Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
Europa1 said:
The DPA contains exemptions around the detection and prevention of crime, but not sure off the top of my head if they would cover the electicity supplier whistleblowing or if they only apply when the Police come asking for records/information.
Surely it's possible to phone up n-power and ask "any 3-beds using 10MW per day?"? /HolmesAlso, some criminals might like to reduce overheads by not paying full price for the power they use, what with being criminals and all. /Moriarty
OpulentBob said:
The aurora borealis.
Are all the videos you ever see on the news etc sped up to appear more "fluid"? Or does it really ripple like that in real time?
Depends on the video I guess - but it certainly can change that fast.Are all the videos you ever see on the news etc sped up to appear more "fluid"? Or does it really ripple like that in real time?
I took this video (actually individual photographs stitched and interpolated) while working out in Iceland earlier in the year - I made the video run as close to 'real time' as I could. It's certainly how I remember it happening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQj5HYevP7c
P-Jay said:
227bhp said:
Has anyone ever used a recorded customer phone call for 'training purposes'?
I client of ours listens into 10-20 calls their staff made / took a day looking for issues to address, it's not a call centre either - Finance Company, to make sure their guys are looking for the right opportunities and portraying the values or something.Yeah, it's there to settle arguments between their customers and their staff as well.
FiF said:
P-Jay said:
227bhp said:
Has anyone ever used a recorded customer phone call for 'training purposes'?
I client of ours listens into 10-20 calls their staff made / took a day looking for issues to address, it's not a call centre either - Finance Company, to make sure their guys are looking for the right opportunities and portraying the values or something.Yeah, it's there to settle arguments between their customers and their staff as well.
I have no hidden agenda btw, just spent a lot of time on the phone lately.
walm said:
Europa1 said:
The DPA contains exemptions around the detection and prevention of crime, but not sure off the top of my head if they would cover the electicity supplier whistleblowing or if they only apply when the Police come asking for records/information.
Surely it's possible to phone up n-power and ask "any 3-beds using 10MW per day?"? /HolmesBut once you've flown a helicopter over town with an infra-red camera, and the roof of number 16 Acacia Avenue is lit up like a beacon, perhaps that's all the evidence they need to ask "is 16 Acacia Avenue getting through a lot of electricity?"
227bhp said:
FiF said:
P-Jay said:
227bhp said:
Has anyone ever used a recorded customer phone call for 'training purposes'?
I client of ours listens into 10-20 calls their staff made / took a day looking for issues to address, it's not a call centre either - Finance Company, to make sure their guys are looking for the right opportunities and portraying the values or something.Yeah, it's there to settle arguments between their customers and their staff as well.
I have no hidden agenda btw, just spent a lot of time on the phone lately.
SpeckledJim said:
Maybe not allowed to be as general a question as that, I don't know.
But once you've flown a helicopter over town with an infra-red camera, and the roof of number 16 Acacia Avenue is lit up like a beacon, perhaps that's all the evidence they need to ask "is 16 Acacia Avenue getting through a lot of electricity?"
Or with the snow last week, if it wasn't on the roof of one house, but was on all the others, there's perhaps some suggestion there that they have a lot of heat in the loft for some reason...But once you've flown a helicopter over town with an infra-red camera, and the roof of number 16 Acacia Avenue is lit up like a beacon, perhaps that's all the evidence they need to ask "is 16 Acacia Avenue getting through a lot of electricity?"
FiF said:
227bhp said:
FiF said:
P-Jay said:
227bhp said:
Has anyone ever used a recorded customer phone call for 'training purposes'?
I client of ours listens into 10-20 calls their staff made / took a day looking for issues to address, it's not a call centre either - Finance Company, to make sure their guys are looking for the right opportunities and portraying the values or something.Yeah, it's there to settle arguments between their customers and their staff as well.
I have no hidden agenda btw, just spent a lot of time on the phone lately.
SpeckledJim said:
walm said:
Europa1 said:
The DPA contains exemptions around the detection and prevention of crime, but not sure off the top of my head if they would cover the electicity supplier whistleblowing or if they only apply when the Police come asking for records/information.
Surely it's possible to phone up n-power and ask "any 3-beds using 10MW per day?"? /HolmesBut once you've flown a helicopter over town with an infra-red camera, and the roof of number 16 Acacia Avenue is lit up like a beacon, perhaps that's all the evidence they need to ask "is 16 Acacia Avenue getting through a lot of electricity?"
David87 said:
I appreciate this is an unlikely situation, but what if you were a Domino's Pizza delivery driver and wanted to use something such as an E46 M3 CSL to do your deliveries? Where would you attach the magnetic light-up sign? It wouldn't stick to the carbon fibre roof, nor the plastic (?) boot lid. Would you not be able to do the job?
Guess what we've just had delivered.
Drivers don't have to use them, they just get paid extra (50p or a quid a go I think) if they do. I learnt that from working in a branch for 2 weeks whilst in sixth form. Along with that I should try harder in sixth form.Guess what we've just had delivered.
Dr Murdoch said:
How do they move broken down trains?
With big diesel powered shunters, usually. Virgin Trains have got theirs named after characters and vehicles from Thunderbirds, or certainly used to.
Like these
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_5...
SpeckledJim said:
walm said:
Europa1 said:
The DPA contains exemptions around the detection and prevention of crime, but not sure off the top of my head if they would cover the electicity supplier whistleblowing or if they only apply when the Police come asking for records/information.
Surely it's possible to phone up n-power and ask "any 3-beds using 10MW per day?"? /HolmesBut once you've flown a helicopter over town with an infra-red camera, and the roof of number 16 Acacia Avenue is lit up like a beacon, perhaps that's all the evidence they need to ask "is 16 Acacia Avenue getting through a lot of electricity?"
Silent1 said:
SpeckledJim said:
walm said:
Europa1 said:
The DPA contains exemptions around the detection and prevention of crime, but not sure off the top of my head if they would cover the electicity supplier whistleblowing or if they only apply when the Police come asking for records/information.
Surely it's possible to phone up n-power and ask "any 3-beds using 10MW per day?"? /HolmesBut once you've flown a helicopter over town with an infra-red camera, and the roof of number 16 Acacia Avenue is lit up like a beacon, perhaps that's all the evidence they need to ask "is 16 Acacia Avenue getting through a lot of electricity?"
SpeckledJim said:
They push/pull them with a train?
Or maybe a 'Mog? Very cool.http://www.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingd...
Corpulent Tosser said:
Not something I have always wanted to know the answer to, more something that I wondered about this morning watching the news.
Why is the country Gambia referred to as The Gambia ?
I think it refers to "The Gambia river".Why is the country Gambia referred to as The Gambia ?
According to Wikipedia 'The Bahamas' is the only other one.
sooperscoop said:
Corpulent Tosser said:
Not something I have always wanted to know the answer to, more something that I wondered about this morning watching the news.
Why is the country Gambia referred to as The Gambia ?
I think it refers to "The Gambia river".Why is the country Gambia referred to as The Gambia ?
According to Wikipedia 'The Bahamas' is the only other one.
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