* Posts by mric

5 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Jun 2011

Legendary investor scoffs IBM stake, nibble by nibble

mric

Pump and Dump?

Berkshire Hathaway's average net stock turn is 5% per annum i.e. an average 20 year holding period. I doubt this is a pump and dump.

Stats king SAS surfs the analytics wave

mric

Rhymes with "pass"?

I think it rhymes with "gas", not the long A of "pass".

Diminutive robot to attempt Iron Man Triathalon

mric

Publishing capacities

Battery manufacturers should only be made to publish capacities on non-rechargeables if they also publish self-discharge rates at room temperature for rechargeables.

Standard NiMH rechargeables lose betwee 0.5% and 1% of their charge each day. They are great for frequent use items, but otherwise....

(For comparison, standard non-rechargeables lose around 1% in 6 months, and Eneloop-style rechargeables lose around 1% in four weeks.)

StreetView gets the willies in Victoria

mric

Nothing to see

Perhaps the journalist should take a Rorschach test.

Sandi Toksvig puts the 'n' into cuts - on the Beeb

mric

Of course kids heard it

I was listening with my wife and three children aged 5,7 and 11. The 11 year old is wise enough to know not to ask about words like that, and the other two are too young to have noticed it. Even if one of them had raised the point, I would have been happy to explain.

What's the problem?