Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
marshalla said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Why do people or things have a "meteoric rise?" Surely it should be a meteoric fall, as in one minute your career was up in the stars, and then it plummeted.
Meteors don't rise.
But they do move pretty fast.Meteors don't rise.
iambeowulf said:
Journalistic sensationalism.
Every story they write has to sound interesting but not cliched. Ironically that's the result.
I am not sure they are trying to avoid cliche.Every story they write has to sound interesting but not cliched. Ironically that's the result.
In fact, I am pretty sure the Daily Mail has a filter that prevents publishing anything that doesn't hit at least two of the following:
Immigrants.
House prices.
Benefits claimants.
Paedophiles.
TOWIE.
Kimye.
The Royal Family.
Pippa Middleton's arse.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
marshalla said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Why do people or things have a "meteoric rise?" Surely it should be a meteoric fall, as in one minute your career was up in the stars, and then it plummeted.
Meteors don't rise.
But they do move pretty fast.Meteors don't rise.
D_T_W said:
It depends on the airline and sometimes the aircraft. When I worked at Ryanair it went something like this
1 'high' bong - Passenger Call Bell
1 'high low' bong - Cockpit calling Cabin, or if just after takeoff it was to release the crew from their seats
2 'high low' bongs - Intercabin call (ie crew at the front calling the crew at the back via the intercom)
Some airlines use the bongs as indication to arm/disarm the cabin doors, or the flightdeck crew advise the cabin crew when to arm/disarm the doors by PA, but at Ryanair the flightdeck kept well out of the way of the Cabin Crew and it was treated as two separate domains. Captain has overall command of the aircraft, but he deferred to the Cabin Supervisor on anything relating to the cabin, so they would be in control of the doors etc on arrival and departure
Sorry for the late reply - but thanks!1 'high' bong - Passenger Call Bell
1 'high low' bong - Cockpit calling Cabin, or if just after takeoff it was to release the crew from their seats
2 'high low' bongs - Intercabin call (ie crew at the front calling the crew at the back via the intercom)
Some airlines use the bongs as indication to arm/disarm the cabin doors, or the flightdeck crew advise the cabin crew when to arm/disarm the doors by PA, but at Ryanair the flightdeck kept well out of the way of the Cabin Crew and it was treated as two separate domains. Captain has overall command of the aircraft, but he deferred to the Cabin Supervisor on anything relating to the cabin, so they would be in control of the doors etc on arrival and departure
MarshPhantom said:
Why do fish always (unless ill) swim the right way up?
You never see them swimming on their side or with their belly up.
They have a swim bladder which dictates it. No idea how it works, but I imagine its something like the natural equivalent to the accelerometer you get on a phone that tells it which way to display the screen.You never see them swimming on their side or with their belly up.
Kind of...!
Jonboy_t said:
MarshPhantom said:
Why do fish always (unless ill) swim the right way up?
You never see them swimming on their side or with their belly up.
They have a swim bladder which dictates it. No idea how it works, but I imagine its something like the natural equivalent to the accelerometer you get on a phone that tells it which way to display the screen.You never see them swimming on their side or with their belly up.
Kind of...!
MarshPhantom said:
Jonboy_t said:
MarshPhantom said:
Why do fish always (unless ill) swim the right way up?
You never see them swimming on their side or with their belly up.
They have a swim bladder which dictates it. No idea how it works, but I imagine its something like the natural equivalent to the accelerometer you get on a phone that tells it which way to display the screen.You never see them swimming on their side or with their belly up.
Kind of...!
marshalla said:
MarshPhantom said:
Jonboy_t said:
MarshPhantom said:
Why do fish always (unless ill) swim the right way up?
You never see them swimming on their side or with their belly up.
They have a swim bladder which dictates it. No idea how it works, but I imagine its something like the natural equivalent to the accelerometer you get on a phone that tells it which way to display the screen.You never see them swimming on their side or with their belly up.
Kind of...!
budfox said:
Why are the file sizes from my Nikon D700 (Uncompressed 14 bit RAW ~24Mb) bigger than those from my D7000 (also uncompressed 14 bit RAW ~ 19Mb) when the D7000 has a higher pixel count?
They probably are compressed - using a lossless algorithm, and the D7000 implements it better. Either that, or the D700 is capturing/storing more data per pixel in the raw format than the D7000. Are all the raw files the same size on each camera ? marshalla said:
budfox said:
Why are the file sizes from my Nikon D700 (Uncompressed 14 bit RAW ~24Mb) bigger than those from my D7000 (also uncompressed 14 bit RAW ~ 19Mb) when the D7000 has a higher pixel count?
They probably are compressed - using a lossless algorithm, and the D7000 implements it better. Either that, or the D700 is capturing/storing more data per pixel in the raw format than the D7000. Are all the raw files the same size on each camera ? budfox said:
Well both are set to 14 bit uncompressed RAW so I'd assumed that 'uncompressed' meant 'no compression'. All RAW files sizes are close on each camera, but not identical. I'd say within 1 or 2 % of each other.
If there's no compression all files from the same camera should be exactly the same size. Something is being compressed in there.I have a notion that camera manufacturers talk about "compression" when they mean "lossy compression" and pretend that everything else is uncompressed.
Arrows painted on the road to show you which lane to be in to turn left / right / go straight ahead - was the distance from the junction / roundabout set about 30 years ago when there were a fraction of the number of vehicles on the road?!?
Lots of junctions have queues 5x longer than this so if you don't know the junction you and others end up having to swap lanes at the last minute - causing more delays.
Can they not start painting another set of arrows further back and even better - just a sign up or even a gantry across with signs on telling you!
Lots of junctions have queues 5x longer than this so if you don't know the junction you and others end up having to swap lanes at the last minute - causing more delays.
Can they not start painting another set of arrows further back and even better - just a sign up or even a gantry across with signs on telling you!
Does the cannabis plant really contain property's that can fight cancer and many other illnesses.
Something about cannabinoids (THC is only one of them) the same as the body produces?
Also. Why does the U.S. Government own the only patent for experiments on cannabis which is why, that and it's illegal, the medical profession are only allowed to work on synthetic cannabis?
Is it all about the big Pharma companies who "can't make any money from cannabis" and the medical councils infiltration of those big Pharma?
Or is it all a load of s
t and just some nutty pot heads talking ste?
Something about cannabinoids (THC is only one of them) the same as the body produces?
Also. Why does the U.S. Government own the only patent for experiments on cannabis which is why, that and it's illegal, the medical profession are only allowed to work on synthetic cannabis?
Is it all about the big Pharma companies who "can't make any money from cannabis" and the medical councils infiltration of those big Pharma?
Or is it all a load of s
t and just some nutty pot heads talking ste?Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff