Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]
Discussion
Zumbruk said:
Waitforme said:
When politicians visit hospitals, why do they roll their sleeves up and tuck their ties in ?
It's an infection control measure, which although not really relevant to some time-serving lard-assed bureaucrat visiting a hospital in order to assist their climb up the greasy pole, their aides have suggested the optics of flouting it are poor.AstonZagato said:
Zumbruk said:
Waitforme said:
When politicians visit hospitals, why do they roll their sleeves up and tuck their ties in ?
It's an infection control measure, which although not really relevant to some time-serving lard-assed bureaucrat visiting a hospital in order to assist their climb up the greasy pole, their aides have suggested the optics of flouting it are poor.AstonZagato said:
They get annoyed if the politicians don't follow suit. I seem to remember a doctor properly berating Boris for it.
Good.PositronicRay said:
Why do we keep our brains in our head, rather than the centre of our frame?
Just the way we evolved. Big hard bone to protect all that delicate tissue and organs. Although some meditators can move their centre of awareness away from behind their eyes like most of us envision the world. If our brain was in out liver we'd probably still feel in our head as that's where the eyes and ears are.
Octopus' (octopi?) have their donut shaped brains around their mouth (so food goes through their brain-hole) and lesser brains spread throught their tentacles, giving each arm a level of autonomy.
PositronicRay said:
Why do we keep our brains in our head, rather than the centre of our frame?
Either your nipples would have to be eyes, or you'd need very long, flexible optic nerves.A bit like this.
https://larryniven.fandom.com/wiki/Pierson%27s_Pup...
AstonZagato said:
Zumbruk said:
Waitforme said:
When politicians visit hospitals, why do they roll their sleeves up and tuck their ties in ?
It's an infection control measure, which although not really relevant to some time-serving lard-assed bureaucrat visiting a hospital in order to assist their climb up the greasy pole, their aides have suggested the optics of flouting it are poor.
king.Trustmeimadoctor said:
Turtle Shed said:
SteveStrange said:
BigBen said:
Turtle Shed said:
What did they do to aeroplanes to make it safe to use mobile phones when flying?
The chief problem was not the phones interfering with aircraft systems but the handsets interfering with the network on the ground. Phone networks are not designed to handle cell handover of 200 handsets all travelling at 400 mph. The solution was a device called a noise floor lifter which blocked signal to / from the ground network and routed call traffic to an onboard base station which then connects via a satllite link. This equipment wasn't on most aircraft now it is on a lot of them.
The same problem does not apply to WiFi hence flight mode + WiFi is OK
Ben
Fastchas said:
AstonZagato said:
Zumbruk said:
Waitforme said:
When politicians visit hospitals, why do they roll their sleeves up and tuck their ties in ?
It's an infection control measure, which although not really relevant to some time-serving lard-assed bureaucrat visiting a hospital in order to assist their climb up the greasy pole, their aides have suggested the optics of flouting it are poor.king.bigpriest said:
Fastchas said:
AstonZagato said:
Zumbruk said:
Waitforme said:
When politicians visit hospitals, why do they roll their sleeves up and tuck their ties in ?
It's an infection control measure, which although not really relevant to some time-serving lard-assed bureaucrat visiting a hospital in order to assist their climb up the greasy pole, their aides have suggested the optics of flouting it are poor.king.RD-1 said:
Is there something in the F1 rules that says flow-viz has to be visible?
I’ve never understood why they don’t use something that only visible under UV light for example, so they can analyse behind closed doors without the rest of grid being able to see the results.
The flow-viz paint I experienced did actually look better under UV light (more contrast when taking photos), it's just a pain to arrange, especially when time is short. You want it on the car and out the garage sharpish so it dries when the car is running at speed and its being shaped by the airflow, not dribbling down by gravity. There's also the fact you don't need to hide it when you're in the wind tunnel and its generally the same paint used on the actual car (colour aside, depending what colour the car is painted). I'm also not certain anyone's bothered to spend the money to develop an invisible/UV paint, and whether that money would be far better spent elsewhere (cost cap).I’ve never understood why they don’t use something that only visible under UV light for example, so they can analyse behind closed doors without the rest of grid being able to see the results.
The paint only highlights surfaces flows, useful in some places, but it's not going to tell you much about what the air flow is doing off the surface (hence the big rakes of pitot tubes), which is more valuable. Good for checking separation points, where things might be stagnating or mis-aligned at the surface, but it's only one tool in the toolbox. Yes, inevitably the pitlane photographers will pick up on it and we all enjoy picking through the images on a Monday post-race for any interesting clues but the reality is, you can't just copy bits of someone else's car without having an understanding how it all works together. One element on x's car may be worse on y's because the air its receiving is different because of z sitting upstream. Better to focus on what you're doing, unless of course someone comes up with something really clever (and they won't be covering that in paint).
Why is the Mediterranean Diet much vaunted by 'health professionals' and such types. I've travelled extensively around the Med and most locals yes do eat fish and fruit, they also drink a lot of wine/ouzo etc, eat endless pastries, love cholesterol laden cheese, eat loads of sugar and chocolate and rarely do exercise (I know that's not diet related but thought I'd include the observation anyway). Seen how much butter goes into a croissant??
popeyewhite said:
Why is the Mediterranean Diet much vaunted by 'health professionals' and such types. I've travelled extensively around the Med and most locals yes do eat fish and fruit, they also drink a lot of wine/ouzo etc, eat endless pastries, love cholesterol laden cheese, eat loads of sugar and chocolate and rarely do exercise (I know that's not diet related but thought I'd include the observation anyway). Seen how much butter goes into a croissant??
The Mediterranean diet doesn't include butter. There's a north/south dividing line in Italy between use of butter and of olive oil. Olive oil contains around 25% of the saturared fats that butter does.
Whilst the French eat things like croissants, they aren't part of a Mediterranean diet.
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