BaZmO* wrote: » This post is the 10,000th post
New Home wrote: » D'you know, I was thinking about that one, too. But then I remembered, "If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it still make a sound?" (this was before the advent of humankind, IIRC, and the dinosaurs don't count, for the purposes of this post). :pac:
Wibbs wrote: » Toba and Thera weren't though. IIRC there was also a big one in Indonesia in the 19th century, larger than Krakatoa on the holy sweet Jesus Ted, that's a big one vulcanism scale. Toba was truly massive though. 30 times the scale of Krakatoa.
Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
Conchir wrote: » Wibbs wrote: » Toba and Thera weren't though. IIRC there was also a big one in Indonesia in the 19th century, larger than Krakatoa on the holy sweet Jesus Ted, that's a big one vulcanism scale. Toba was truly massive though. 30 times the scale of Krakatoa. Tambora, in 1815? Led to the "year without a Summer" in 1816, which led to food riots and famines in parts of Asia and Europe. On a more positive note, it is also thought to have contributed to the spectacular sunsets which are preserved in paintings by William Turner.
Ipso wrote: » Shur you could squeeze in San Marino, Andorra and Liechtenstein while you’re at it.
Ipso wrote: » Wasn’t the sky colour in Munch’s scream also meant to show that or a similar event?
Gator wrote: » The numbers on the knob of toasters are for the length of time in minutes, not the measure of heat.... (blew my mind last week)
seagull wrote: » I still want to know why toasters have a setting that guarantees charcoal.
Gloomtastic! wrote: » The largest private land owner in the world, owns approximately 71.6 million hectares (about 177 million acres), an area larger than France. Who owns it? The Catholic Church! :eek:
Nevaeh Shaggy Destroyer wrote: » Seems small beside Queen Elizabeth II who is the legal owner of about 6,600 million acres of land, one sixth of the earth’s non ocean surface. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has 553 million acres.
New Home wrote: » She must have the mother of all ride-on lawnmowers! I wonder where she finds the time to do anything else...
Squall Leonhart wrote: » Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve was one of the biggest hits of the 90s (1997), and frontman and songwriter Richard Ashcroft didn't earn a penny from it (though one could argue the huge popularity sold albums and concert tickets). It sampled some music by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra, their orchestral cover of "The Last Time" by The Rolling Stones. The Verve had negotiated rights to use the sample from Decca records, part owner of the copyright. The other part owner was Allen Klein, former Rolling Stones manager. After the single was released, Klein took a lawsuit against The Verve. As a result, songwriting credits were changed from Ashcroft to Jagger/Richards, who received 100% of royalties. Story has a delayed but happy ending. In April 2019 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards relinquished their songwriting credit, and it is now solely credited to Richard Ashcroft!
ohnonotgmail wrote: » A story associated with that is that the band asked the stones manager how they wanted to divide up the royalties. "50/50" he said. the band thought this was quite reasonable until the stones manager added "50 for Mick and 50 for Keith"
Squall Leonhart wrote: » And if you have heard the Stones original it was downright theft for them to accept royalties for the song. Oldham probably had a legit claim for something, but to be fair to The Verve, they had a deal with Decca, its not like they plagiarised anything.
