degrees (SW), while the AIS data shows that ACX Crystal was on 88 degrees (E). The Supplemental Preliminary Inquiry on page 3 shows the relative positions of the ships at the moment of…