# \#oops **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/oops/22.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [Silicon Valley Bank Collapses, Seized by Regulators](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/silicon-valley-bank-collapses-seized-by-regulators/2867)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [9 January 2026 14:20 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/silicon-valley-bank-collapses-seized-by-regulators/2867 "2026-01-09T14:20:19Z")
Financial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the Global Financial Crisis … --- ## [Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Coin Rotation Paradox, and Sidereal Time](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/scholastic-aptitude-test-the-coin-rotation-paradox-and-sidereal-time/4053)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [29 May 2024 21:42 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/scholastic-aptitude-test-the-coin-rotation-paradox-and-sidereal-time/4053 "2024-05-29T21:42:00Z")
Here is more on the coin rotation paradox, which is related to the difference between solar time and sidereal time in astronomy. --- ## [Broken Arrows and False Alarms—Nuclear Close Calls](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/broken-arrows-and-false-alarms-nuclear-close-calls/3738)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 September 2023 15:36 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/broken-arrows-and-false-alarms-nuclear-close-calls/3738 "2023-09-13T15:36:23Z")
--- ## [The Smallest Nuclear Explosions](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-smallest-nuclear-explosions/3716)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 September 2023 14:45 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-smallest-nuclear-explosions/3716 "2023-09-08T14:45:18Z")
On 1945-05-07, the Manhattan Project detonated explosives with the power of 108 tonnes of TNT on a wooden platform 730 metres from the planned Trinity nuclear weapon test in order to test procedures for con… --- ## [London's Millennium Tower—When Ambition Collided with Reality](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/londons-millennium-tower-when-ambition-collided-with-reality/3246)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [31 May 2023 15:17 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/londons-millennium-tower-when-ambition-collided-with-reality/3246 "2023-05-31T15:17:34Z")
The London Millennium Tower, which was never built, should not be confused with the Leaning Tower of San Francisco, (see “Faulty Foundation—The Leaning Tower of San Francisco”, posted here on 2021-11-17), w… --- ## [Airbus 321 Emergency Escape Exit Opened In-Flight](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/airbus-321-emergency-escape-exit-opened-in-flight/3235)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [28 May 2023 19:57 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/airbus-321-emergency-escape-exit-opened-in-flight/3235 "2023-05-28T19:57:59Z")
“Ladies and gentlemen, as we start our descent, please make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their full upright position. Make sure your seat belt is securely fastened and all carry-on luggage is… --- ## [The Brief But Memorable Flight of Atlas-Centaur 1](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-brief-but-memorable-flight-of-atlas-centaur-1/2965)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 March 2023 14:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-brief-but-memorable-flight-of-atlas-centaur-1/2965 "2023-03-29T14:56:11Z")
The Centaur upper stage was the world’s first rocket to fly using liquid hydrogen and oxygen as propellants. Its development began in 1958 as a joint venture between the U.S. Air Force, ARPA, and Convair, … --- ## [Soyuz MS-22 at the International Space Station Springs a Leak](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/soyuz-ms-22-at-the-international-space-station-springs-a-leak/2450)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [28 March 2023 20:19 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/soyuz-ms-22-at-the-international-space-station-springs-a-leak/2450 "2023-03-28T20:19:30Z")
Here is eight minutes of Leak-O-Vision from NASA TV. The leak caused cancellation of a planned Russian spacewalk from the station. --- ## [Why Is It Climbing? Republic Airways Flight 4439](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-is-it-climbing-republic-airways-flight-4439/2608)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [15 January 2023 22:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-is-it-climbing-republic-airways-flight-4439/2608 "2023-01-15T22:35:19Z")
Can you figure out what was wrong faster than the pilots on board? I’ll bet most veteran programmers would. I’ll not say more to avoid spoilers. Here is the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board dock… --- ## [Max Tegmark: Probability of Imminent Global Nuclear War Is One in Six](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/max-tegmark-probability-of-imminent-global-nuclear-war-is-one-in-six/2123)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [12 October 2022 23:06 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/max-tegmark-probability-of-imminent-global-nuclear-war-is-one-in-six/2123 "2022-10-12T23:06:46Z")
Max Tegmark has posted an article on his “LessWrong” blog, “Why I think there’s a one-in-six chance of an imminent global nuclear war”, in which he presents a Markov-chain-like argument which leads him to the conclusion:… --- ## [British Pound Collapse Accelerates, Now Below US$ 1.1/GBP](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/british-pound-collapse-accelerates-now-below-us-1-1-gbp/2052)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [2 October 2022 11:45 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/british-pound-collapse-accelerates-now-below-us-1-1-gbp/2052 "2022-10-02T11:45:27Z")
