Viscount Linley

He has no earlobes, obviously he's as dodgy as can be:

http://www.repubblica.it/2007/10/se...il-visconte-ricattato/este_30105254_13240.jpg

http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/images/Insight-apr07-mailbox-linle.gif

 

Are you outing him as the *blackmailed* royal?

 

You might think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

Well known fact- those who are lobe-less are not to be trusted.

 

<Confession>

I went to school with him.

 

Yes, my Father went to school with Robert Powell but he didn't become a
disciple or an enemy of the state.

Conclusive proof that who you go to school with is of no relevance to
future success. If the prosecution requires further evidence I'll cite
you.

 

Alright, let's see your lobes, both of you.

 

http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/timefliesby.jpg

 

Just out of curiosity, what's that screen to the left, under the blue
button ?

D.

 

MITRAC - it's a touch screen to control the on board systems - status,
traction control, faults etc. I keep it on "Darkscreen" out of habit.

This is it in action:
http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/mitracandcab.jpg

Hooray for Windows 95
http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/mitrac.jpg

 

Anyone know of a link where all the train-like (or plane things etc) are
explained, 'cos seeing all those numbers and signs without knowing what
they mean, is rather frustrating ..

D.

 

Ta. See my post to Paul: where do I find out all this stuff?

Get a haircut, dude ... ;-)

D.

 

Not really that hard to find out, is it...
http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&ned=uk&q=royal+blackmail

 

No, that's these:
http://sweller.dynalias.org/DooMonitorTrials121004/

I can't find any pictures of that side of the cab though.

The door systems are a bit more than how you described though as the GPS
determines where the train is and if it's at a platform shorter than the
train (say it's a 12 car at a 7 car platform) it'll only open the doors
(the first 7) opposite the platform. Unfortunately, it's not accurate
enough to determine which platform it's at (up or down) and if they're
different lengths it'll default to the shortest.

 

Oh, simple really. They showed me.

For the avoidance of doubt, that's not me. I've got blond hair.

 

A thread yesterday or the day before took me to the Concorde page, where
I learned (among other things) that a gap one foot in length appeared
behind the flight engineer's bulkhead during supersonic flight, and that
on the final flights, the engineers left their hats in there .. or that
the front windows were too hot to touch &c. It's useless crap like that
that both fascinates me and brings home to me my own ignorance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde

Hence my request. For example in Paris métro stations, if you get on
the front carriage and look past the driver into the tunnel, you see red
LED counters (three, IIRC) with digits that, if you stand there long
enough and watch 'em (at off-peak times or like today when line n° 1
went tits-up at the Châtelet station), seem to follow no pattern that I
can discern. And there are a set of three LEDs in a triangle which
flash. What do they do? What are they for? All this stuff, I _want_
to know (but realise that you might not know, being a British train
driver and all that).

This .. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Métro_de_Paris#La_signalisation is
pretty good (I now know what the orange 'E' that you sometimes see at
the entrance to the stations means), but it's pretty cursory.

D.

 

Best I can come up with - Right hand side two monitors one above the
other (neither are in use):
http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/doomons.jpg

 

I'd always thought that GPS (at least outside American military
applications) wasn't accurate to any more than 20 metres or so.

Oh, well. <fx; fires up wiki again...>

D.

 

That's why it can't tell which platform it's at. It knows which station
(none of the stations are closer than 20 metres) but can't tell if it's
on, say, the northbound or southbound platforms. There would seem a
simple solution but most platforms can be bi-directional in certain
circumstances which complicates things.

 

Ah, OK.. .. I'm with you.

D.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,

Don't be silly, he's younger than TOG so would have been in a lower
year.

TOG, did he ever blow you?

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