Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]
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RizzoTheRat said:
Random barcode fact. The barcode number also includes a checksum, if you have the rest of the number correct you can work out what the last 2 numbers are. This means is the barcode is damaged or someone has drawn an extra line on it, it will generate an error rather than a wrong number.
As do credit card numbers. And lots of other stuff - the information strings that come in from a GPS receiver using the NMEA standard end in a two-digit checksum preceded by an asterisk.
Vipers said:
I need to replace the bath panel because it has faded over the years due to the sun, whilst the bath hasn't.
Question are all "P" bath panels all the same, my thoughts would be yes, but I am sure someone here will let me know.
Apart from the length and height.
They aren't all the same. They are handed, and I assume the profiles can vary. I think they should have been called 'b' and 'd' baths instead of p baths.Question are all "P" bath panels all the same, my thoughts would be yes, but I am sure someone here will let me know.
Apart from the length and height.
Edited by Vipers on Sunday 14th April 21:18
A question arises from the wikipedia thread.
Prompted by a photo of a fort on a mountain that struck me as very easily defended, and equally easily laid siege.
The question is... do fortifications always make a siege increasingly easy, as they make a defence stronger? Are there any defence styles or techniques or constructions etc that are useful for folk on the inside as defences, but are less useful for folk on the inside wishing to lay siege to the place?
Prompted by a photo of a fort on a mountain that struck me as very easily defended, and equally easily laid siege.
The question is... do fortifications always make a siege increasingly easy, as they make a defence stronger? Are there any defence styles or techniques or constructions etc that are useful for folk on the inside as defences, but are less useful for folk on the inside wishing to lay siege to the place?
SpeckledJim said:
A question arises from the wikipedia thread.
Prompted by a photo of a fort on a mountain that struck me as very easily defended, and equally easily laid siege.
The question is... do fortifications always make a siege increasingly easy, as they make a defence stronger? Are there any defence styles or techniques or constructions etc that are useful for folk on the inside as defences, but are less useful for folk on the inside wishing to lay siege to the place?
Was the bold word supposed to say outside?Prompted by a photo of a fort on a mountain that struck me as very easily defended, and equally easily laid siege.
The question is... do fortifications always make a siege increasingly easy, as they make a defence stronger? Are there any defence styles or techniques or constructions etc that are useful for folk on the inside as defences, but are less useful for folk on the inside wishing to lay siege to the place?
In terms of the general question, I dont see how it can't make it easier to siege unless you had a way of getting stuff in without being impeded to be honest. Maybe if your fort had an effective way of attacking to the outside enough to keep supply lines open?
Never thought about it though to be honest so good question!
Edited by p1stonhead on Monday 15th April 14:21
SpeckledJim said:
A question arises from the wikipedia thread.
Prompted by a photo of a fort on a mountain that struck me as very easily defended, and equally easily laid siege.
The question is... do fortifications always make a siege increasingly easy, as they make a defence stronger? Are there any defence styles or techniques or constructions etc that are useful for folk on the inside as defences, but are less useful for folk on the inside wishing to lay siege to the place?
Biggest asset the besieged has is a nearby ally, or being part of a larger force. They only need to hold out until reinforcements arrive. Most forts will have sally ports to allow the defenders to get out and mount raids on the attackers, how have to spread their force relatively thinly.Prompted by a photo of a fort on a mountain that struck me as very easily defended, and equally easily laid siege.
The question is... do fortifications always make a siege increasingly easy, as they make a defence stronger? Are there any defence styles or techniques or constructions etc that are useful for folk on the inside as defences, but are less useful for folk on the inside wishing to lay siege to the place?
Water and food could be as much an issue for the attacker as the defender, the attacker need to bring in supplies or live off the land, which is no longer being farmed.
Gunpowder changed things a lot though, a lot of castles had high thin walls that were easy damaged as cannon got more powerful and longer ranges. I visited one Jersey that was abandoned once cannon got good enough that it could be attacked from the neighbouring hill, prior to that any attacker was in range of the castles weapons.
SpeckledJim said:
They aren't all the same. They are handed, and I assume the profiles can vary. I think they should have been called 'b' and 'd' baths instead of p baths.
The profiles vary enormously - we ordered a bathroom suite last year, they sent 4x panels which were all wrong until finally digging out the 5th, correct one. The overall dimensions and handedness fit, but not the curvature profile.
droopsnoot said:
What common bird (common to the north west of the UK) makes a sound as if someone with a hoarse voice is shouting "Fire!" or "Five!" ? I keep hearing this and can't decide if it's actually a bird, or someone messing about.
This time of year? Pheasants can sound like that, if my idea of your description is the same as yours! droopsnoot said:
What common bird (common to the north west of the UK) makes a sound as if someone with a hoarse voice is shouting "Fire!" or "Five!" ? I keep hearing this and can't decide if it's actually a bird, or someone messing about.
Go through these: https://www.british-birdsongs.uk/alphabetical/. One of the crow family maybe?Krikkit said:
SpeckledJim said:
They aren't all the same. They are handed, and I assume the profiles can vary. I think they should have been called 'b' and 'd' baths instead of p baths.
The profiles vary enormously - we ordered a bathroom suite last year, they sent 4x panels which were all wrong until finally digging out the 5th, correct one. The overall dimensions and handedness fit, but not the curvature profile.Nimby said:
Go through these: https://www.british-birdsongs.uk/alphabetical/. One of the crow family maybe?
Thanks for that, I'll have a look at some point. I clicked on it, but once I'd got over the interesting way it sorts the birds by name (what? no Pheasant under "P"? Oh, it's under "C" for "common Pheasant") it wouldn't play anything because of the ad blocker that, ironically, I only installed in the first place to try to make PH vaguely responsive.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff