Yeah, sorry to disappoint you folks - it's a fox. The tail is way too thick (and a little long) for a thylacine. Tasmania was thought to have been spared the introduction of foxes until only a few years ago, when there was the first sighting near Davenport. They're not common, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's not the first thing a person would think of when they see something small and dog-like in the near distance. But if given a choice between 'Tassie tiger' and 'fox' in this instant, there's no doubt which it is.
ETA: Not saying the methane bubble explanations are paranormal. However, even in a rush to provide 'logical' explanations, many make the same mistake of presuming that the mystery has been established as such. I'd suggest that before people rush to explain a phenomenon, they do the homework to establish whether there really is something to be explained in the first place.
@BenEshbach :) No, but Larry's work isn't the only research I've seen on the topic. I'm also quite used to advocates on paranormal explanations being rather sloppy researchers who readily assume the mystery is really mysterious and then proceed to try to cobble together ad-hoc explanations. Those to tend to go back to the beginning quickly find there isn't much of a legend to go on.
There is a far simpler explanation that fits the evidence much, much better - there is nothing unusual about the Bermuda Triangle. In fact, if anything, there is a slight (statistically non-significant) favour towards it being safer than other oceanic areas.
The alleged reports are all poor journalism and rumour. Many flights claimed to have been lost were never missing or were found and never reported on. Looking through the statistics, per voyage (given how busy the area is) there are fewer aircraft and water vessel incidents in that area than outside of it.
The phenomenon of why arm-chair scientists try to solve a myth when they don't bother doing the ground research on the initial assumption is far more of a mystery than the legend itself. :P
We have read it. We're asking how it is possible, given how they work. It's like somebody saying they opened their car engine one day to watch the combustion take place inside the pistons. Just because Wired and Wiki say it, it doesn't necessarily mean all the facts are straight.
If you're happier not asking questions and simply swallowing all you read, go for it. Obviously because you think we're 'retarted' means you can tell us how the accelerator continues to work without supermagnets, coolant and a vacuum?
Any physicists here who can provide more information on this?
He allegedly stuck his head into the 'beam' of accelerating particles in a synchrotron U-70. Such a particle accelerator relies on a magnetic field pushing the particles up towards the speed of light within a vacuum. From what I understand, they aren't like car engines where you can just open one up and stick your head in for a closer look. Opening a section with the beam going would mean breaking the magnetic field through removing a section of the torus, while also destroying the vacuum the protons are whizzing through, or so I'd imagine.
So, I'm happy to admit I'm missing something here, but my spider senses are tingling...
:) No, but Larry's work isn't the only research I've seen on the topic. I'm also quite used to advocates on paranormal explanations being rather sloppy researchers who readily assume the mystery is really mysterious and then proceed to try to cobble together ad-hoc explanations. Those to tend to go back to the beginning quickly find there isn't much of a legend to go on.
The alleged reports are all poor journalism and rumour. Many flights claimed to have been lost were never missing or were found and never reported on. Looking through the statistics, per voyage (given how busy the area is) there are fewer aircraft and water vessel incidents in that area than outside of it.
The phenomenon of why arm-chair scientists try to solve a myth when they don't bother doing the ground research on the initial assumption is far more of a mystery than the legend itself. :P
We have read it. We're asking how it is possible, given how they work. It's like somebody saying they opened their car engine one day to watch the combustion take place inside the pistons. Just because Wired and Wiki say it, it doesn't necessarily mean all the facts are straight.
If you're happier not asking questions and simply swallowing all you read, go for it. Obviously because you think we're 'retarted' means you can tell us how the accelerator continues to work without supermagnets, coolant and a vacuum?
Athon
He allegedly stuck his head into the 'beam' of accelerating particles in a synchrotron U-70. Such a particle accelerator relies on a magnetic field pushing the particles up towards the speed of light within a vacuum. From what I understand, they aren't like car engines where you can just open one up and stick your head in for a closer look. Opening a section with the beam going would mean breaking the magnetic field through removing a section of the torus, while also destroying the vacuum the protons are whizzing through, or so I'd imagine.
So, I'm happy to admit I'm missing something here, but my spider senses are tingling...
Athon