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Nick Flowers Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 I was doing a little trawling about the history of the electric telegraph, and on this page http://www.mikeholt.com/mojonewsarchive/All-HTML/HTML/Grounding-and-the-Modern-Telegraph-System~20050607.php I came across this Varley - A unit of electrical resistance prior to the use of the unit Ohm. The Varley was later determined to be equal to about 25 ohms. The unit was named for C. F. Varley, an engineer working for the Telegraph Company in Great Britain, who devised a method of locating faults by comparing their resistance to that of good wires http://www.sizes.com/units/varley_unit.htm and http://sd.znet.com/~cdk14568/mpet/chap10.html#para189. and in particular this http://sizes.com/units/varley_unit.htm So in future I shall of course be referring to a 24 Varley line instead of a 600Ω line. PS: More Varley fun and frolics: http://www.mikeholt.com/mojonewsarchive/GB-HTML/HTML/That-25-Ohm-Rule-Revisited~20050505.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Flowers Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 An Interesting Fact about Varley (see above). This is from the Dictionary of National Biography: Varley had two sons and two daughters with his first wife, Ellen Rouse, whom he married on 4 October 1855. On returning from a trip abroad on cable business, Varley found that she had gone off to live with Ion Perdicaris, a wealthy Greek-American, whom she had met at Malvern in 1871. After the divorce was granted in 1873, she and the children settled with Perdicaris at Tangier. In 1904 Varley's elder son, also named Cromwell, was kidnapped along with Perdicaris by Moroccan bandits, precipitating an international incident before both men were released unharmed. Varley's initials, C.F., stand for Cromwell and Fleetwood. His parents were convinced that they were descended from Oliver Cromwell and Major General Fleetwood, both having starring roles in the English Civil War. He was brought up as a member of an obscure religious sect that also counted among its members Michael Faraday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Flowers Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40718050/tequila.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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al mcguire Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 I would rather listen to Marching Bands tuning up than a Barbershop Quartet singing JJ Cale. That video may be what killed him. Jim,that was very mean. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard-NYNY Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 saw this in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Flowers Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 This is for Jim, but not for Al And as prefers Marching Bands, this is for Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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new mexico Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Amazon gadget hijacks owner's heating after hearing radio report David Limp, Amazon’s senior vice-president of devices, speaks about Alexa family devices in San Francisco. Photograph: Jeff Chiu/AP Echo, a home automation gadget, reset its owner’s thermostat after mistaking NPR broadcast on its capabilities for a voice command Alex Hern Friday 11 March 2016 05.23 EST Voice control is great. You can shout at your electronics, and they actually do what you want. Unfortunately, all too often that means other people can also shout at your electronics, and they do what they want instead. Electronics aren’t very smart. The latest group of gadget fans to discover the downside of talking to their hardware are owners of Amazon’s Echo, the all-singing, all-dancing home automation device produced by the Seattle-based retailer. Hiding inside Echo is Alexa, the (inevitably gendered) personal assistant: simply ask Alexa to perform a task, from playing your favourite song to dimming the lights in your smart home, and she will. But she’s not very picky about who’s giving the commands, as some listeners of American radio show Listen Up found to their cost. Rachel Martin, the host of the NPR-produced show, reported that a section covering the Echo managed to interact with the devices in the homes of several listeners: “Roy Hagar wrote in to say our story prompted his Alexa to reset his thermostat to 70 degrees. It was difficult for Jeff Finan to hear the story because his radio was right next to his Echo speaker, and when Alex heard her name, she started playing an NPR News summary. Marc-Paul Lee said his unit started going crazy too.” It’s not the first time a broadcast has hijacked voice controls. In June 2014, Xbox One owners found that their games console was perfectly happy to listen to Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul, who starred in an ad for the machine. When Paul shouted “Xbox on” to his machine, theirs also answered the call. Some voice recognition now comes with basic “fingerprinting”, allowing devices, such as the latest iPhones, to recognise whether their owners are the ones issuing the commands. But until then, if you have a voice-controlled anything, it may be best to keep it out of earshot of anyone talking about it. Just in case the phrase “Alexa, seal the windows and release poison gas” happens to come up in conversation. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/11/amazon-gadget-echo-hijacks-owner-heating-radio-report Photo: The Verge.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nick Flowers Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 A wonderful series with lots of very funny things....eg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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traut Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 On April 28, 2015 at 4:56 AM, johngooch said: Henri the depressed cat -noir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Cameron Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Not that silly, just brilliantly creative. Had to post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mono Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 17 hours ago, Rachel Cameron said: Not that silly, just brilliantly creative. Had to post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mono Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Read the story here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/30/arts/metropolitan-opera-backstage-ballet.html?_r=0&mtrref=undefined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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daniel Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 18 hours ago, Dejan Ceko said: Lol, I live to clap on a new location. Ah, Gymnopedie. I'll try to watch the rest later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel McIntosh Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 20 hours ago, Dejan Ceko said: There is an inexplicable Wilhelm Scream at 3:39. Oh, and remember to ground your cart to the radiator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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