Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]

[227bhp]

Einion Yrth said:

Thank you for your response; I don't actually think that your assertion is correct, but I find I'm not interested enough in the subject to dig out counter evidence, certainly I don't find it difficult to think of English words that end in "x" or "cks" which is equivalent. Given, however, that I can't be bothered to seek out contrary evidence I'll stick it on my pile of things that might be true. I don't want to get into a pointless flame war.

I agree, especially when they say it three times preceded by the drivers name. Maybe they just decided to change for the sake of it.

majordad said:

It's because Box is German for pit.

And?

[wiggy001]

Einion Yrth said:

Thank you for your response; I don't actually think that your assertion is correct, but I find I'm not interested enough in the subject to dig out counter evidence, certainly I don't find it difficult to think of English words that end in "x" or "cks" which is equivalent. Given, however, that I can't be bothered to seek out contrary evidence I'll stick it on my pile of things that might be true. I don't want to get into a pointless flame war.

Sainz: "I've been hit!"
Team: "No, you can't pit yet"
Sainz: "I think my side-pod is split!"
Team: "It's far too early to pit"
Sainz: "My team mate is st!"
Team: "No Carlos, it's not time to pit"
Team: "Er, Carlos, can you box?"
Sainz: "fk off".

[48k]

I believe the practice of saying "box" was started by a few of the non-British teams - "pit stop" in French and Italian is quite wordy for example. The British teams adopted the phrase later on. It's a very distinct word, easy to make out over the radio and which has universal meaning to everyone listening - much the same as pilots and air traffic control only ever use the phrase "take off" specifically to instruct and acknowledge an aircraft take-off, in all other comms they use "depart" or "departure". It's also an unambiguous instruction for the car to stop in the pit box for a racing pit stop as opposed to drive through and turn to be pushed back in to the garage.

In summary - nobody actually knows.

[IanUAE]

A few years ago in the Dubai 24hr race

Me: Box, box, box
Driver: What the f@ck does box mean?
Me: Pit

We all had good laugh as he drove down the pit lane as our team briefing it was very clear on what would be said over the radio.

BOX is also easier to read on pit board than PIT (I and T look very similar).

[fomb]

majordad said:

It's because Box is German for pit.

German for pit stop is Boxenstopp. The term pit originates from when the pit was actually a pit next to the track that the mechanics sheltered in.

Over the years, and with other countries speaking different language it's been shortened generally to Box. No real reason other than it being short and standard.

[AstonZagato]

Any idea what these weird poles are for? Found in France.

[Jon321]

AstonZagato said:

Any idea what these weird poles are for? Found in France.

Bit rude calling them wierd, they're just ladies window shopping and I suspect they're French.

[anonymous-user]

How do you start a jet airliner? Can you do it from the cockpit or does it need to be "plugged in"?

[V8mate]

OpulentBob said:

How do you start a jet airliner? Can you do it from the cockpit or does it need to be "plugged in"?

Terrorist alert!

[Nimby]

OpulentBob said:

How do you start a jet airliner? Can you do it from the cockpit or does it need to be "plugged in"?

See Auxiliary Power Unit.

[Roofless Toothless]

Why is my mail box being bombarded with spam from a cigar company (CI Cigars) for the last few weeks?

I understand that browsing history may be gleaned for marketing purposes, but I am a non smoker and I am sure I have never searched for anything cigar related. I can't recall ever accidentally clicking on one of their ads either. I am wondering if I may have got my fingers crossed and opened up the cigar thread in this forum one day instead of the one I was really aiming for. Would the operators of this site sell information like that? It really is remarkable how much of this stuff Is coming at me, and it has never happened before. There must be a reason.

[Shakermaker]

Nimby said:

OpulentBob said:

How do you start a jet airliner? Can you do it from the cockpit or does it need to be "plugged in"?

See Auxiliary Power Unit.

And if that doesn't work, they have a big old Air Start unit which does the same thing but chucks out a huge amount of diesel fumes into your face

[JustinF]

Roofless Toothless said:

Why is my mail box being bombarded with spam from a cigar company (CI Cigars) for the last few weeks?

I understand that browsing history may be gleaned for marketing purposes, but I am a non smoker and I am sure I have never searched for anything cigar related. I can't recall ever accidentally clicking on one of their ads either. I am wondering if I may have got my fingers crossed and opened up the cigar thread in this forum one day instead of the one I was really aiming for. Would the operators of this site sell information like that? It really is remarkable how much of this stuff Is coming at me, and it has never happened before. There must be a reason.

someone else you have given your email address has sold that data, you match a profile for cigars but obviously not all that well

It's easily avoided for virtually f.all cost or hassle and also can improve your robustness against hacks:-

Buy a domain, say rtoothless.co.uk

set up a catch all forwarding with your host so 'anything'@rtoothless.co.uk gets forwarded to your main email (this is simple and free)

everytime you give details to a new website use that [e-mail] ([e-mail] etc etc)

if your details get stolen and your password compromised it won't affect any other site as the email/pass combo is unique even if the password is the same

you can tell which site sold your details/got hacked

setting up spam filters and blocks is simple as you can always see which version of @rtoothless was at fault.

