I don’t believe it is the Titanic. Wrong funnel layout, should be four funnels and even with the cropped photo you should be seeing at least the third one or a portion of it before the upper level ends.
There are approximately 428,392,173 genuine vintage images of various old cities available on the Internet, even if I did just make up that number out of thin air. I mean, I did say approximately.
Then why make one up?
Okay, I’m not saying this is definitely AI… only that neither the file name, which calls it a “charming” vintage street scene, nor anything in my search, identifies the city or the year.
Meanwhile… There are train or trolley tracks right in the middle of the street, which is too narrow for two cars, especially when one is so much wider than the tracks.
The street also seems to narrow to nothingness a little ways ahead.
The car is not only too wide, it, and the other car in the foreground, absolutely dwarf the puny humans, who, as in most AI images, are standing around everywhere, some in the street. Most seem faceless… one on the left between the cars looks headless.
There are no visible license plates or shop signs…
“Express” 1939… another from Arkady Shaikhet, the early Soviet photojournalist.
Taken at Uldelnaya station, of the 2-3-2 steam train to Leningrad…
an experimental locomotive built in the Soviet Union for hauling express passenger trains, before WWII.
We had this picture before, but I know I didn’t find this caption….
A benefit of repeating.
From Getty images:
“In jig time for St Patrick’s day are Sister Mary Justus of the Sisters of the Sisters of Notre Dame and two young friends, who reel to the glory of Ireland’s Patron Saint at here March 14, 1964. The two youngsters from the United Fund nursery are Charles Kelly (left) and Bobby Morris.”
What they didn’t mention, but other, less detailed results do, is that this is in St. Louis, Mo.
Several sites, say pretty much the same thing, including Getty Images, which is usually one of the most trustworthy. Their caption is “30th May 1936: A very young passenger asks a station attendant for directions, on the railway platform at Bristol.”
But I can’t imagine anyone sending a child that young on a train journey, alone, especially without teaching her exactly where she should be, having a note in her pocket and one pinned to her coat, and hopefully having asked attendants to watch out for her.
A couple of sites mention it in conjunction with Operation Peter Pan, when over a million children were evacuated from London in WWII… but that took place over 3 years later, in late 1939. Besides, they were in large groups, and not unaccompanied.
A mystery.
Another mystery is that the file name of this image is in Dutch, which Google translates as “The Old Year Has Passed.” Well, that explains it, them.
I put a more mathematical, and algebraic, solution to yesterday’s Cat/Dog/Bunny puzzle. Might be easier to follow (I did show my working for extra credit).
Much edited for length, from Wikipedia: “The Palais Garnier, the historic opera house at the Place de l’Opéra in Paris. Built for the Paris Opera by Emperor Napoleon III, it was the primary theatre of the Paris Opera and Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when the Opéra Bastille, opened at the Place de la Bastille. The company now uses the Palais Garnier mainly for ballet.”
A national monument of France, it’s an amazing building.
I didn’t find a year for this picture… but I can’t resist posting this one of another part, that I found while searching…
Wow!
The photo is authentic… I saw many similar ones in my search, taken in various years.
We’re looking at the staircase from the top.
Underneath, it’s supported by spectacular columns, with solid marble surrounding a hidden, heavy steel framework, with arched support.
Many parts of the staircase itself, like rails, steps and balustrades, are also solid marble… Heavy, yes, but also won’t crumble… And they, too, are attached to a steel framework.
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I think his name is Butch.
Even though he looks a lot like Tige.
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Back in the days when men were men, and women were men.
Plus having the babies and doing the laundry.
And sheep were nervous!
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Uh oh…. Are the rats deserting, as well?
Yeah, that’s not a good sign!
No worries! the Queen Mary was a good ship. It even carries my family to Canada!
That ship looks like the “Titanic” to me…
I don’t believe it is the Titanic. Wrong funnel layout, should be four funnels and even with the cropped photo you should be seeing at least the third one or a portion of it before the upper level ends.
Titanic
Titanic’s funnels would have been taller, Queen Elizabeth’s would have been shorter. Queen Mary for sure!!
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There are approximately 428,392,173 genuine vintage images of various old cities available on the Internet, even if I did just make up that number out of thin air. I mean, I did say approximately.
Then why make one up?
Okay, I’m not saying this is definitely AI… only that neither the file name, which calls it a “charming” vintage street scene, nor anything in my search, identifies the city or the year.
Meanwhile… There are train or trolley tracks right in the middle of the street, which is too narrow for two cars, especially when one is so much wider than the tracks.
The street also seems to narrow to nothingness a little ways ahead.
The car is not only too wide, it, and the other car in the foreground, absolutely dwarf the puny humans, who, as in most AI images, are standing around everywhere, some in the street. Most seem faceless… one on the left between the cars looks headless.