The British pound is down more than 2.5% on the day, trading at US$1.0965 and close to parity with the Swiss franc. Not an auspicious start for a new king and prime minister. This is an acceleration of the slide that… --- ## [Nature Retracts Room Temperature Superconductivity Paper](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nature-retracts-room-temperature-superconductivity-paper/2075)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [28 September 2022 17:22 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nature-retracts-room-temperature-superconductivity-paper/2075 "2022-09-28T17:22:00Z")
On 2020-10-14, Nature published the paper “Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride” which reported (from the abstract): superconductivity in a photochemically transformed carbonaceous sulfur… --- ## [There Ain't No Justice! Yellowstone National Park's “Zone of Death”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/there-aint-no-justice-yellowstone-national-parks-zone-of-death/1711)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 July 2022 11:14 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/there-aint-no-justice-yellowstone-national-parks-zone-of-death/1711 "2022-07-19T11:14:59Z")
Prof. Brian C. Kalt’s original 2005 paper about this constitutional glitch is “The Perfect Crime” (full text PDF download available at the link). Here is the abstract: This article argues that there is a… --- ## [SpaceX Super Heavy—Explosion Beneath Booster During Test](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-super-heavy-explosion-beneath-booster-during-test/1676)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [18 July 2022 22:26 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-super-heavy-explosion-beneath-booster-during-test/1676 "2022-07-18T22:26:53Z")
During a test of SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy booster 7 with liquid oxygen and methane propellants on board, an explosion occurred beneath the base of the booster. The explosion did not look like the “rap… --- ## [NASA Psyche Asteroid Mission 2022 Launch Canceled](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-psyche-asteroid-mission-2022-launch-canceled/1591)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [25 June 2022 12:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-psyche-asteroid-mission-2022-launch-canceled/1591 "2022-06-25T12:58:48Z")
NASA has been developing a spacecraft to explore the metal-rich main belt asteroid 16 Psyche, which may be the metal core of a protoplanet and provide insight into planetary formation as well as a glimpse of the resource… --- ## [Why Do Airbus A320s Keep Landing with the Nose Gear Sideways?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-do-airbus-a320s-keep-landing-with-the-nose-gear-sideways/1266)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [14 May 2022 02:29 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-do-airbus-a320s-keep-landing-with-the-nose-gear-sideways/1266 "2022-05-14T02:29:45Z")
It’s complicated… --- ## [The Man Who Changed the Earth’s Atmosphere—for the Worse](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-man-who-changed-the-earth-s-atmosphere-for-the-worse/1275)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [28 April 2022 18:15 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-man-who-changed-the-earth-s-atmosphere-for-the-worse/1275 "2022-04-28T18:15:35Z")
Thomas Midgley, Jr. invented two chemical technologies: leaded gasoline and chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants, both of which had unexpected averse consequences on the Earth’s atmosphere and are now banned almo… --- ## [Clever Heist Loots Beanstalk Farms Crypto Project of US$182 Million](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/clever-heist-loots-beanstalk-farms-crypto-project-of-us-182-million/1250)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [23 April 2022 23:52 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/clever-heist-loots-beanstalk-farms-crypto-project-of-us-182-million/1250 "2022-04-23T23:52:20Z")
The Verge reports, “Beanstalk cryptocurrency project robbed after hacker votes to send themself $182 million”. On Sunday \[2022-04-17\], an attacker managed to drain around $182 million of cryptocurrency from Beanstalk F… --- ## [Clown Car Space Start-up “Pythom Space” Conducts Test](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/clown-car-space-start-up-pythom-space-conducts-test/1188)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [13 April 2022 00:14 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/clown-car-space-start-up-pythom-space-conducts-test/1188 "2022-04-13T00:14:59Z")
Bishop, California based space start-up Pythom Space has no shortage of ambition. Eric Berger reports at Ars Technica, “Company that aims to race SpaceX to Mars plays with fire”, “co-founders Tina and Tom … --- ## [Peak 2022? Japanese “Killing Stone”, Said to Imprison Demon for 1000 Years, Splits in Two](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/peak-2022-japanese-killing-stone-said-to-imprison-demon-for-1000-years-splits-in-two/1007)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [10 March 2022 13:40 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/peak-2022-japanese-killing-stone-said-to-imprison-demon-for-1000-years-splits-in-two/1007 "2022-03-10T13:40:05Z")
