Re: Switch off at the socket?
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:51:20 +0100
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:43:07 +0100, "Norman Wells"
<no-one@myarl.co.uk> wrote:
>The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> Norman Wells wrote:
>
>>>> Because relativity says its so. ANY release of energy is accompanied
>>>> by a loss of mass.
>>>>
>>>> Its vanishingly small for typical mechanical and chemical energ ...
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Re: Switch off at the socket?
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:45:45 +0100
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:22:20 +0100, "Norman Wells"
<no-one@myarl.co.uk> wrote:
>The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> Norman Wells wrote:
>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>>>>>>>>> Energy is neither created nor destroyed
>>>>>>> Only according to classical physics.
>>>>>>>> Except in nuclear power stations a ...
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Re: Switch off at the socket?
Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:14:59 +0000 (UTC)
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:44:23 +0100, Roderick Stewart wrote:
> In other words, selling bits of paper they knew to be worthless.
Yes, of course -- why do you think banks and other financial institutions
are so keen to sell on debt? It is called hedging the risk, or
as some might say, distributing or even sharin ...
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Re: Eurobird 1 failure (was Sky satellites)
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:37:10 +0100
In article <pan.2009.09.16.18.48.42@yoyo.ORG>,
J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> wrote:
> The type of programming that used to be shown on BBC-2 and has
> now been moved to the digital cultural/intellectual ghetto of BBC-4,
> and just the type of programming that should be shown on BBC-4 rather
> than pretentious p ...
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Re: Eurobird 1 failure (was Sky satellites)
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:48:57 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:05:10 +0100, Mike Henry wrote:
> Er, the BBC's World Cinema series was mainly on BBC4. I don't think they
> were going for the mass audience here.
Exactly. The type of programming that used to be shown on BBC-2 and has
now been moved to the digital cultural/intellectual ghetto of BBC-4,
...
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Skelton
Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:32:00 +0100
The One Show did an item on Skelton tonight. About half the report was
about radio's contribution to the war effort during WWII and I am sure
they said or implied that Skelton broadcast domestic services. Is that
true?
The item started with a comment about seeing the big aerial mast from
the M6, the VLF anten ...
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nostalgia time
Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:36:47 +0100
Especially for Bill.
Have a look at an auction at Bonhams, Knightsbridge at the end of
this month. www.bonhams.com and look for sale 17616 on 30 September.
Jump to lot 570 and scroll on.
Take the dog before you email me. ...
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Derren Brown studio (ducks head down)
Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:04:40 -0700 (PDT)
I will not waste anyones time asking for a discussion of how the trick
was pulled, (but pity the poor PA who couldn't push a ball down) but
simply ask if anyone recognised the studio?
It looked to be almost Ealing vintage but knowing that studio complex
well can say that I don't think that it was recorded there. ...
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Re: Netiquette (was Re: patronising digital advert)
Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:21:58 +0100
In message <Yy0djoou4CrKFwrP@soft255.demon.co.uk>, "J. P. Gilliver
(John)" <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> writes
>. I fear that I shall continue to interleave - but with, I hope,
>judicious snipping. ..
Bravo. Interleaving and snipping are skills that seem to be
disappearing.
Please don't take this amiss b ...
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Proms last night
Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:18:58 +0100
I thought the BBC 1 coverage was quite reasonable and saw no spoiling
defects in picture quality, I did feel like a receding galaxy a few times
when the ceiling camera was pulling back from a long zoom.
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