There are no visible license plates or shop signs…
You can draw your own conclusions.
Using as description the title above provides, Ecosia AI created this:
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“Express” 1939… another from Arkady Shaikhet, the early Soviet photojournalist.
Taken at Uldelnaya station, of the 2-3-2 steam train to Leningrad…
an experimental locomotive built in the Soviet Union for hauling express passenger trains, before WWII.
2-3-2 refers to the wheel arrangement.
In conventional Whyte Notation, that makes it a 4-6-4 Baltic wheel arrangement.
Now I need to get my Little Blue Book copy of “Little Chuff-Chuff and Big Streamliner” out of the vault to check the wheel arrangement!
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We had this picture before, but I know I didn’t find this caption….
A benefit of repeating.
From Getty images:
“In jig time for St Patrick’s day are Sister Mary Justus of the Sisters of the Sisters of Notre Dame and two young friends, who reel to the glory of Ireland’s Patron Saint at here March 14, 1964. The two youngsters from the United Fund nursery are Charles Kelly (left) and Bobby Morris.”
What they didn’t mention, but other, less detailed results do, is that this is in St. Louis, Mo.
She isn’t going anywhere fast.
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Several sites, say pretty much the same thing, including Getty Images, which is usually one of the most trustworthy. Their caption is “30th May 1936: A very young passenger asks a station attendant for directions, on the railway platform at Bristol.”
But I can’t imagine anyone sending a child that young on a train journey, alone, especially without teaching her exactly where she should be, having a note in her pocket and one pinned to her coat, and hopefully having asked attendants to watch out for her.
A couple of sites mention it in conjunction with Operation Peter Pan, when over a million children were evacuated from London in WWII… but that took place over 3 years later, in late 1939. Besides, they were in large groups, and not unaccompanied.
A mystery.
Another mystery is that the file name of this image is in Dutch, which Google translates as “The Old Year Has Passed.” Well, that explains it, them.
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Same
Using PEMDAS:
10 x 4 = 40
40 / 40 = 1
80 – 1 = 79
I put a more mathematical, and algebraic, solution to yesterday’s Cat/Dog/Bunny puzzle. Might be easier to follow (I did show my working for extra credit).
uh, when I use PEMDAS
I meant to say ‘equals’ 64
Multiplication before Division – PEMDAS
No.
Do things in
Parentheses First,
Exponent,
Multiply or Divide before you
Add or Subtract
Otherwise just go left to right.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-pemdas.html
I still say these things need brackets…
That’s always a good choice.
They make no sense without parentheses.
As I’ve said before, they only get posted this way to spark debate, or serve as ragebait.
Nobody who really wants to be understood would be so ambiguous, unless they really didn’t know any better.
Like – good math teachers?
that’s what I got—(and a clever way of revealing it)
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I was buying this, thinking it was a cute scene. But then I noticed the right ear of the dog in the foreground. What’s up with that?
I’m thinking they must be all or part French bulldog… They’re a bit large for purebred, but I’m not really sure how big they can get.
Frenchies have large, sometimes very large, upright ears. Why one might be bigger than the other, I can’t say…
But in the posts I saw, no one seemed to be thinking it wasn’t real.
Oh! I just realized… that ear is in front of a pink bow, attached to his collar. It looks like part of the ear, but it isn’t.
Yeah, I think the other dog has a bow on the collar as well.
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Much edited for length, from Wikipedia: “The Palais Garnier, the historic opera house at the Place de l’Opéra in Paris. Built for the Paris Opera by Emperor Napoleon III, it was the primary theatre of the Paris Opera and Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when the Opéra Bastille, opened at the Place de la Bastille. The company now uses the Palais Garnier mainly for ballet.”
A national monument of France, it’s an amazing building.
I didn’t find a year for this picture… but I can’t resist posting this one of another part, that I found while searching…
Wow!
It’s pretty plain. They really ought to fancy it up a bit.
I know Napoleon III didn’t have a lot of money… but a little paint would spiff it right up.
Beautiful interior shot!
For the photo with the staircase, that’s a lot of weight for it to bear…
Not judging the authenticity of the B&W photo…
The photo is authentic… I saw many similar ones in my search, taken in various years.
We’re looking at the staircase from the top.
Underneath, it’s supported by spectacular columns, with solid marble surrounding a hidden, heavy steel framework, with arched support.
Many parts of the staircase itself, like rails, steps and balustrades, are also solid marble… Heavy, yes, but also won’t crumble… And they, too, are attached to a steel framework.
Like the old saying goes…
“They don’t build them now like they used to…”
Thanks Susan.
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The aliens have finished the build and are just leaving site….
Ryder’s House (1933), Edward Hopper.
Volcano Hummingbird.
Does it periodically erupt?
Susan esta smart aleck
Isn’t that at least a little better than a dumb aleck?
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