Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]
Discussion
kowalski655 said:
V8mate said:
Swampy1982 said:
When a motorway sign says "xx miles to *city*"
Where to they measure that to? the edge or the centre of the destination?
It'll be a fixed point in each location. Where to they measure that to? the edge or the centre of the destination?
London, for example, is measured to the statue of King Charles at Charing Cross.
OpulentBob said:
Close, I think. My understanding it is historically the distance to the church, first and foremost. If a village or town doesn't have a church (not very likely) then I think the default is a post office or rail station or public square. There is no current specific guidance on distances but that is how we have traditionally done it.
Yep; no standard ever established. Original markers could have been anything; crossroads, river crossing, church....Google recently establish mathematically defined centres for countries and cities. The 'true' centre of London is a hairdresser's in Lambeth! The centre of Leeds is about four miles south of where you'd expect it to be.
StevieBee said:
Yep; no standard ever established. Original markers could have been anything; crossroads, river crossing, church....
Google recently establish mathematically defined centres for countries and cities. The 'true' centre of London is a hairdresser's in Lambeth! The centre of Leeds is about four miles south of where you'd expect it to be.
The centre of the United Kingdom is Haltwhistle, Northumberland.Google recently establish mathematically defined centres for countries and cities. The 'true' centre of London is a hairdresser's in Lambeth! The centre of Leeds is about four miles south of where you'd expect it to be.
gazzarose said:
Funny thing I was giggling to myself whilst driving eastbound just after J30 on the M4 and passsed a sign that said "Newport 9miles", 200 yards later was a sign saying "Welcome to Newport", so I like you questioned where they actually measure it to.
Newport is both a city and a county/local authority.The city is a few square miles; the county stretches from just outside Cardiff to the English border at Chepstow and covers Cwmbran and Usk to the North.
LimaDelta said:
StevieBee said:
Yep; no standard ever established. Original markers could have been anything; crossroads, river crossing, church....
Google recently establish mathematically defined centres for countries and cities. The 'true' centre of London is a hairdresser's in Lambeth! The centre of Leeds is about four miles south of where you'd expect it to be.
The centre of the United Kingdom is Haltwhistle, Northumberland.Google recently establish mathematically defined centres for countries and cities. The 'true' centre of London is a hairdresser's in Lambeth! The centre of Leeds is about four miles south of where you'd expect it to be.
The Mad Monk said:
Frank7 said:
Charles 1 statue is in Trafalgar Square, looking west down Whitehall,
How so, when Whitehall runs North/South?Similarly, Westminster Bridge runs geographically East to West, but it connects Waterloo on the south side to Westminster, on the north side of the Thames.
Frank7 said:
You’re not wrong, but if you follow Whitehall to Parliament St, then Parliament Sq., St Margaret St, Abingdon St., Milbank, Grosvenor Rd., Cheyne Walk, eventually to Finborough Rd., then Warwick Rd., turn left into West Cromwell, you’ll soon be on the M4, which goes to Bristol, and that’s West of Trafalgar Sq.
Similarly, Westminster Bridge runs geographically East to West, but it connects Waterloo on the south side to Westminster, on the north side of the Thames.
Mornington Crescent?Similarly, Westminster Bridge runs geographically East to West, but it connects Waterloo on the south side to Westminster, on the north side of the Thames.
LimaDelta said:
Frank7 said:
You’re not wrong, but if you follow Whitehall to Parliament St, then Parliament Sq., St Margaret St, Abingdon St., Milbank, Grosvenor Rd., Cheyne Walk, eventually to Finborough Rd., then Warwick Rd., turn left into West Cromwell, you’ll soon be on the M4, which goes to Bristol, and that’s West of Trafalgar Sq.
Similarly, Westminster Bridge runs geographically East to West, but it connects Waterloo on the south side to Westminster, on the north side of the Thames.
Mornington Crescent?Similarly, Westminster Bridge runs geographically East to West, but it connects Waterloo on the south side to Westminster, on the north side of the Thames.
SpeckledJim said:
LimaDelta said:
Frank7 said:
You’re not wrong, but if you follow Whitehall to Parliament St, then Parliament Sq., St Margaret St, Abingdon St., Milbank, Grosvenor Rd., Cheyne Walk, eventually to Finborough Rd., then Warwick Rd., turn left into West Cromwell, you’ll soon be on the M4, which goes to Bristol, and that’s West of Trafalgar Sq.
Similarly, Westminster Bridge runs geographically East to West, but it connects Waterloo on the south side to Westminster, on the north side of the Thames.
Mornington Crescent?Similarly, Westminster Bridge runs geographically East to West, but it connects Waterloo on the south side to Westminster, on the north side of the Thames.
LimaDelta said:
Frank7 said:
You’re not wrong, but if you follow Whitehall to Parliament St, then Parliament Sq., St Margaret St, Abingdon St., Milbank, Grosvenor Rd., Cheyne Walk, eventually to Finborough Rd., then Warwick Rd., turn left into West Cromwell, you’ll soon be on the M4, which goes to Bristol, and that’s West of Trafalgar Sq.
Similarly, Westminster Bridge runs geographically East to West, but it connects Waterloo on the south side to Westminster, on the north side of the Thames.
Mornington Crescent?Similarly, Westminster Bridge runs geographically East to West, but it connects Waterloo on the south side to Westminster, on the north side of the Thames.
glazbagun said:
How much temperature change can fish handle? Presumably they're cold blooded, but won't dehydrate in a lake, so would they die if you heated them up to, say, 70*C, or would they just be really energetic?
Most have quite a tight temperature range in order to stay healthy. Different maladies affect them above and below their favoured temperature zone and quickly kill them off. Some are more adaptable than others.
HTP99 said:
On demand films, tv shows, etc how does it work, how are literally 1000's of people able to watch the same thing but at completely different points and can pause, rewind etc?
Because they aren't watching the 'same thing' as if it's a VHS or DVD or something. Similarly to how you and I are both reading this 'same' page, but my view doesn't move if you scroll up and down. It's not the same page by the time we can each see it.
Edited by SpeckledJim on Thursday 25th July 15:40
glazbagun said:
How much temperature change can fish handle? Presumably they're cold blooded, but won't dehydrate in a lake, so would they die if you heated them up to, say, 70*C, or would they just be really energetic?
the enzymes for various functions will only wotk at certain temps ranges.HTP99 said:
On demand films, tv shows, etc how does it work, how are literally 1000's of people able to watch the same thing but at completely different points and can pause, rewind etc?
All you're doing is downloading a file. All the 'playing' and dynamic stuff is done by whatever device you're using to connect to your media provider.SpeckledJim said:
HTP99 said:
On demand films, tv shows, etc how does it work, how are literally 1000's of people able to watch the same thing but at completely different points and can pause, rewind etc?
Because they aren't watching the 'same thing' as if it's a VHS or DVD or something. Similarly to how you and I are both reading this 'same' page, but my view doesn't move if you scroll up and down. It's not the same page by the time we can each see it.
It's just data. It's the same reason a server can serve up data to many people at different times. Like the server that shows these posts.
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