[48k]

OpulentBob said:

How do you start a jet airliner? Can you do it from the cockpit or does it need to be "plugged in"?

It is possible to do it from the cockpit if the aircraft has enough battery power and an Auxillary Power Unit (small jet engine in the tail). The battery is used to spin up the APU to get it started. The APU is then used to start the engines (the battery is not powerful enough to start an engine itself).

If you have 15 minutes to spare and a fetish for checklists - this is a student doing simulator-based startup of an A320 from cold and dark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqKeSO6msDk

[Speed 3]

48k said:

OpulentBob said:

How do you start a jet airliner? Can you do it from the cockpit or does it need to be "plugged in"?

It is possible to do it from the cockpit if the aircraft has enough battery power and an Auxillary Power Unit (small jet engine in the tail). The battery is used to spin up the APU to get it started. The APU is then used to start the engines (the battery is not powerful enough to start an engine itself).

If you have 15 minutes to spare and a fetish for checklists - this is a student doing simulator-based startup of an A320 from cold and dark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqKeSO6msDk

The main engine is started through mechanical rotation driven by an Air Starter. This is a pneumatic cold air turbine that spins at some phenomenal rpm (80k from memory) and engages the engine via a clutch. The LP input air is provided by either the APU or as prior poster said, a ground Air Start Unit. The spark to the combustion chamber is of course provided at the appropriate moment by several HT ignitor plugs. All sequenced through an ECU.

Air Starters tend to go bang if they have oil starvation or debris and basically lunch themselves. If that happens you can't start the engine until replaced (nightmare if you are downline on a non-maintenance station).

[Roofless Toothless]

JustinF said:

Roofless Toothless said:

Why is my mail box being bombarded with spam from a cigar company (CI Cigars) for the last few weeks?

I understand that browsing history may be gleaned for marketing purposes, but I am a non smoker and I am sure I have never searched for anything cigar related. I can't recall ever accidentally clicking on one of their ads either. I am wondering if I may have got my fingers crossed and opened up the cigar thread in this forum one day instead of the one I was really aiming for. Would the operators of this site sell information like that? It really is remarkable how much of this stuff Is coming at me, and it has never happened before. There must be a reason.

someone else you have given your email address has sold that data, you match a profile for cigars but obviously not all that well

It's easily avoided for virtually f.all cost or hassle and also can improve your robustness against hacks:-

Buy a domain, say rtoothless.co.uk

set up a catch all forwarding with your host so 'anything'@rtoothless.co.uk gets forwarded to your main email (this is simple and free)

everytime you give details to a new website use that [e-mail] ([e-mail] etc etc)

if your details get stolen and your password compromised it won't affect any other site as the email/pass combo is unique even if the password is the same

you can tell which site sold your details/got hacked

setting up spam filters and blocks is simple as you can always see which version of @rtoothless was at fault.

Thanks for your time answering my question. Much appreciated.

However, as I am an old geezer just about hanging on to this IT game, it may be easier for me just to take up smoking cigars instead.

[Shakermaker]

JustinF said:

someone else you have given your email address has sold that data, you match a profile for cigars but obviously not all that well

It's easily avoided for virtually f.all cost or hassle and also can improve your robustness against hacks:-

Buy a domain, say rtoothless.co.uk

set up a catch all forwarding with your host so 'anything'@rtoothless.co.uk gets forwarded to your main email (this is simple and free)

everytime you give details to a new website use that [e-mail] ([e-mail] etc etc)

if your details get stolen and your password compromised it won't affect any other site as the email/pass combo is unique even if the password is the same

you can tell which site sold your details/got hacked

setting up spam filters and blocks is simple as you can always see which version of @rtoothless was at fault.

OK, this has got me interested...

I own a domain name that I bought from GoDaddy.com a while ago, I've never done anything with it and I don't have an email server set up with it. But is this something I can do through them? And this "catchall" set up, again, is that really as straightforward as you say? I'm keen to avoid hacks in that same way..

[JustinF]

Roofless Toothless said:

Thanks for your time answering my question. Much appreciated.

However, as I am an old geezer just about hanging on to this IT game, it may be easier for me just to take up smoking cigars instead.

I can help there too as I sell Cigars as well as wine

[JustinF]

Shakermaker said:

JustinF said:

stiif about internets

OK, this has got me interested...

I own a domain name that I bought from GoDaddy.com a while ago, I've never done anything with it and I don't have an email server set up with it. But is this something I can do through them? And this "catchall" set up, again, is that really as straightforward as you say? I'm keen to avoid hacks in that same way..

I can't talk for godaddy as I use 123-reg for my hosting but a quick google gives this link

https://uk.godaddy.com/help/setting-up-a-catch-all...

then it's just a matter of using [e-mail] and all inbound emails end up in one place

as an example i used [e-mail] and have had a few spam mails from ambulance chasers to that address and it's obvious who the villain was and equally easy to block.

[Roofless Toothless]

JustinF said:

Roofless Toothless said:

Thanks for your time answering my question. Much appreciated.

However, as I am an old geezer just about hanging on to this IT game, it may be easier for me just to take up smoking cigars instead.

I can help there too as I sell Cigars as well as wine

So it was you sending all that spam then ...