As a tangent there is this excellent Captain Disillusion video debunking the floating city which was attributed to the same phenomenon as seen here: https://youtu.be/Xmrn2IuSW-Q
'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker
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#142This is making me think again about all those UFO sightings in The Phenomenon!
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#143Off topic, but BBC blocks me because I use iPhone’s Adblock. BBC is government funded with a mission to inform the British people. Why would they require ad viewing and default to not showing news without ads? Seems against their mission. For profit news I understand as the whole “maximize shareholder equity” thing, but when government news sources use these anti-consumer tactics it’s depressing to me.
The BBC is not a government news source. It's not even funded by the UK government.[0] It is - by law[1] - required to be completely editorially independent. The BBC is primarily funded by the TV Licence. The licence is levvied on anyone who watches live TV (any live TV) or uses BBC's SVoD service, BBC iPlayer. The BBC does operate a commercial subsidiary (BBC Studios), and the main BBC does have other revenue source…
This is cherry picking information about the BBC.
The chairman has worked for the PM and the Chancellor and has donated large sums to the Conservative party.
The BBC Director General is an ex Conservative Party councillor.
The BBC board Chairman and the non-executives are effectively appointed by the government.
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#145This is why you never use negative margin in CSS.
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#146The title should be 'Hovering ship', as it is in the BBC article. There is nothing special about a floating ship.
I think "Flying" would be even better, as the ship is most likely moving somewhere, not just standing still. Would also tie the story into the story of the Flying Dutchman ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman ) and maybe provide some explanation for why people been seeing it as flying
The first time I read about optical illusions like these as a kid was this Uncle Scrooge story referencing the Flying Dutchman:
http://duckcomicsrevue.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-flying-dutch...
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#147It occurred to me that maybe Castle In The Sky (Ghibli) might have some origin (possibly) from such illusions. There was a Chinese news report of a city in the sky illusion. Here's the video, quite impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoP1sh1WXm8
Um, “Castle in the Sky” had it’s origin in “Gulliver’s Travels”, published in 1726. Part III, a Voyage to Laputa (et al.).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels#Part_III:...
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#150It occurred to me that maybe Castle In The Sky (Ghibli) might have some origin (possibly) from such illusions. There was a Chinese news report of a city in the sky illusion. Here's the video, quite impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoP1sh1WXm8
Um, “Castle in the Sky” had it’s origin in “Gulliver’s Travels”, published in 1726. Part III, a Voyage to Laputa (et al.). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels#Part_III:...
And “Castles in the Sky” was about the development of radar in England.