Author Topic: Your Wikipedia find of the week (Read 112773 times)

T42 · « **Reply #450 on:** 28 November, 2016, 01:17:04 pm »

...and with a post-modern approach to spelling.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #451 on:** 28 November, 2016, 01:32:53 pm »

Quote from: mrcharly on 28 November, 2016, 01:08:02 pm

Quote from: pcolbeck on 28 November, 2016, 09:49:22 am
Someone has been having a laugh with my friends Wikipedia entry:

Francis has a degree in Home economics which he earned at the University of Leeds. Since graduating, Tomas has specialized in cross stitch and croshay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Francis

Since he is about 20 stone and current Wale's tight end prop I do feel quite sorry for whoever it was if he finds out
It was done by some using a mobile whilst in Bridgewater.

Probably Luke Charteris or Taulupe Faletau then as they both play for Bath.

On second thoughts Bridgewater is on the way back from Wales to Exeter so more likely Henry Slade.

Peter · « **Reply #452 on:** 29 November, 2016, 10:43:00 am »

Who can take care of himself, I would imagine. Anyway, nowt wrong with cross-stich or crochet.

woollypigs · « **Reply #453 on:** 27 February, 2017, 08:41:09 am »

I know is not a wiki find, but I did fall down the wiki-hole and emerged here:

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2017/02/project-habakkuk-britains-secret-ship.html

Kim · « **Reply #454 on:** 04 May, 2017, 12:37:28 am »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #455 on:** 04 May, 2017, 10:55:22 am »

I first heard of that at the time May became PM. It probably goes some way (not all the way) to explaining her diffidence in doing much about this Brexit thing.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #456 on:** 05 May, 2017, 01:00:01 pm »

I love this photo of Eddy Merckx and the rest of the crew of the starship Molteni. They don't do team photos like this any more. The crappy team Fiat lurking behind is funny, too.

Full size:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Molteni_1970.jpg/1280px-Molteni_1970.jpg

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #457 on:** 05 May, 2017, 01:13:27 pm »

Erm, which one's Merckx? A couple of them do look a bit as if they've done the old trick of pasting new heads on old bodies.

Si S · « **Reply #458 on:** 05 May, 2017, 02:21:42 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 05 May, 2017, 01:13:27 pm

Erm, which one's Merckx? A couple of them do look a bit as if they've done the old trick of pasting new heads on old bodies.

this one

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #459 on:** 05 May, 2017, 02:45:38 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 05 May, 2017, 01:13:27 pm

Erm, which one's Merckx? A couple of them do look a bit as if they've done the old trick of pasting new heads on old bodies.

2nd from right, front row. Those brows are unmistakeable. He's smiling, so it is a bit deceptive.

Si S · « **Reply #460 on:** 05 May, 2017, 03:13:55 pm »

Quote from: mrcharly-YHT on 05 May, 2017, 02:45:38 pm

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 05 May, 2017, 01:13:27 pm
Erm, which one's Merckx? A couple of them do look a bit as if they've done the old trick of pasting new heads on old bodies.
2nd from right, front row. Those brows are unmistakeable. He's smiling, so it is a bit deceptive.

Not Marino Basso then

rogerzilla · « **Reply #461 on:** 05 May, 2017, 03:44:03 pm »

I thought only Eddy was that barrel-chested. The photo is 1970, which was the year he moved from Faema to Molteni (after the season finished) so I'm not sure.

Si S · « **Reply #462 on:** 05 May, 2017, 03:50:31 pm »

RZ's image is the 1970 Molteni team and the riders are named, Merckx rode for Faema until they folded at the end of the season. I think this might be the one Mr zilla wanted

Molteni 1971

Merckx with the bike, Basso to the left

Amazing the physique differences with the modern peloton

EDIT: x post with RZ

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #463 on:** 05 May, 2017, 03:54:23 pm »

That's definitely Basso in the first photo then. Their faces are pretty similar, but put them side by side and Basso has the shoulders of an ox.

A modern team all look like specialist climbers compared to that lot.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #464 on:** 05 May, 2017, 05:36:31 pm »

It's not the same without the team car - that really dates it.

Molteni made salami, y'know. It's like Mattesons sponsoring Wiggo and Froome.

Vince · « **Reply #465 on:** 05 June, 2017, 10:59:08 pm »

That the CAN bus protocol for controlling car electrics is also used by DI2

Kim · « **Reply #466 on:** 06 June, 2017, 12:19:41 am »

Quote from: Vince on 05 June, 2017, 10:59:08 pm

That the CAN bus protocol for controlling car electrics is also used by DI2

Also various e-bike controllers (including those that can speak to Di2 to control the gears). It's a reasonably simple^[1], robust protocol that's ideal for that sort of application and there's no point in re-inventing the wheel when you can use proven off-the-shelf parts and libraries.

_{[1] Some of the higher layers that run on top of it for specific applications, not so much.}

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #467 on:** 06 June, 2017, 01:55:54 pm »

Quote from: Si S on 05 May, 2017, 03:50:31 pm

RZ's image is the 1970 Molteni team and the riders are named, Merckx rode for Faema until they folded at the end of the season. I think this might be the one Mr zilla wanted

Molteni 1971

Merckx with the bike, Basso to the left

Amazing the physique differences with the modern peloton

EDIT: x post with RZ

Was kinda my point. Interesting about the change in physique over the decades. I believe there have been similar changes in other sports, though in other directions; post-professionalisation rugby union being probably a noticeable example.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #468 on:** 06 June, 2017, 05:52:08 pm »

According to Stephen Roche, it's unlikely anyone will ever manage the triple again because the top riders all have 4% body fat now, and that's not enough to cope with a freezing wet day in the Giro. Not a problem for someone like Merckx, who probably liked crap weather because it made it more like home.

Pingu · « **Reply #469 on:** 24 June, 2017, 10:45:19 am »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapulida

T42 · « **Reply #470 on:** 24 June, 2017, 11:06:15 am »

Glad the name is based on appearance rather than habitat.

Ham · « **Reply #471 on:** 02 August, 2017, 10:34:42 am »

Lianne La Havas real name is Lianne Charlotte Barnes

Is there something we haven't be told?

rogerzilla · « **Reply #472 on:** 03 August, 2017, 10:14:24 pm »

The Raleigh Chopper is basically a ripoff of a Schwinn Stingray, although the frame design is simplified compared to the Stingray (which used curved tubes like a typical US clunker).

Ben T · « **Reply #473 on:** 27 October, 2017, 08:57:29 pm »

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catatonia_(band)

Quote

*BREAKING NEWS*

Catatonia declares independence from Spain 27th October 2017.

Not to be confused with Katatonia, a Swedish metal band. Or Catalonia, a country in the Mediterranean. .

wasn't me

rogerzilla · « **Reply #474 on:** 29 October, 2017, 04:33:25 pm »

Or Catatonia, a shit Welsh pop band with a frankly terrifying frontwoman.

Author Topic: Your Wikipedia find of the week (Read 112773 times)

Ben T