Posts by Stoneshop

the next wrung up.

Wrong rung.

Re: I'd have gone for Risk!!

... an invasion of a large number of people, 1066 of which were called Norman.

Re: Freedom of expresion / speech does not apply

the government may not, except in well defined circumstances, restrict freedom of expression.

This sounds like a US-based AC.

In other jurisdictions, other rules may apply. Whether you, and others, like that or not.

And if it turns out to be the C-Suite, the CEO, or the shareholders?

Even better.

The intent was to control the rate of spread,

Which means Cunnings should have been walking very very slowly, not running.

Re: 2 meters

I have several bench power supplies.

One of them goes up to 1kV.

I treat it with respect.

Re: "two metres (six and a half feet)"

1.5 meters would get you closer together than you normally would.

clowns bulk buying flour even though they have never baked a loaf of bread in their lives.

One wonders about their arse-wiping capabilities.

Re: And use food delivery services where you can.

Besides, I quite like the idea of getting my groceries delivered in an armored car.

"Deadly force will be deployed against loo roll looters"

after being cooped up with two others

Apollo could hold three total, And I don't think there was a stowaway in the LEM; people would have noticed at some point,

Certainly not intelligent life.

And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space

Cause there's bugger-all down here on Earth.

Looking around for some data to compare that black hole tsunami to I came across an article reporting that the Milky Way is twice as thick as previously measured, so it's clear that looking for intelligent life may have a better chance of succeeding when looking elsewhere.

Re: Mindboggingly fast

$ units

Re: "They reckon it’ll only get faster over time"

I have to admit I am simply astounded that someone managed to do physics A level without coming across the Crooke's radiometer.

I'm similarly astounded that that physics A level has clearly not left the ability to do some simple unit conversions as well as noticing that power and energy are differing simply because one incorporates a time component while the other does not, and hence aren't directly comparable.

Re: "They reckon it’ll only get faster over time"

You're not making things any clearer.

This explanation is worth exactly what you paid for it.

So comparing power with energy is like comparing apples and pears?

Nope. It's comparing apples per unit of time to apples.

Re: Uh-oh.

Paint yourself white

Tinfoil. Shiny side out.

Re: "They reckon it’ll only get faster over time"

E.g. for a planet earth example, in energy terms, how much does a 10KW radio transmitter output compare to someone blowing up a balloon?

The transmitter output is power (watts, joules per second, norrislinguini per fortnight), while the quasar outflow is energy (verybignum joules, stillverybignum terawatthours, staggeringlyhugenum hamstersaros).

In short: conformability error

Also improves when you include the hospitals’ marketting and billing departments in medical staff.

It's just fair to count them as such as they make sure the other staff won't ever be out of a job,

... by causing high blood pressure, ulcers, heart attacks and strokes.

Yes.

Re: Well

I expect we'll see testing numbers skyrocket here, as soon as Ivankacorp LLC gets the sole-source contract for the tests.

Nope. IvankaCorp LLC will obviously try to order testing kit from the cheapest supplier on Amazon, who happens to be based in China. Cheapest, because Profit!!11!Eleven So. delivery is stalled until Daddy opens the borders again and lets that nasty Corona beer come in again.

From The Meaning of Liff:

DORRIDGE (n.)

Technical term for one of the lame excuses written in very small print on the side of packets of food or washing powder to explain why there's hardly anything inside. Examples include 'Contents may have settled in transit' and 'To keep each biscuit fresh they have been individually wrapped in silver paper and cellophane and separated with corrugated lining, a cardboard flap, and heavy industrial tyres'

a wee one in Brussels...

That statuette is you?

Re: Not cheap

I once had a need to print nearly 30000 barcode stickers, back in the days when printshops didn't cater to this type of jobs if they even were around, laser printers were Large && Expensive and were either still Expensive second-hand, or broken (and still Large in either case), and inkjets had just come into being and were not at all destined for home use yet. So my NEC P7 it was, and pinfeed sticker stock.

After a few short test runs I was convinced it would do the job without further supervision, loaded the first box of stickers and a fresh ink ribbon, and went out. After what I had calculated to be the earliest time to return home I came back, found 7500 correctly printed stickers, fed the strip back in (two columns stock, but the software could manage only one), continued the job at 7501 and went out again. Repeat at 15k, with a fresh ribbon, and 22k5.

At University I found myself in possession of some HP line printer, but we never managed to get the (parallel, differential signalling) interface converted to something our Beebs and Apples could drive. So the bigger noise problem was averted; it was already noticeable when idling.

(icon: hearing protectors)

Re: "the prangs may occur between the years 2131 and 2923"

just having the El Reg commentariat step outside and flap our arms for a bit.

How about some merchandise? A set of clip-on[0] vulture wings to improve efficiency, and an associated wings icon for the forum posts?

[0] wax has been proved a bad idea by Icarus already.