Did you know?

[Al ears]

Land Rover drivers too, round here. Local farmers all drive Japanese double cab pick-ups, because they actually work, all the time.

Not to mention cheaper than modern Land Rovers...
They are a thrifty lot....

 

[Friesiansam]

You can if you soak the creases!

That's cheating...

 

[plastic penguin]

Except you cannot fold a piece of paper in half, more than 12 times...

Indeed. That's one of snags.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

C'mon chaps, let's get back on topic.

Did you know if you could fold a newspaper 25 times, mathematically it could reach the moon.

One of those things that should get easier with a bigger sheet, as the ratio of its thickness will reduce - but the fact that it would end up being so tall would mean you'd probably need a sheet best measured in astronomical units to get anywhere beyond what can be done with a normal sheet - and a sheet that big would be too heavy to support its own weight.

 

[plastic penguin]

One of those things that should get easier with a bigger sheet, as the ratio of its thickness will reduce - but the fact that it would end up being so tall would mean you'd probably need a sheet best measured in astronomical units to get anywhere beyond what can be done with a normal sheet - and a sheet that big would be too heavy to support its own weight.

It's regardless of sheet size, in fact the larger the sheet the thicker it should be otherwise it needs some sort of card backing.

 

[DougK1]

Land Rover drivers too, round here. Local farmers all drive Japanese double cab pick-ups, because they actually work, all the time.

Nephew and wife bought one of the last Disco 4 TDV6's brand new from a Land Rover dealer in 2017. Always had it serviced by main dealer, with minimal mileage after 5 years it ground to a halt at the side of the road...snapped crankshaft! Land Rover well aware of the problem as many TDV6's suffering the same fate but refused any assistance with the £10K repair cost. I wouldn't touch any of their products with a bargepole.

 

[Gray]

.....but refused any assistance with the £10K repair cost.

Wow!
That's 5 times more than I've ever paid for a car 😯

 

[DougK1]

Wow!
That's 5 times more than I've ever paid for a car 😯

It was either that or scrap value. Few repairers will take the job on and the problem is so prevalent there was a three month waiting list to get the car in for repair.

 

[plastic penguin]

Nephew and wife bought one of the last Disco 4 TDV6's brand new from a Land Rover dealer in 2017. Always had it serviced by main dealer, with minimal mileage after 5 years it ground to a halt at the side of the road...snapped crankshaft! Land Rover well aware of the problem as many TDV6's suffering the same fate but refused any assistance with the £10K repair cost. I wouldn't touch any of their products with a bargepole.

Surely there must have been Land Rover independent specialists who'd take on the job, far cheaper than main dealers.

 

[DougK1]

Surely there must have been Land Rover independent specialists who'd take on the job, far cheaper than main dealers.

That was an independent, not many garages want the job as it's a pig.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

We probably should keep car stuff in the Alfa Romeo/car thread, and grumbles in the Room 101.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

The values of different media, from Delayed Gratification. I post these as they were a surprise to me, as was the exclusion of gaming. I'll hide the results lower down, but if you were asked to rank the values (in the UK) of music, TV, films and books, how would you rank them?

I'd probably have had films first and books last, and would have probably guessed that music would eclipse film - so if you are of a mind to, have a guess about your descending order now.



























TV - £12.64bn.
Music - £3.68Bn.
Books - £2.57Bn.
Films - £1.24Bn.

I suppose I should be grateful that books weren't dead last - until you see that Ex-Prince Harry's effort sold more that twice the next four memoirs put together...

 

[Friesiansam]

Evolution is extraordinary...

Full scan of 1 cubic millimeter of brain tissue took 1.4 petabytes of data, equivalent to 14,000 4K movies — Google's AI experts assist researchers

Mind-boggling mind research.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[Revolutions]

Evolution is extraordinary...

Full scan of 1 cubic millimeter of brain tissue took 1.4 petabytes of data, equivalent to 14,000 4K movies — Google's AI experts assist researchers

Mind-boggling mind research.

www.tomshardware.com

slowly, slowly working out brain functions. Maybe one day we’ll begin to understand consciousness & memory, beyond just observing the outcomes of them.

 

[Friesiansam]

slowly, slowly working out brain functions. Maybe one day we’ll begin to understand consciousness & memory, beyond just observing the outcomes of them.

As I see it, it's the physical complexity that is extraordinary and, all because of natural selection. Also, all the instructions for that to grow, contained in the nucleus of almost every cell in the body, except red blood cells.

 

[DougK1]

As I see it, it's the physical complexity that is extraordinary and, all because of natural selection. Also, all the instructions for that to grow, contained in the nucleus of almost every cell in the body, except red blood cells.

Evolution/nature is indeed a wonderful thing, the deeper we delve the more incredible it becomes. Anything man-made is insignificant in comparison. Screw with it at our peril.

 

[Revolutions]

Evolution/nature is indeed a wonderful thing, the deeper we delve the more incredible it becomes. Anything man-made is insignificant in comparison. Screw with it at our peril.

The freaky bit is that nothing is really man-made. We can’t generate materials that don’t already exist in our universe. We’re all just carbon atoms at the end of the day.

 

[Gray]

We’re all just carbon atoms at the end of the day.

You speak for yourself.
My fillings are made from the finest mercury....which has been slowly poisoning me for decades 🤪

 

[jjbomber]

Despite it's name, celery is not shaped like a cellar!

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

We’re all just carbon atoms at the end of the day.

Only if you're a diamond, or the 'lead' in a pencil!

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Bizarre motoring laws, courtesy of Autocar:

From 1946 to 2021, it was illegal to transport more than 50kg of spuds- thanks to the Marketing Act of Potatoes. Plod could estimate quantity by eye.

Prince Edward Island, Canada's smallest province, it's a legal requirement to toot the horn when passing another car. Not heavily-enforced, it seems.

Thirteen US states have no equivalent of the MOT - you can literally drive whatever hunk of junk you want - including Michigan, home of Detroit.

The note for Bahrain simply states 'Prison for everything.'

 

[Friesiansam]

Here’s a fe.w more laws:

Strange Laws UK | Outdated British Laws that Still Exist - UK Rules

List of Old English Laws Not Repealed… Yet The Law Commission has the responsibility of pruning the statute book. They remove outdated regulations or pointless legislation. But it appears they are a tad slow at doing their job, according to this concise list of Britain’s weirdest laws. Bizarre...

www.theukrules.co.uk

 

[DCarmi]

Whilst you can safely eat a mince pie, it is illegal to sell Christmas crackers to under 12s because they contain explosive material and the poor things might hurt themselves.

 

[Revolutions]

Whilst you can safely eat a mince pie, it is illegal to sell Christmas crackers to under 12s because they contain explosive material and the poor things might hurt themselves.

What’s dangerous about a mince pie?

 

[Friesiansam]

What’s dangerous about a mince pie?

You have to watch they don't bite...