War veterans settling in Australia after World War I, the often-forgotten continent at the edge of the world, face an unusual challenge. A horde of 20,000 wild emus threatens their existence. The “Great Emu War” of 1932 unfolds as the army engages these nimble birds with machine guns. Despite intensive efforts and over 10,000 fired rounds, the war concludes with a bizarre victory for the emus.
Category: General
Christoph (aka. chr15), a self-taught individual who enjoys building things, reading thick books, writing software, an experienced network and data center engineer with a penchant for Open Source technologies and automation. Curiously pokes around a mechanical typewriter, attempting to prove the infinite monkey theorem.