Here is more on Sessho-seki, the “Killing Stone”. If you’ve observed an elevated number of nine-tailed foxes wandering about with evil intent since 2022-03-05, here’s your explanation. --- ## [How a Cheap Replacement Power Supply Blew Up a Computer and External Monitor](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-a-cheap-replacement-power-supply-blew-up-a-computer-and-external-monitor/922)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 February 2022 13:06 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-a-cheap-replacement-power-supply-blew-up-a-computer-and-external-monitor/922 "2022-02-22T13:06:07Z")
On the bright side, that’s one fewer Microsoft product in the world, at least for a moment. It looks like they actually took some care in isolating the high- and low-voltage sections of the circuit board, … --- ## [How a Typo Capsized a 200 Metre Cargo Ship](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-a-typo-capsized-a-200-metre-cargo-ship/887)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 February 2022 15:19 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-a-typo-capsized-a-200-metre-cargo-ship/887 "2022-02-15T15:19:00Z")
Here is the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board report, “Capsizing of Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle Carrier Golden Ray” \[PDF\]. --- ## [The 2003 Northeast U.S./Canada Electrical Blackout](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-2003-northeast-u-s-canada-electrical-blackout/886)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 February 2022 15:02 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-2003-northeast-u-s-canada-electrical-blackout/886 "2022-02-15T15:02:43Z")
How three trees and a software bug took down electrical power to more than 50 million people. Here are details of the 2003 Northeast blackout. --- ## [SpaceX to Lose Most Starlink Satellites from Last Launch to Solar Activity](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-to-lose-most-starlink-satellites-from-last-launch-to-solar-activity/857)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [10 February 2022 01:09 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-to-lose-most-starlink-satellites-from-last-launch-to-solar-activity/857 "2022-02-10T01:09:32Z")
SpaceX has posted an update on their Web Site dated 2022-02-08, “Geomagnetic Storm and Recently Deployed Starlink Satellites” (SpaceX does not provide direct links to individual update posts, so the title links to the up… --- ## [Facebook Is Number One!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/facebook-is-number-one/829)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [3 February 2022 21:36 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/facebook-is-number-one/829 "2022-02-03T21:36:20Z")
After reporting “disappointing” earnings for the just-completed quarter, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, stock plunged 20%: losing around US$ 200 billion in market capitalisation, which is more than the total … --- ## [ABL Space Systems Rocket Engine Test Failure](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/abl-space-systems-rocket-engine-test-failure/780)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [27 January 2022 20:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/abl-space-systems-rocket-engine-test-failure/780 "2022-01-27T20:31:50Z")
ABL Space Systems, a small satellite launcher founded by people with experience at SpaceX and other aerospace companies and funded with around US$ 400 million from investors including Lockheed Martin, has m… --- ## [James Webb Space Telescope Delayed Again](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/james-webb-space-telescope-delayed-again/435)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [24 November 2021 22:34 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/james-webb-space-telescope-delayed-again/435 "2021-11-24T22:34:26Z")
NASA reports in “NASA Provides Update on Webb Telescope Launch”: The launch readiness date for the James Webb Space Telescope is moving to no earlier than Dec. 22 to allow for additional testing of the observatory, fol… --- ## [Robot Dexterity](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/robot-dexterity/377)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 November 2021 15:09 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/robot-dexterity/377 "2021-11-15T15:09:39Z")
Wait for it…. --- ## [Springer Journal Retracts 44 “Earth Science” Papers as “Utter Nonsense”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/springer-journal-retracts-44-earth-science-papers-as-utter-nonsense/339)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [11 November 2021 15:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/springer-journal-retracts-44-earth-science-papers-as-utter-nonsense/339 "2021-11-11T15:18:11Z")
Retraction Watch reports “Springer Nature geosciences journal retracts 44 articles filled with gibberish” published in the Arabian Journal of Geosciences in 2021. Titles of some of the papers were distinctly odd, inclu… --- ## [Fat Finger—More Than 12,000 Ethereum Lost to Typos](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fat-finger-more-than-12-000-ethereum-lost-to-typos/141)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 October 2021 13:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fat-finger-more-than-12-000-ethereum-lost-to-typos/141 "2021-10-18T13:31:07Z")
Unlike Bitcoin public addresses, which incorporate a 32 bit checksum, the original specification for Ethereum public addresses was simply strings of 40 hexadecimal digits, for example 0xc9b83ab54c84aac4445b56a63033db3d5b… [Next page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/oops/22.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=oops)