Recent content by antipodean

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Well, to follow the other examples work stops at a work station ...

A bus stops at a bus station. A train stops at a train station. On my desk I have a work station ... :whistling: :)

Well, I avert my eyes from the advertisements by skipping over them to subvert the advertisers attempts at marketing items i don't need ...

It is that bit that you avert by skipping over it by going to the next bookmark ... :)

Perhaps they want to turn your power off for non-payment ... :whistling:

Every automatic requires this AIUI. haven't found an auto that doesn't, but then my selection of auto vehicles has been limited over the years. Manual cars in USA require you to put your foot on the clutch to start it, legal requirement apparently, apart from it being a good habit anyway.

I think the one time I watched one of those was when motorway cops stopped someone speeding - and it wasn't just a little bit over the limit, from memory it was approaching ton-up. The speeding driver turned out to be a police driving instructor. I wonder how much instructing he got to do...

My automatic gearbox provides a nice amount of engine braking when in 'sport' mode.

I would suspect this to be the case, the environment under the bonnet is one of the worst for temperature extremes, moisture extremes, and general vibration. I think I am glad I drive a diesel ... :cool:

Eek, I wouldn't be happy with the length of those leads. The way they are bent leaves them very close to contacting the cother components on the PCB. As a bodge to verify that it solves the problem is one thing, but I would want to clean it up somewhat to make it safer from vibration causing a...

Todays episode gets repeated tomorrow on BBC2 at around 0715 IIRC.

In a previous job incarnation I was national tech support for the business minicomputer range the company marketed. One particular model used the earliest incarnation of 16k bit dynamic RAM chips, which included a parity bit for each byte. These chips required +12V and +/-5V supplies to operate...

I get emails every month from OVO asking for my readings, and periodically, a letter saying they want to change my meter as it is "out of calibration". I just ignore the letters as I don't want a meter for the reason you give. So far haven't had any threatening letters about forcing entry to...

:whistling::whistling::whistling: Lets make that -128 to 127 ... :cheers: