Posts by graeme leggett

Re: Leading edge slots?

Contemporary reporting of the competition. Legal unpleasantness not the sole reason for failure to take prize.

"The Handley Page entry, the " Gugnunc," failed on the slow glide, without engine. The maximum speed for this was set at 38 m.p.h., a figure which was reached during tests at Martlesham Heath, but during the competition a figure of 39.7 was quoted as the best achieved. "

https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%200098.html

The Flight/Flight International archive is a wonderful source of info.

Whether this is a "better" designed study or not, its findings should be replicated first as they seem to run counter to other studies and the epidemiological data (ie mobile phone usage up but no corresponding cancer increase)

Re: Honest question

As in " I was browsing the internet and saw some pictures of naked people. I averted my eyes and looked at my enormous wooden desktop while fiddling with my mouse trying to make it go away."

Re: They aren't entirely mad.

Text of press release says "The Commission is proposing legislation to ensure that consumers seeking to buy products and services in another EU country, be it online or in person, are not discriminated against in terms of access to prices, sales or payment conditions, unless this is objectively justified for reasons such as VAT or certain public interest legal provisions."

This bit, and accompanying text, seems to indicate that as an eg Belgian buyer you shouldn't be prevented from accessing the seller's Dutch website and seeing if the price offered in the Netherlands is cheaper and that you shouldn't be prevented from buying from a French website with a UK credit card if you so desire.

Re: Stop overthinking stupid things and use your brain on something productive.

Hard to understand such a secretive thing on basis of too few clues.

What used to called Kremlinology when it was about guessing Soviet foreign policy based on latest news about tractor production quotas.

Re: Expect very little commercial activity

The Voice seems to have its origins in Netherlands and Endemol

Re: Wot?

perhaps other councils had up to date agreements so they didn't show up in this list

Thurrock was unlucky because the person who deals with the agreement was on long term sick leave/left post and not replaced/forgot ...?

Re: How about building a self test mechanism for blocked pitots.

You've just described a dozen more things to be added to an aircraft. that would need to be checked at maintenance intervals, that could go wrong and might lead to a plane/flight being grounded while investigated.

Re: Fair compromise

Controller of BBC2, director of programmes at BBC, probably could have been BC Director-General if he'd wanted to.

By those counts alone , much more than a presenter.

Re: Best thing about BT and Sky squabbling over football rights...

I remember , as a kid, "World of Sport" (with Dickie Davies) which included a variety of sports, well...wrestling and horse racing ("ITV 7" is probably a channel name now)

Re: “a category waiting for a market”

"next to an alarm clock, drive to work (dashboard clock) and sit at a computer (desktop clock) - I won't disagree with them."

For me, I also have clock on the telephone on my desk, one on the wall over to my left, my mobile phone is displaying the time while charging. Between all those and my colleagues that leave work at set times before me, I haven't needed a timepiece on my wrist as well to note the passing of the hours.

would you rather the 70s?

Second pic, after Servlan

http://www.tv-ooh.com/2012/03/blakes-7-dvd-rewatch-season-1-episode-6.html

Libel law changes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Chiropractic_Association_v_Singh

led to "new statutory defences of truth, honest opinion, and "publication on a matter of public interest" or privileged publications "

and "requiring claimants to show actual or probable serious harm ", "setting limits on geographical relevance,"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation_Act_2013

Re: As a ratio?

Very interesting. Even if we assume that the ratio between USA and the other countries is way off, it's not likely to be by an order of magnitude.

Three interpretations spring to mind, none of which I can speak to the validity of, 1) USA is very poor at making requests (eg law enforcement can't be bothered), 2) law enforcement is more selective (assume that requests will be denied, request will give no useful information), or 3) and this will fuel the suspicious-minded, they have another way of getting information.

Re: There is so much bollocks ...

Seems the EU puts some developmental money through the "BBC World Service Trust" to deliver stuff to other parts of the world

http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=84760

Re: An odd thought...

House prices. The Daily Mail is always banging on about house prices so I'm not surprised.

But "teenage boffin"?

Companies, especially the larger ones, self-insure on small value stuff (your definition of small may be different to theirs) as the cost/risk is lower than the hassle of paying the premium and making the claim when required.

You don't, and shouldn't, have to insure the company's kit, but you shouldn't be careless either.

Re: "Parallel imports"

the Prescription Price Regulation Scheme exists to stop British pharma ramping up branded medicine prices quickly

Re: Dull

There are such things out there (certainly to put multiple Edison screw into bayonet )

http://www.amazon.co.uk/VANKER-Extend-Holder-Adapter-Converter/dp/B0140SDR2A

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ELINKUME-Lamp-Socket-Converter-into/dp/B00WDZJFQK/

But quality might be suspect, the closeup views on Amazon can be quite revealing.

There is a standard for bayonet connectors BS EN 61184

Re: They'll have to "remaster" ET again

the effects were done by ILM, so perhaps that's added to your confusion.

Re: Even Windows 7 has sometimes weird UI behaviour

Yep. Its part of the Intel display driver. After the third instance of a colleague accidentally rotating their display, I've now taken to going round and disabling the hot keys setting in the Intel control panel before the problem occurs.

Re: 256KB of Flash

I'll add to that. In so far as initial experience of ZX81 owners was typing programs in from magazines, kids often had a chance to see what a particular line of code did when it was typed wrong.

And once they'd got over that, how to make the game easier by upping number of lives or decreasing the strength of the monsters in the maze. A form of learning by tinkering with the mechanism.

Re: This is why everyone thinks students are w*****s

And an ex-Beeb man too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-35860760 "Boaty McBoatface instigator 'sorry' for ship name suggestion"

RSS Everybody Down!

Re: I could govern the whole of the Internet

"What I don't understand is what the governance of the Internet has to do with money."

I'm sorry. While you made a good impression with the panel and we found your views interesting and well argued, we don't feel you're the person we're looking for this role.

[sound of fat manila envelope sliding across table]

But perhaps we shouldn't be hasty with our decisions.... tell me, do you play golf? There's a lovely course in Bermuda. It's right next to the beach...

Re: Oh yeah--BRING IT, PEEPLE!!

"dwile flonking"

careful, giving away your location (and/or territorial affiliations) there.