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Re: Vital detail missing

Ah, Bug Dens as the locals used to call them.

Re: Six Flags Great America in Chicago

I have a dim memory of what a fannypack was, but I have no idea what this comment means.

Re: What do you mean, "It's been done?"

ObIT: Is that Larry Ellison in the bottom right?

Re: 5G Ohhh Ahh!

Other than the bandwidth monitor, what Apps do you have on your 'phone that can use 400 Mb/s? Can anyone sling ads at you at that rate?

Re: 79, 75, 77

> So, they were quite younger when they did their thing.

Will anyone remember, yet alone reward, the Kardashians when they are that old?

ObReg: == Bring us Dabbsy back! ==

Re: Words, words and more words

Surely Ascension is too small? How about Zanzibar?

Re: a low-end "smart" TV

FON was a great way to be nice to strangers or get wifi when out and about, killed in the UK when BT borged it. I've noticed that there still are a few Foneros around the Mediterranean, msybe elsewhere? Good mobile data bandwidth is still patchy.

Re: Small decentralized, please

Come back Navitron!

Where can I buy Chinese eco-home products in the UK nowadays, without them being rebadged and extortionateky priced?

Re: Do any analog watches

It's not difficult at all if the designer understands how O-rings work. I have two 1970s diving watches going strong. One is self winding, so has only been opened once, the other needs a battery every 5(?) years.

Re: Stopped me from one website

Nah, that's last years model. It doesn't have the live scorpions.

Re: Herr Hauser Surely you Beau Gest

@lordrobot

Ah, so the British Industrial Revolution was Marx's inspiration? You learn something every day!

Re: Worse than the use of “shined” in the subheading?

Eh, what? Polishing shoes is so nineteen fifties'. Nowadays we might wash them.

Re: Braking distance

Surely cars have been getting heavier since the 60s?

Re: Trussed Up

Just for starters: Ailsa Craig, Allerdale, Baron Bigod, Binham Blue, Caerphilly, Cashel Blue, Dorstone, Double Gloucester, H........, but I think you'll get stuck at Y...

There must be hundreds that aren't adulterated Cheddars.

Re: Heat engines

> 59% of that is re-radiated from the night side as infra red radiation. Good thing too, things would be rather toasty if it wasn't.

Wot? The sunny side is hotter and must rereadiate even more than the cold side. The sum of reradiation from both sides can't be other than 100%.

Re: B...... Calendars

Have yo not noticed, that"text messages" are as near as dammit free nowadays? That you can send texts to multiple addresses? That texts aren't just limited to short messages?

Whatsapp is great if you live in the third world and have to pay handsomely for SMS and calls and love Zuckerberg riflling your data..

Re: Third ink?

Well technically, the wire lead is also a resistor. In this case the graphite and carbon black is acting as an extension of the wire lead. (The pedantic might note that before wetting, the carbon is acting as one plate in an (unused) capicitor!)

Re: You can not be serious, man ...

By "relative sophistication" I assumed that was comparing it with DOS.

Re: Syringe & Liquid

Ye-es, but why use glue rather than a stable fluid?

Re:Fluorescent grey

I call it SMIDSY grey.

Re: Years ago....

@42656e4d203239

Chapeau!

For the ingenious circumlocution.

I guess you solve or set a lot of cryptic crosswords.

Re: Let Amazon watch over you and run your entire life

Can you scratch a lubricated arse?

Presumably, the corridor can be crossed by other corridors if those corridors occupy different altitudes.

Stamp Sized?

I'm still waiting for the return of the 11" Air. Still bigger than an EEPC, but oh so portable. So, I'm still using my 2011 Air with 4GB memory and a 1TB SSD. 16 GB of memory might be enough, but I'd really like a 4TB SSD.

Re: I've heard all kinds of stories like this

> It is simply never a good idea to "hide" something unsavoury inside code or on drives etc. It will eventually be discovered

I recall a gentler time when computers (mainframes only back then), were demonstrated with a file containing just the words of "Eskimo Nell". That impressed management far more than the computer generated graphics of a ball bouncing endlessly up an Escher staircse, or the ability to update and print the daily production and sales reports in just a few minutes.

Re: Opinion

Whereas horse-pukey is like quickly rejected barley?

Re: Researchers are already looking for a workaround no doubt.

Civilised countries put drains in the streets so that you don't need to piss on peoples' doors.

Re: Because they didn't ask "Alan" before booking the flight

No Internet in the 1980s? Where were you in the 1980s?

Re: Android Apps

Don't you ask about systemd first?

Re: Rail "cargo" trains from China to Europe.

> There are microwave boilers - the one aspect i am unable to find out (so far) is the running costs compared to gas boilers. (https://www.heatwayv.com/)

That sounds utterly crazy! A "microwave boiler" can't put any more heat into water than a simple electric boiler with resistive elements and is going to cost more to manufacture and maintain! The only way an electric boiler is going to compete with a gas boiler, is if it uses some kind of heat pump. (Unless we're talking about keeping people warm in their homes, by generating microwaves in their vicinity to keep their skin warm - hardly a "boiler". I think I prefer the tan I get from sleeping on a 100W atomic pile.)

I see that Heatwavy is remarkably coy about anything but the price of their bolers.

Re: Bought a shed

Doesn't every body need at least 2 dishwashers? Otherwise you're going to need to move the clean dishes to storage before you use them again!

Distance from the Mediterranean?

You've obviously never been to Southern Italy or Sicily. If they were to hit a pedestrian they'd probably die of shame. Just watch how skilfully all the drivers avoid the little old lady who just steps into the road knowing she doesn't need to look. It's not enough to think you're a good driver, you have to demonstrate it to everyone nearby.

Re: At least they're not additional, long-lasting space garbage

> They burn up on re-entry.

Then the metallic and semi-conductor oxides rain down on the surface instead.