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Physiology & Medicine / Is there any mechanism for getting expensive medication back into use.

« on: 22/06/2022 09:54:40 »

Occasionally NICE will prescribe a course treatment costing up to £200.000.00 if the patient dies before completing the course are the left over pills of any value and can they be put to any use ?

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Just Chat! / Re: What is your favorite silent film?

« on: 14/06/2022 20:51:00 »

Birth of a nation with the KKK as the heroes

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Just Chat! / why does the Grefell tower fire nonsence drag on ?

« on: 14/06/2022 20:05:15 »

it is now five years if the tenants had been prosperous they would have hired good lawyers and the tower would have  been torn down by now and rebuilt with them all compensated.
It seems because they were proles the tower will be left standing as long as the Battersea power station as some sort of memorial with the surving tenants in B&Bs.

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: Which weighs more, a litre of ice or a litre of water?

« on: 15/04/2022 12:18:11 »

Although the difference between the American and the Europeon gallon causes confusion in the MPG figures there is an actual difference in the efficiency of engines because the low octane rating of the fuel means a lower expansion ratio must be used

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General Science / Re: Antarctic science greenhouse emissions

« on: 09/04/2022 16:55:16 »

Whats this all about ?

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Geek Speak / Re: How good are modern computers at decoding WWII communications

« on: 05/04/2022 08:31:40 »

A decoding machine spews out a string of letters/words how does it know when to stop ?

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Geek Speak / How good are modern computers at decoding WWII communications

« on: 29/03/2022 10:19:41 »

I would expect modern computers to easily decode traffic encodered with 3 disk machines but what of more complex encoders ?

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Technology / Re: How does a toaster know when to pop?

« on: 23/03/2022 12:09:40 »

I have not dismantled my toaster but I believe when you adjust the control for the degree of toasting you vary  the heater current going to a thermally operated release switch that shuts down the toasting  operation.
My toaster has a button for frozen bread which apparently interpose a LED in the  heater current  circuit  delaying the cut off
These must be one of few domestic devices that do not include a computer of ENIAC complexity in their design !

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General Science / Re: What's 0^0 ?

« on: 16/03/2022 17:56:13 »

Acording to Mathmetica which I consider the last word on maths 0^0 is inditerminate

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / what information about the solar system could be found from 1000 LY away

« on: 11/03/2022 10:32:39 »

At this distance with similar technology what could alien astronomers learn about our solar system

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General Science / Re: What are some of the most accessible scientific proofs to help debunk religion?

« on: 11/03/2022 10:26:37 »

When I see the word god on a forum I skip thru it it has no place in a scientific forum unless mental slickness is being discussed

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: Why don't gamma rays have a higher speed?

« on: 21/02/2022 12:38:31 »

If you set your clock by the GMT pips is the correct time the start or end of the last pip ?

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Just Chat! / Re: Why did the duke of York not accept a "I will keep quiet deal"?

« on: 16/02/2022 15:58:20 »

It  seems that the Duke has wasted a lot of money by not paying up promptly

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Technology / Re: What does Motex do ?

« on: 22/01/2022 15:22:41 »

It would be interesting to connect a filament lamp via an inductor and a simulated negative resistor to see if any oscillation occurs

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Technology / Re: What does Motex do ?

« on: 22/01/2022 09:53:42 »

While the domestic load will be of a restive nature except for a few small transformers for battery chargers etc one would expect filament lamps where there is a rapid change of resistance as the Tungsten wire heats to some extent to look like capacitors.
Has anyone with suitable equipment measured the PF of filament lamps ?
 

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Technology / Re: Do operating system updates require new computers?

« on: 21/01/2022 12:59:18 »

Later versions of "Rufus" are available that allwow you to emasculate windows 11 system slightly so that it will run on older CPU,s

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Technology / What does Motex do ?

« on: 20/01/2022 19:50:19 »

This gadget cuts your electric bill by 90% legaly How?

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Technology / Can modern pacemakers survive in MRI scanners

« on: 19/01/2022 12:23:36 »

I have recently been fitted with a pacemaker will that prevent me from having a MRI scan ?

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Technology / How do manufactured diamonds compare to natural diamonds?

« on: 03/01/2022 16:19:14 »

The market for diamond jewellery is a very manged one, can man made diamonds equal natural ones

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Geek Speak / Re: Is it still possible to run your vintage hardware?

« on: 01/01/2022 00:18:10 »

Modern roads have been reinvented they have been made more narrow and ridiculously low speed limitits enforced so what you need in a modern car is lots of comfort and entertainment (but you dare not talk on the internet as you dawdle along).