MalcolmR
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Post by MalcolmR on Oct 6, 2019 8:40:21 GMT -5
My FBP on FB has stopped working after a MacOS update. Apparently "Tampermonkey" is no longer supported.
I can't see any help on the FBP website. Is this affecting anyone else?
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Post by MalcolmR on Oct 7, 2019 8:20:59 GMT -5
My FBP on FB has stopped working after a MacOS update. Apparently "Tampermonkey" is no longer supported. I can't see any help on the FBP website. Is this affecting anyone else? There's an update on FBPs website "**Please note** that the Tampermonkey extension is not currently available for Safari v13 (though the Tampermonkey developer is working on making it compatible) so you will instead need to install one of the other compatible web browsers (Firefox, Chrome or Opera, Edge) then install the extension version of FBP for that browser." |
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Post by Juli on Oct 19, 2019 15:25:14 GMT -5
West Virginia decided to redo just about all their bridges at the same time. Every interstate is down to one lane in each direction near and on these bridges, if not closed during part of the day. So, there's a lot of merging two lanes into one, in addition to the merging traffic from on ramps. Their DOT and highway patrol have posted videos about the zipper merge, stay in your current lane until the merge point, and take turns getting in the lane. Fine. The problem is, truckers like to straddle the line well in advance of the merge points so traffic can't use both lanes to the point. I've seen them do it for on ramps, too, blocking people from merging ahead of them.
Question: Is there really a reason besides being assholes for the truckers' behavior?
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Post by Jim on Oct 19, 2019 16:49:21 GMT -5
Juli, they usually think they're helping the traffic flow. The Zipper Merge works great in theory, but, people being the assholes that they are often have fuck you mentality and won't let the zipper merge happen.
By the trucks doing what they're doing, they're letting the traffic ahead of them get in like while preventing Mr. self important from cutting the line.
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Post by Juli on Oct 19, 2019 20:11:10 GMT -5
That makes sense, if they didn't do it at onramps merging into a single lane, too.
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Post by graham on Oct 20, 2019 18:57:49 GMT -5
Question: Is there really a reason besides being assholes for the truckers' behavior? If you're driving a 40 ton truck and someone zips past you and dives into a gap, then is forced to brake, that truck is not going to stop on a sixpence (dime)...
I once saw a truck cab on top of a car, presumably because the car had cut into the truck's braking distance  |
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Post by mank on Oct 25, 2019 12:01:32 GMT -5
Juli, they usually think they're helping the traffic flow. The Zipper Merge works great in theory, but, people being the assholes that they are often have fuck you mentality and won't let the zipper merge happen. By the trucks doing what they're doing, they're letting the traffic ahead of them get in like while preventing Mr. self important from cutting the line. I have seen trucks take the middle trying to block people from passing and even people in passenger cars. But, I think they are being complete jerks especially when there are signs that say use both lanes to merge point. Then, up ahead you will see signs that say merge here but people are still being complete assholes. If the signs say use both lanes to merge point more often than not the lane that has to move over moves faster. I just don't understand sitting in the a lane miles back when one is supposed to use both lanes to the merge point. I can't help it if you are that stupid to sit in a lane that isn't moving. |
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MalcolmR
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Post by MalcolmR on Oct 31, 2019 10:59:45 GMT -5
This question arose from a conversation in the pub last night.
If the Americans know and use tons as a measure, why do they keep referring to things weighing thousands of pounds?
"This tree weighed over 68,000 pounds" instead of "This tree weighed over 30 tons"
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Post by Jeannette on Oct 31, 2019 11:26:06 GMT -5
I've actually heard it more often in tons than not. I'm weird in that I then mentally compute that to pounds just because.
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Post by fritobandito on Oct 31, 2019 17:54:12 GMT -5
Probably depends on the context. If you're trying to make an amount seem large, use pounds. (Ounce conversion is too complex.) Also, most people deal with things weighing less than 2,000 pounds so using tons is out of habit. And we are truly creatures of habit.
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Post by martycanuck on Oct 31, 2019 18:40:51 GMT -5
I tend not to use tons but from my work I can convert tons, tonnes and just about any other unit of measure.
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Post by glennfrommars on Nov 2, 2019 16:31:10 GMT -5
If the Americans know and use tons as a measure, why do they keep referring to things weighing thousands of pounds? Who does the "they" refer to; newspapers, television talking heads, or Americans having conversations with Brits? |
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Post by Juli on Nov 2, 2019 19:45:11 GMT -5
Larger units of measure are just approximations in many instances, and often are used to the nearest 10. Using your example of 68,000 pounds, if that is the exact weight, we don't need to approximate by saying "over 30 tons" because the exact weight is known. Now, that could also cover between 67,500 and 68,500 pounds.  |
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Post by MalcolmR on Nov 3, 2019 7:08:51 GMT -5
If the Americans know and use tons as a measure, why do they keep referring to things weighing thousands of pounds? Who does the "they" refer to; newspapers, television talking heads, or Americans having conversations with Brits? Most people in the UK don't have conversations with Americans, just like most Americans don't have conversations with Brits, and we certainly don't read American newspapers. This was TV. This topic came up because a friend had watched an American TV documentary about logging, and they kept referring to the weights of the trees, and trucks, in thousands of pounds. He was unable to appreciate what they were saying, because he didn't know how many pounds were in a ton. |
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Post by MalcolmR on Nov 4, 2019 13:21:04 GMT -5
For anybody who cares, FBP seem to have sorted their problems with Safari. You now have to load TamperMonkey from the Apple store but it will cost you 1.99 (Either $ or £, bastards).
