Bio Diesel still
Why?
Do people actually expect all the 37s to be withdrawn that soon?
I expect some will hit 80 years of service.
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UK urged to choo-choo-choose hydrogen-powered trains in pursuit of carbon-neutral economic growth
Thursday 24th June 2021 10:30 GMT 
My thoughts
In the long run electrification is the real sensible answer, but some battery back up to fill in the gaps.
Something like the far north currently is only practical with Diesel, range would be an issue with any non traditional railway traction.
That said is someone fitting 3rd rail to the highland lines? I have seen the pictures of the Southern region electrics there.
Highest priority is fill in the 25kV gaps.
Then the small number of 750V DC gaps in the south east.
Then the unelectrifed main lines such as the main line through Cornwall.
Short branches such as St Ives would be fine with battery packs as long as it can charge off the 25kV overhead.
Longer runs with light usage are a quandary, maybe use bio Diesel.
Russia spoofed AIS data to fake British warship's course days before Crimea guns showdown
John McAfee dead: Antivirus tycoon killed himself in prison after court OK'd extradition, says lawyer
New York congressman puts forward federal right-to-repair bill
What Microsoft's Windows 11 will probably look like
Thursday 17th June 2021 09:42 GMT
The one thing I would dread is.
I had to use a really shitty version of windows a while ago after my work 7 machine fried itself. It was worse than 10 simply because the window titles were not where they should be.
I had to search each title bar to find the name, and it added a lot of time to my coding time.
Window open, now were is the module name? Oh over there.
It was actually painfull.
Intrepid Change.org user launches petition to make Jeff Bezos' space trip one-way
Want to keep working in shorts and flipflops way after this is all over? It could be time to rethink your career moves
Monday 14th June 2021 09:59 GMT
I do not miss my commute at all
5 to 6 hours per week more time.
No as soon at home time come scarper before the traffic goes bad.
No sat at the same junction every day for 5 minutes to go to work.
No weekly fill ups.
No sat in most depressing town in the county.
No driving past empty warehouse after empty warehouse because the local council will NOT allow office building.*
But I have had, me only person in office, very depressing late in afternoon.
But I slightly miss the abilty to commute past 3 specialists for my car make.
I miss the odd greenlaning session on way home.
I miss flying past a slow driving Porsche who then suddenly wakes up.
* Half the staff live in same town as me. And we could not find a local office so had to chose another town 30 minutes away.
Amazon exec's husband jailed for two years for insider trading. Yes, with Amazon stock
Monday 14th June 2021 08:37 GMT
Re: Got too greedy yet.....
I was refering to the fact that insider trading is illegal, but it is not illegal to short a company to bankruptcy.
Insider trading gets caught simply due to greed.
Oh and I am still a little puzzled as to why using information about a company is illegal.
can someone explain it please?
Baby Space Shuttle biz chases dreams at Spaceport Cornwall
'Ring of fire' headed to northern UK – a partial solar eclipse, not the sensation you get after a potent vindaloo
FBI paid renegade developer $180k for backdoored AN0M chat app that brought down drug underworld
Oracle hits UK reseller with lawsuit for allegedly reselling grey market Sun hardware
Tuesday 8th June 2021 10:45 GMT
Re: Restrictions of forward sale
I know someone living there and he is furious over this as he liked Dairy Milk, cannot get UK made and a well know company with a factory in Bourneville was prosecuted by the sick manufacturers for selling Dairy Milk in US.
If I was in charge of the proper side I would have removed sicks licence immediately.
Just when everyone thought things might be looking up, Dido Harding admits interest in top job at NHS England
How many remote controls do you really need? Answer: about a bowl-ful
Friday 4th June 2021 12:59 GMT
At one stage I was up to 8
TV DVD PS3 AMP MD a few PVRs, a Scart switcher
Now down to 2
TV & PVR
Amp - started setting amp off, batteries out
MD - on top of MD player
DVD - batteries flat put it somewhere
PVRs - 1 killed by shit firmware, 1 free PVR killed by server shutting
Scart Switcher - when you realise that remaining Scart devices are < number of Scarts on TV, courtesy of crap PVRs
Rule of PVRs
ONLY BUY HUMAX!
Report commissioned by Google says Google isn't to blame for the death of print news
Why did automakers stall while the PC supply chain coped with a surge? Because Big Tech got priority access
Thursday 3rd June 2021 09:47 GMT
Re: Shakes fist at cloud
Pre coil pack systems, electronic ignition was very simple a pick up in the distributor instead of points, and an amplifier.
What drive the distributor?
The camshaft.
I needed to replace my cam with a lumpier one, so of course I lifted the distributor out and refitted afterwards.
Timed with my gun against the pulley.
Tuesday 1st June 2021 11:59 GMT
Re: Shakes fist at cloud
Points, they are evil.
Much prefer a simple transistorised controller.
Carb, setting them up, a PITA.
Much prefer EFI compared to carbs.
Adjusting for state of tune, trimming them, balancing them, cost me quite a bit for an expert to do on his rolling road.
Want no electronics? get a basic Diesel with no electrics whatsoever. Crank handle to fire it.
Dominic Cummings: Health secretary's 'stupid' targets delayed building UK test and trace system to combat COVID
Amazon puts an $8.5bn MGM in its shopping cart, clicks on checkout
Sony makes a play for edge compute chores with smart sensors
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UK's competition watchdog gives £31bn Virgin Media and O2 merger the seal of approval
Beyond video to interactive, personalised content: BBC is experimenting with rebuilding its iPlayer in WebAssembly
Accidentally wiped an app's directory? Hey, just play the 'unscheduled maintenance' card. Now you're a hero
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