And taxing transport is interesting. Since along with cheap power, the discovery of cheap transport (canals, then railways, then automotive road use) was the driver of the Industrial Revolution. Whic… (View Post)

Tool theft and public resale was one of the crimes that the courts and police “decrimed” all the way back to New Labour, if not before. There was a moderate famous (in the building industry) moment w… (View Post)

A large part of the problem was that every Navy was trying to exploit the Mining Effect (as it was known) in their torpedos. Everyone, independently, hit on the same idea - magnetic exploders. The to… (View Post)

The attack in the video is a torpedo in keel-breaker mode. Which is where the torpedo is detonated considerably below the ship, rather than in contact. This cause the ship to whip up and down - often… (View Post)

Broken legs were common from this effect. Some were thrown into the deck above, hard enough to *kill*. Another effect is to smash everything vaguely fragile - with Belfast a lot of cast metal fitting… (View Post)