Member postings for Michael Gilligan

Just seen it, Dave:

The Police Service of Northern Ireland has mistakenly released the names and work locations of its entire workforce. The data breach was not the result of a cyber attack but “simple human error”. […]

perhaps the last three words that I quoted should be punctuated differently

“simple human” error

MichaelG.

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Hence my reference [or non-reference if you prefer] to Hansard … the words written there should be definitive.

The whip was withdrawn for a reason.

MichaelG.

There’s often a big gap between should, and was

… and it’s the was that causes us problems !

MichaelG.

Clever maths … but the resulting value for Q [ upper-right of p5] is woefully low.

MichaelG.

It could start to get a lot worse:

Here’s a brief quote from ITV News

” The UK's elections watchdog has been hacked by "hostile actors" who gained access to electoral registers, meaning the personal information of millions of voters could have been stolen. “

MichaelG..

I believe that the belt on the Hexacut was flat, Howard … Hence Clive Foster’s excellent suggestion.

MichaelG.

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Ref. __ http://www.lathes.co.uk/taylor/page2.html

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 08/08/2023 19:19:58

The Wikipedia page expresses it a little differently … but I don’t have the stamina to go searching Hansard tonight.

MichaelG.

The Wikipedia page expresses it a little differently … but I don’t have the stamina to go searching Hansard tonight.

MichaelG.

I would be interested to know at what starting-angle of swing the pendulum is being checked.

It has long been common practice, in accurate clocks, to use very small angles of swing to avoid the effects of circular error … but the practical measurement of the delta reduction must then become increasingly difficult.

Mmm

MichaelG.

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That looks very slick, Bill

Although it’s basically moving the adjustment to the other end of the collet.

MichaelG.

Electric ‘Air Taxi’… very brief demo

**LINK**

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-66266184?xtor=ES-208-[63343_NEWS_NLB_GET_Week32_Tuesday_08_August]-20230808-[newsbusiness_travel_air]

MichaelG.

I do like that, Vic !

MichaelG.

One cannot … that’s why there are very good collets available to those who can justify the cost.

The rest of us just have to find work-arounds.

MichaelG.

Very recent story in FT Edit:

US government scientists have achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time, a result that is set to fuel optimism that progress is being made towards the dream of limitless, zero-carbon power.

MichaelG.

https://library.mitsubishielectric.co.uk/pdf/download_full/4144

gives the basics

and for pricing, plus downloadable manuals:

https://www.swatengineering.co.uk/shop/mitsubishi-electric-ecodan-heat-pump-puz-wm50vha-r32

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 07/08/2023 19:03:41

They are building five small-ish houses to the rear of my property, which are coming close to completion …

In case it’s of any interest, I managed to grab a photo of the product label on the Heat-Pump carton.

They are using Mitsubishi Model: PUZ-WM50VHA-BS

… for which we can probably find a Manual.

MichaelG.

This looks worth having, to dip-into

https://archive.org/details/1800-mechanical-movements-devices-and-appliances_202005

But it’s interesting to note the PDF file sizes:

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The small version has searchable text, but mediocre images

The large version has better images but is not searchable

… other formats are available.

MichaelG

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 07/08/2023 15:53:47

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Then the fact that BING would contradict itself just serves to prove my point.

MichaelG.

Interesting that having correctly listed the five vowels, it then declared Y to be a vowel

… Other I.T. providers are available.

MichaelG.

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Edit: __ Never forget that it was Micro$oft that introduced the utterly crass ‘Office Assistant’ into business computing 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 07/08/2023 12:45:50

Embarrassing revelation

I have just moved the corner-cabinet on which my computer monitor sits [one of the first items that I installed], and have re-discovered that the two co-ax cables do enter the room through the wall, and presumably therefore are not routed via the cavity.

… That should make things much simpler !

MichaelG.