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Post by martycanuck on Nov 4, 2019 18:27:03 GMT -5
Who does the "they" refer to; newspapers, television talking heads, or Americans having conversations with Brits? Most people in the UK don't have conversations with Americans, just like most Americans don't have conversations with Brits, and we certainly don't read American newspapers. This was TV. This topic came up because a friend had watched an American TV documentary about logging, and they kept referring to the weights of the trees, and trucks, in thousands of pounds. He was unable to appreciate what they were saying, because he didn't know how many pounds were in a ton. In that case it is likely the show producers trying to make it sound more dramatic. |
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Post by Stan on Nov 5, 2019 9:31:10 GMT -5
This question arose from a conversation in the pub last night. If the Americans know and use tons as a measure, why do they keep referring to things weighing thousands of pounds? "This tree weighed over 68,000 pounds" instead of "This tree weighed over 30 tons" I use them interchangeably without thinking about it. If you started a conversation using tons, I'd use tons. If I started it, who knows? |
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Post by MalcolmR on Nov 11, 2019 6:13:22 GMT -5
As we pass Remembrance Day, the following meme is all over FB:
"Those Brits are a strange old race, they show affection by abusing each other, will think nothing of casually stopping in the middle of a fire fight for their "brew up" and eat food that I wouldn't give to a dying dog!
but fuck me, I would rather have one British squaddie on my side than a entire battalion of spetznaz!!!...
Why? Because the British are the only people in the world who when the chips are down and there seems like no hope left, instead of getting sentimental or hysterical, will strap on their pack, charge their rifle, light up a smoke and calmly and wryly grin "well are we going then you wanker??"
This is credited to an un-named US soldier fighting in Iraq in 2005. I have two questions.
Have the US forces ever fought alongside a battalion of Spetznaz?
Would an American use the phrase "charge their rifle".
To me, this sounds as if it was written in another language, and therefore by a different nationality, and then translated.
Thoughts?
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Post by Dan on Nov 14, 2019 17:58:02 GMT -5
So after my 8YO computer decided to do a melt-down, I decided to do away with some of the monitors. I need them all, but the drain on the system has been problematic. Mainly, I was toasting either a monitor or a USB video card every couple of months. The new setup has a 24" VGA monitor, one 24" monitor connected VIA a USB adapter, and a 50" 4K TV running on the display port output. I'm using a windows 10 feature, Snap-To, for that monitor to see everything that I need. See the pic.... The question: Is there any way to have the display configuration (I.E. the Snap-To feature) restore after a reboot? I can't find anything online and after having to reboot a half-dozen times today for the new machine, it's getting tiresome redoing this screen. Thanks!  |
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Post by Jim on Nov 14, 2019 18:25:29 GMT -5
The only time I have seen a configuration like that hold is within an application, such as security camera monitoring software.
I wonder if there is a monitor emulator that can treat that display as multiple monitors?
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Post by Dan on Nov 15, 2019 13:17:40 GMT -5
If there is, I can't find it.... Its a PITA to reset every reboot..... Guess I'll just never shut it off... LOL
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Post by Gimpy on Dec 5, 2019 20:10:44 GMT -5
Should a new SSHD appear any different than a standard SSD when plugged into a docking station?
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MalcolmR
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Post by MalcolmR on Dec 6, 2019 6:45:24 GMT -5
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Post by graham on Dec 6, 2019 8:13:45 GMT -5
Fires need oxygen to burn, the turbo is pulling more air through the system, thus increasing the rate of combustion.
There's a guy at the back pumping more fuel in too.
(Or did you mean "Why the hell are three drunken lunatics doing something incredibly stupid which could blow up in their faces...?")
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Post by glennfrommars on Dec 6, 2019 15:46:28 GMT -5
Should a new SSHD appear any different than a standard SSD when plugged into a docking station? Possibly. A sshd has both an SSD and a hdd in it. So it might show as two drives or two partitions |
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Post by Gimpy on Dec 6, 2019 16:10:30 GMT -5
Currently it shows nothing. I get an audio signal that something has been connected but nothing shows in File Explorer.
Defective unit??
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Post by glennfrommars on Dec 6, 2019 19:36:10 GMT -5
Possibly but not the first thing I would have thought of. Need to check disk management to be sure. If it doesn't show there then very likely. But it should show in the dock. It's not a comparability issue. Something isn't working correctly.
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Post by martycanuck on Dec 6, 2019 21:33:48 GMT -5
Fires need oxygen to burn, the turbo is pulling more air through the system, thus increasing the rate of combustion.
There's a guy at the back pumping more fuel in too.
(Or did you mean "Why the hell are three drunken lunatics doing something incredibly stupid which could blow up in their faces...?")
How about what is the point of what they are doing? Creating pollution as quickly as possible? |
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Post by MalcolmR on Dec 11, 2019 13:58:28 GMT -5
How do you stop this happening?I am sure you will all have seen the video clips of London police shooting a terrorist dead at close range. I believe the weapons used were H&K MP5. Clearly not the ideal weapon for close quarters work. What should they have done? Drop the rifles and use their sidearms? Time was of the essence, it was thought he had a suicide vest on. There wasn't time to reload with soft-nose rounds. The ricochets could have killed anyone, maybe American tourists even. Imagine that. "I went on vacation to good old England - and got shot!"
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Post by martycanuck on Dec 11, 2019 17:38:14 GMT -5
How do you stop this happening?I am sure you will all have seen the video clips of London police shooting a terrorist dead at close range. I believe the weapons used were H&K MP5. Clearly not the ideal weapon for close quarters work. What should they have done? Drop the rifles and use their sidearms? Time was of the essence, it was thought he had a suicide vest on. There wasn't time to reload with soft-nose rounds. The ricochets could have killed anyone, maybe American tourists even. Imagine that. "I went on vacation to good old England - and got shot!" That’s just crazy! I didn’t know guns were dangerous?!?!  |
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