Author Topic: what I have learned today. (Read 857518 times)

ElyDave · « **Reply #950 on:** 23 February, 2016, 05:46:46 pm »

I am now.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #951 on:** 23 February, 2016, 05:49:02 pm »

I have learned that if you plug your keyboard into one of the USB ports on your monitor it stops working when the monitor goes to sleep so you can't prod the space bar to wake the minotaur up again

Basil · « **Reply #952 on:** 23 February, 2016, 05:55:46 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 23 February, 2016, 05:49:02 pm

I have learned that if you plug your keyboard into one of the USB ports on your monitor it stops working when the monitor goes to sleep so you can't prod the space bar to wake the minotaur up again

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #953 on:** 23 February, 2016, 10:00:41 pm »

I learned that my Abus cable lock weighs exactly 500g according to the greengrocer's scales. (Now I have to decide whether that's really too heavy to lug up the Gospel Pass... I thought it was nearer a kilo.)

woollypigs · « **Reply #954 on:** 23 February, 2016, 10:11:50 pm »

Well I went up it fully loaded so you will be fine

Polar Bear · « **Reply #955 on:** 23 February, 2016, 10:14:19 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 23 February, 2016, 10:00:41 pm

I learned that my Abus cable lock weighs exactly 500g according to the greengrocer's scales. (Now I have to decide whether that's really too heavy to lug up the Gospel Pass... I thought it was nearer a kilo.)

When touring I take a New York Kryptonite which I believe weights more than half a kilo. If I can lug that around you should be just fine, especially given that you are younger, significantly lighter and much much fitter than me.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #956 on:** 23 February, 2016, 10:20:01 pm »

I don't think either of those muches is justified, and certainly not both! Sure, if it was a tour or even just a ride with no time limit there'd be no question but it's an audax, so 150km in 10 hours; last weekend 160 took me 12

But hey, it's only a bike ride, when all's said and done, and the most important thing is to a) have fun b) get back safe and sound c) not miss the last train home!

(The amazing thing is how little some people take on these rides – and how much others lug around.)

Legs · « **Reply #957 on:** 26 February, 2016, 09:52:57 am »

The torturous exercises known as burpees are named after the splendidly-yclept Dr Royal H. Burpee.

spesh · « **Reply #958 on:** 27 February, 2016, 12:05:36 am »

That it's a good idea to check that the turntable in the microwave is properly seated on the gubbins that make it turn before pressing "start".

The lid of my veg steamer now looks rather... different.

Vince · « **Reply #959 on:** 03 March, 2016, 02:11:57 pm »

... that some disc platters have a very similar property to glass when you hit them with a hammer. Ain't nobody reading those ones again, that's for sure!

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #960 on:** 03 March, 2016, 02:17:36 pm »

That <organisation> is not the same as <organization> and remarkably hard to spot when checking xml for syntax errors.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #961 on:** 03 March, 2016, 03:45:23 pm »

Quote from: mrcharly on 03 March, 2016, 02:17:36 pm

That <organisation> is not the same as <organization> and remarkably hard to spot when checking xml for syntax errors.

Got the same thing with .el6 and .e16 yesterday, made the more difficult by the font in question. What do you mean with your talk of _nameless.e16 I yelled as the program crashed for the seventh time

tiermat · « **Reply #962 on:** 03 March, 2016, 07:10:26 pm »

Quote from: Vince on 03 March, 2016, 02:11:57 pm

... that some disc platters have a very similar property to glass when you hit them with a hammer. Ain't nobody reading those ones again, that's for sure!

Probably because they are! Glass, that is.

Andrij · « **Reply #963 on:** 03 March, 2016, 07:54:08 pm »

Dschinghis Khan were still at it in 2005.

Jakob W · « **Reply #964 on:** 03 March, 2016, 09:18:26 pm »

That the frame of the land-speed-record-breaking (~630 mph) Thrust 2 car was made from Reynolds 531.

barakta · « **Reply #965 on:** 03 March, 2016, 09:21:52 pm »

There's an accessible formats association which publishes standards for large print, braille, audio and other formats. http://www.ukaaf.org/

Kim · « **Reply #966 on:** 04 March, 2016, 07:05:54 pm »

How to read the Christmas tree gauge thingy on the Nissan Leaf's instrument panel. More Christmas tree = more eco, apparently.

Polar Bear · « **Reply #967 on:** 04 March, 2016, 07:25:05 pm »

Quote from: barakta on 03 March, 2016, 09:21:52 pm

There's an accessible formats association which publishes standards for large print, braille, audio and other formats. http://www.ukaaf.org/

Gosh. How useful.

Thankyou.

barakta · « **Reply #968 on:** 04 March, 2016, 09:21:37 pm »

I know, such interesting stuff one finds out years after one ought to have known of it!

Ham · « **Reply #969 on:** 06 March, 2016, 04:05:15 pm »

All related to Dubai, from whence Miss Ham has just returned

Alcohol is forbidden, so nobody ever gets tested for drink driving
Alcohol is forbidden but there is no wetter dry place on earth
Alcohol is forbidden, so if you have an account with an Arab bank, you can't use it to buy alcohol in bars, it will be refused by the machine (some bars show alcohol as other things to work around that

Andrij · « **Reply #970 on:** 06 March, 2016, 04:26:17 pm »

French cavalry once captured a Dutch fleet.

tiermat · « **Reply #971 on:** 06 March, 2016, 04:31:20 pm »

That I really shouldn't visit Steamer Trading Company so close to pay day (as in after) as "accidents" happen. I seem to be the owner of a set of Global knives...

mark · « **Reply #972 on:** 06 March, 2016, 05:34:19 pm »

That riding a 650cc motorcycle in traffic is quite different from riding a 250cc Honda around a parking lot/car park under the supervision of an instructor. Actually, just getting on the bigger bike is a bit more daunting, and maneuvering the extra mass out of the parking spot was a little nerve wracking.

Good fun, though, and I will be back out on the new moto this afternoon.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #973 on:** 07 March, 2016, 07:42:51 pm »

That the house next door to the one in Hieronymous Bosch grew up fell down last week. And that you can buy Hieronymous Bosch socks

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #974 on:** 08 March, 2016, 06:56:52 pm »

The significance of the Freemans catalogue in the Undertones' Male Model. It's not just about clothes (they also got one of their first guitars from it).