Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]
Discussion
vinnie01 said:
we all know dryers eat one sock from a pair so where does it go and can i get it back
Eater of Socks: which lives near washing machines (yours may have migrated to new pastures due to lack of food) and has an elephant's trunk which it uses to suck socks up like a vacuum.
Source: Terry Pratchett, Discworld novel, The Hogfather
Now you know, kill the Eater of Socks and reclaim your dryer.
markmullen said:
Realistically why? It's not going to decompose all over you, or smell, or insist on pushing past you to the bogs every half hour, or ralph into a bag, or scream every time there is a perfectly reasonable noise, like the gear being lowered.
Actually a cadaver would make a perfect passenger to sit next to.
The living are a lot bigger threat to you than the dead.
Until of course when rigamortice sets in and their bowels let go... probably only going to happen on a long haul flightActually a cadaver would make a perfect passenger to sit next to.
The living are a lot bigger threat to you than the dead.
My local high street has now go speed limit signs showing 20 but they're completely grey. I've searched online and read this lengthy leaflet:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
But still don't know what it means. So what is it?
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
But still don't know what it means. So what is it?
leafspring said:
What do these buttons actually do?
Nine tenths of f
k all, these days, though I am sure google will find answers. I wouldn't bother.Print Screen still sort-of works in Windows (used with Ctrl or Alt it copies the screen or window to the clipboard so you can paste and print).
leafspring said:
IT illiteracy makes me wonder...
On a system I use quite a lot, Scroll Lock stops vertical scrolling and/or prevents a screen clear in a terminal emualation window, and Break is used as the system interrupt lead-in, so to do a controlled exit I might hit Break followed by C, to turn scren output off (or back on) I would hit Break followed by O. I think the inclusion on the IBM PC keyboard is because they were present on earlier IBM terminal keyboards - in a serial terminal emulation environment, an RS-232 Break signal consists of sending the transmit line high for a period of 25ms.- Scroll Lock
- SYSRQ
- Break
How do train drivers see what's in front of them in dark? Every train I've seen travelling at night has front lights which are about as bright as the side lights on my car. If something has found its way on the tracks by accident (fallen tree, landslip, crashed car etc) or been put there deliberately, it's not going to end well for either party. At least in the daytime you can see anything on track up to maybe a kilometre away if the track is reasonably straight and can probably stop in time, but what do you do at night?
All that jazz said:
How do train drivers see what's in front of them in dark? Every train I've seen travelling at night has front lights which are about as bright as the side lights on my car. If something has found its way on the tracks by accident (fallen tree, landslip, crashed car etc) or been put there deliberately, it's not going to end well for either party. At least in the daytime you can see anything on track up to maybe a kilometre away if the track is reasonably straight and can probably stop in time, but what do you do at night?
The lights on a train are for the train to be seen by others, not for the train driver to see. On a moonless night the driver has long stretches driving at high speed and can see absolutely nothing. According to a train driver friend, this is the most difficult thing to master when learning. Many people just can't cope with it.The driver navigates by route recognition. He knows every bend and bridge and light on his route. This is how he keeps to schedule and knows when to brake for upcoming stations.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
The lights on a train are for the train to be seen by others, not for the train driver to see. On a moonless night the driver has long stretches driving at high speed and can see absolutely nothing. According to a train driver friend, this is the most difficult thing to master when learning. Many people just can't cope with it.
The driver navigates by route recognition. He knows every bend and bridge and light on his route. This is how he keeps to schedule and knows when to brake for upcoming stations.
So if there's a tree down or landslide or something else on the track, you just plough into it and derail then? Granted, headlights on a high speed train aren't going to prevent you from hitting whatever danger you spot 2 seconds before your 100mph 200 ton train ploughs into it, but surely they'd be better than nothing at all, especially on urban lines where trains travel at more leisurely speeds between stations?The driver navigates by route recognition. He knows every bend and bridge and light on his route. This is how he keeps to schedule and knows when to brake for upcoming stations.
Jader1973 said:
Why do some racing cars, and wannabe racing cars, have a line of tape at the 12 o'clock position on the steering wheel?
Surely they know when it is going straight?
its a visual reminder of which way the wheels are pointing if you have a 'moment' and let go of the steering wheel.Surely they know when it is going straight?
its quite common for people to panic, grab the wheel and assume that the wheels are pointing straight, when they are not, particularly if your spinning or sliding on grass.
try driving a mini with a tight lsd in the wet and you will soon be glad of it!
DickyC said:
All ready for Metrication. 437 yards is 400 metres.
Interesting point. Whilst I prefer miles and mph to kilometres and kph, using yards seems so antiquated - who ever uses yards? At school (been metric my whole life) we still refered to miles and converted to meters sometimes - 1600m races etc. but never once did anyone use yards. I know approximately how long one is but other than a golf course when do we use yards. Most people my age wouldn't be able to give you an accurate description of the length of a yard. The fact that its still used on road signs is ridiculous.
torqueofthedevil said:
DickyC said:
All ready for Metrication. 437 yards is 400 metres.
Interesting point. Whilst I prefer miles and mph to kilometres and kph, using yards seems so antiquated - who ever uses yards? At school (been metric my whole life) we still refered to miles and converted to meters sometimes - 1600m races etc. but never once did anyone use yards. I know approximately how long one is but other than a golf course when do we use yards. Most people my age wouldn't be able to give you an accurate description of the length of a yard. The fact that its still used on road signs is ridiculous.
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