Posts by Mog_X 110 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Dec 2011
When I was working as a student at a well-known (orange) UK supermarket in the early 80s, the manager saw me coming back into the store after lunch with a computer magazine for the VIC-20.
"Do you know about computers then? Do you want to run the System 25 on Saturdays?"
That's the point when I realised that IT was a lot less physical effort than stocking shelves.
What happens if you forget to record one of the 'entry' or 'exit' events? I'm reminded of this from HHGTTG:
"A fabulously beautiful planet, Bethselamin is now so worried about the cumulative eroision by ten billion visiting tourists a year that any net imbalance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete whilst on the planet is surgically removed from your bodyweight when you leave: so every time you go to the lavatory there it is vitally important to get a receipt."
At the very least, the captain would have been kept informed of the situation at home and it would have been up to him to tell the crew.
I thought they had to listen in to Radio 4 on long wave anyway - if it went off air they were allowed to nuke Russia.
In any case this is a daft reaction by the Admiralty, as they have been effectively all been members of the same household for months. It is no different than me having a BBQ in my garden with the wife & kids.
"Control of the port and starboard throttles was split between two helm stations"
So if the ship has taken damage on the bridge whilst in conflict with the Russians/Chinese/Swiss (delete where applicable) and one of the helmsman is taken out, can it then only steer in circles?
Here in the UK most of the results after an election have been made within six hours of the polls closing - some constituencies have an unofficial race to make the first declaration.
In the US there should be a delay, as people would still be voting on the west coast as the first results come in from earlier time zones.
I can see this becoming much worse when the proposed speed limiters come in in 2022 - a few '20' stickers placed over selected signs that show a much higher speed is going to cause unexpected braking with all the 'fun' that could cause (especially for those behind who didn't have a limiter).
Metal fans do tend to be well behaved, despite the perceived view. The main rule at a concert where a pit forms is 'if they fall down, pick them up'.
Also something a Tube employee said to our group when we were off to see Slayer at Brixton Academy a few years back - "there are 'band hoodies' and 'brand hoodies' - we never have problems with the former"
By the time you can afford the kit you won't get the benefit.
My case in point - mid fifties, mortgage paid off and could easily get a decent system, but since I now have tinnitus (partly caused by numerous rock concerts, plus one of my dogs barking too close once), a bog-standard set of headphones are just as good.
Same applies to televisions - why get a 4K screen if I'm looking at it through varifocals?
TonyJ, I sort of did the opposite - lived in the South East (well, about 30 miles north of London) and hated the commute and crowding. When my company did a relocation further north many of my colleagues jumped ship, but I took the relocation package.
Now I'm living in the same (I suspect) National Forest that you are next to, with a 30 minute commute and a bigger house.
To be fair to the user, there are legitimate reasons for the colour schemes to be changed - red/green colour blindness and other visual impairments can make some screens difficult to see.
But as other people have said, the absence of a 'Test Environment' label on the screen is the real problem.
"It always embarrassed Samuel Vimes when civilians tried to speak to him in what they thought was “policeman.” If it came to that, he hated thinking of them as civilians. What was a policeman, if not a civilian with a uniform and a badge? But they tended to use the term these days as a way of describing people who were not policemen. It was a dangerous habit: once policemen stopped being civilians the only other thing they could be was soldiers."
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