I agree. It totally makes sense to load all your country's gold into a SINGLE SHIP and send that SHIP into the ocean during wartime. Much better than storing it on land or something. You must be really good at Civilization.
It wasn't a cargo ship. According to these people it was carrying about 4700 tons of gold. 4700 tons of gold. In 1905. How much mined gold do you think existed on the planet in 1905? Apparently a lot of it was on this ship.
Good thing they had 5,500 boxes of gold and 200 tons of gold coins to pay for 500,000 tons of coal. If they had ordered it from Amazon they would have been able to get a better deal though, with free shipping.
That makes sense. It definitely makes sense to take all that gold along in case you need to buy something. You never know what the price of sushi might be on the way to Japan for instance.
Good point. They might have needed 5,500 boxes of gold and 200 tons of gold coins to buy some coal to fuel the ships. They should have taken a credit card instead or used Paypal.
No, I was pointing out that there wasn't JUST 200 tons of gold coins like the OP thought. There was also 5,500 boxes of gold too. Sorry I triggered you though, snowflake.
Right. It totally makes sense to load a warship with 3,000 tons of gold and send it into battle. And then scuttle it when it gets damaged. Thanks for the math.
Total BS. Why would a single warship be carrying that much gold? That is ridiculous. More fake news, but the media laps it up happily without thinking or questioning.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah you definitely want Loop. It makes a lot of sense. Pretty soon Elon is going to offer rides in one for a $1. I'll be first in line.
Yes. It would definitely make more sense to build a Hyperloop on Mars rather than on Earth.
Excellent! So we can restart human progress. I'll let the humans know.
Definitely. I am sure the unskilled laborers in Kenya will be happy with balloon Intenret.
Yes. Fortunately the balloon is only 20km up so the latency isn't an issue. It makes sense to use balloons to deliver internet.
"Let's halt all human progress until we can feed everyone."
That sounds sensible to me.
Good point. They save on 50km of cable. Plus ping needs to go both ways. Forgot about that.
Internet access from 20km in the air. I wonder if it would be possible to put communication gear even higher, even to space?
Reminds me of the idiotic "egg replacement" products they sell in the store. They even put a picture of a chicken egg on the carton.
I agree. It totally makes sense to load all your country's gold into a SINGLE SHIP and send that SHIP into the ocean during wartime. Much better than storing it on land or something. You must be really good at Civilization.
I said "mined gold" not gold. So I am both semantically and correct correct.
It wasn't a cargo ship. According to these people it was carrying about 4700 tons of gold. 4700 tons of gold. In 1905. How much mined gold do you think existed on the planet in 1905? Apparently a lot of it was on this ship.
Good thing they had 5,500 boxes of gold and 200 tons of gold coins to pay for 500,000 tons of coal. If they had ordered it from Amazon they would have been able to get a better deal though, with free shipping.
The Russian Government is very generous.
Good point. You would need 5,500 boxes of gold and 200 tons of gold coins to pay for all of that coal.
The treasure hunters don't really believe that either. Totally fake PR.
That makes sense. It definitely makes sense to take all that gold along in case you need to buy something. You never know what the price of sushi might be on the way to Japan for instance.
Good point. They might have needed 5,500 boxes of gold and 200 tons of gold coins to buy some coal to fuel the ships. They should have taken a credit card instead or used Paypal.
I thought so too initially, but the story just appeared in my Facebook feed. Since Facebook doesn't carry fake news anymore, it must be true.
No, I was pointing out that there wasn't JUST 200 tons of gold coins like the OP thought. There was also 5,500 boxes of gold too. Sorry I triggered you though, snowflake.
There were 5,500 boxes of gold bars and 200 tons of gold coins. On a warship. During a war.
Right. It totally makes sense to load a warship with 3,000 tons of gold and send it into battle. And then scuttle it when it gets damaged. Thanks for the math.
Total BS. Why would a single warship be carrying that much gold? That is ridiculous. More fake news, but the media laps it up happily without thinking or questioning.
They are? Revenue rose 12% to $9.84 billion. How can you not make a profit running a website at close to $10 billion revenue?
The point is YOU DON'T KNOW.
"we may collect a variety of information"
They could be doing anything.