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January 8[edit]

How Ferrari/Maserati cars are shipped from Italy, inspected and prepared for shipping across the U.S.?[edit]

I want to know about how the Ferrari/Maserati cars are shipped from Italy to the U.S., inspected and prepared for shipping across the U.S.. What's the main U.S. port that Ferrari/Maserati arrived?

And what company that transports Ferrari/Maserati cars from Italy by sea? --Kiel457 (talk) 09:45, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Are you building an encyclopedia of how to transport cars, one question at a time? :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:22, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like you're planning a heist!122.111.9.57 (talk) 12:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Or an AL. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:33, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

They probably just put them in a big intermodal container and ship them like any other cargo. Here and here are pictures of ones designed to carry them. Any dock close to the final destination could be used. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 07:14, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's not much of an answer. The OP wants to know the specifics of which freight/cargo companies and which ports are used. --Viennese Waltz 07:45, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, in Port of New York and New Jersey: Vehicle Shipping and Processing, car importer FAPS, Inc. lists Ferrari and Maserati among its processor accounts for Port Newark, if that helps any. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:26, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Poop on Twitter[edit]

I was looking to see if Homestarrunner and Strongbad have Twitter accounts and, then, I was looking for other characters. I checked Poopsmith and found a guy who posts pictures of what I assume is his poop every day. Maybe I'm just a prude, but isn't that against Twitter policy? I was going to report his account, but I didn't see how to do so. 209.149.113.90 (talk) 14:00, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why on Earth would that be against regulations? EDIT: Actually, with you mentioning the word prude, does that mean you think this has sexual connotations of some kind? I would worry slightly if that's your first association upon seeing faeces.... The again, to each his own! 131.251.254.154 (talk) 14:54, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think recent events in Paris should remind us that just being discomfited or upset by a particular image is not a reason to restrict someone else's freedom of expression. You may well be able to find something in Twitter's terms of service which will allow you to demand that the image be removed - I'm sure they'll be written with sufficient latitude to allow Twitter to do anything it wants - but it's unclear what you'll gain by doing so, other than preventing someone from doing something just because you don't like it. The adult thing to do is just to think "ewww, I don't like that, I'm not looking at that page again". I found this worked well for me after I was encouraged to watch "2 Girls, 1 Cup"; as soon as I realised what was going on, I stopped watching because it made me feel queasy. I didn't feel the need to complain, I just decided not to look at it again.

The question was about Twitter policy (and it's been answered below), not about ways to "restrict someone's freedom of expression". Freedom of the press, as someone said, belongs to those who own one, and in this case that means it's up to Twitter whether the posting it allowed or not. --65.94.50.4 (talk) 23:39, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If, of course, you find yourself obsessing about this, and perhaps going back to check the Twitter account every day, I respectfully suggest that there may be something else going on in your head. If it's simply not to your personal taste, ignore it and move on. RomanSpa (talk) 15:06, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a link to Twitter's policy on "Offensive content" [1] Of note

“

Users are allowed to post content, including potentially inflammatory content, as long as they’re not violating the Twitter Rules. It’s important to know that Twitter does not screen content or remove potentially offensive content.

”

The Twitter Rules link is here [2], and it seems to mostly permit most anything except for harassment, impersonation, copyright and trademark violation, etc. Pornographic pictures are banned for a profile picture or background - though you can still e.g. post links to pornographic pictures. So I don't think you have any recourse with Twitter, though I suggest you follow RomanSpa's advice and not look at or follow users who post things you don't like. SemanticMantis (talk) 15:15, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you look hard enough, there's a LOT worse stuff on Twitter than pictures of poop! Haha :D but seriously, in relation to being able to report things, I've tried before when I've seen bullying or threats - you can only report someone if they are saying something to or about YOU. If you follow the reporting process, it gets to a drop down menu to choose how it is impacting you - there are no options beyond personal impact. Ergo there's nothing can or need to do about it - just click back on your browser and move on... gazhiley 11:43, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]