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      Assume v. Presume

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

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

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

      It is that bit that you avert by skipping over it by going to the next bookmark ... :)
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      Smart meters, less smart companies

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

      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.
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      Driving and Roads

      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...
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      Driving and Roads

      My automatic gearbox provides a nice amount of engine braking when in 'sport' mode.
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      Coil Packs (cars)

      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:
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      Start Up Fails When HDD Connected

      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...
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      For the Repair Shop fans.

      Todays episode gets repeated tomorrow on BBC2 at around 0715 IIRC.
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      What happened to my lighting

      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...
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      Smart meters, less smart companies

      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...
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      Media mistakes

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

      This is why most systems work on twos compliment for negative numbers, and on integer systems this means that negative numbers appear to have a greater range than positive numbers, e.g. -256 to +255 for 8 bits.
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      Media mistakes

      Technically it needs to be a lower case k, as an upper case is for temperature in Kelvin. I can never remember if it is k for 1000, and ki for 1024 or the other way around (I think I have it correct as k is normally 1000), but when it gets to Mb vs MB and on up through the GB and TB I can...
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      Interesting Items...

      I got that email too. It does look to be an interesting range of devices. Ine could have a lot of fun with them if people didn't know you had them fitted behind light switches - suddenly the lights go out, oh now the switch needs to be up for on, it needed to be down for on before ....
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      Series record issue.

      The one that annoys me is when you look at the first showing, and it shows as a series recording, but then because it clashes with something else you want to record at the same time so select an alternative recording time, only to find that the alternative time is not set up as a series...
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      Cooling Fan

      They usually need oiling, the sintered bronze bearings tend to run dry after an extended period. Often there is a sticker on one side that you can lift to expose the bearing. I drop of light oil such as sewing machine oil will be enough to supply the bearing with enough oil to run for a couple...
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      Recording stuff twice

      My HDR-Fox-T2 will sometimes duplicate the last episode of a series, especially where the series has an alternative screening. But I take it that is not what you are getting, I take it you are getting full series recordings of both the first and second screenings
    1. A

      Assume v. Presume

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

      Assume v. Presume

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

      Media mistakes

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

      Media mistakes

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

      Smart meters, less smart companies

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

      Driving and Roads

      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.
    7. A

      Driving and Roads

      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...
    8. A

      Driving and Roads

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

      Coil Packs (cars)

      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:
    10. A

      Start Up Fails When HDD Connected

      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...
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      For the Repair Shop fans.

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

      What happened to my lighting

      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...
    13. A

      Smart meters, less smart companies

      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...
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      Media mistakes

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

      This is why most systems work on twos compliment for negative numbers, and on integer systems this means that negative numbers appear to have a greater range than positive numbers, e.g. -256 to +255 for 8 bits.
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      Media mistakes

      Technically it needs to be a lower case k, as an upper case is for temperature in Kelvin. I can never remember if it is k for 1000, and ki for 1024 or the other way around (I think I have it correct as k is normally 1000), but when it gets to Mb vs MB and on up through the GB and TB I can...
    17. A

      Interesting Items...

      I got that email too. It does look to be an interesting range of devices. Ine could have a lot of fun with them if people didn't know you had them fitted behind light switches - suddenly the lights go out, oh now the switch needs to be up for on, it needed to be down for on before ....
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      Series record issue.

      The one that annoys me is when you look at the first showing, and it shows as a series recording, but then because it clashes with something else you want to record at the same time so select an alternative recording time, only to find that the alternative time is not set up as a series...
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      Cooling Fan

      They usually need oiling, the sintered bronze bearings tend to run dry after an extended period. Often there is a sticker on one side that you can lift to expose the bearing. I drop of light oil such as sewing machine oil will be enough to supply the bearing with enough oil to run for a couple...
    20. A

      Recording stuff twice

      My HDR-Fox-T2 will sometimes duplicate the last episode of a series, especially where the series has an alternative screening. But I take it that is not what you are getting, I take it you are getting full series recordings of both the first and second screenings
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