On 01/03/2023 14:24, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
> On 28/02/2023 15:54, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>   The four corners of the globe or world. If the World was a cube,
>> fine, but
>> its not. Nor is it square and 2D.
>>
>
> North South East West?
>

They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.

Tone

On 01/03/2023 14:35, Tone wrote:
> On 01/03/2023 14:24, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
>> On 28/02/2023 15:54, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>   The four corners of the globe or world. If the World was a cube,
>>> fine, but
>>> its not. Nor is it square and 2D.
>>>
>>
>> North South East West?
>
> They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.

You use a pair of compasses to draw a ring, but not a boxing ring.

On 01-Mar-23 14:35, Tone wrote:
> On 01/03/2023 14:24, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
>> On 28/02/2023 15:54, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>   The four corners of the globe or world. If the World was a cube,
>>> fine, but
>>> its not. Nor is it square and 2D.
>>>
>>
>> North South East West?
>>
>
> They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.

Ye'but. You have to take the compass out of the box in order to use it.

The Mappa Mundi at Hereford has five corners.

--
Sam Plusnet

maus <maus@mail.com> writes:

> Back in the deep dark days days beyond recall, there was a company in
> Georgia, USA called Hayes, who invented the first practical modem, which
> was controlled, through a terminal, with what was called `The Hayes
> Code'
>
> To call another modem, you entered the string `atdt[number]'. There
> were other commands, including one to set registers, which went
> something like `ats* register number * [number]'
>
> Something like `ats13=1' would enable the modem to turn on the called
> phone without notifying the owner of the phone that the line was open.

The "deep dark days beyond recall" only ended for me a couple of
years ago so I've been doing ATwhatever more recently than most. I
don't recall that and can't find it in my manpage of Hayes commands.

Can you recall more exactly what register & value that was?

--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

Tone <tone@email.com> writes:

> They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.

Hatbox?

--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 18:49:12 +0000
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

> On 01-Mar-23 14:35, Tone wrote:
> > On 01/03/2023 14:24, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
> >> On 28/02/2023 15:54, Brian Gaff wrote:
> >>>   The four corners of the globe or world. If the World was a cube,
> >>> fine, but
> >>> its not. Nor is it square and 2D.
> >>>
> >>
> >> North South East West?
> >>
> >
> > They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.
>
> Ye'but. You have to take the compass out of the box in order to use it.
>
> The Mappa Mundi at Hereford has five corners.
>
It's a skinny little thing.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On 01/03/2023 18:49, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 01-Mar-23 14:35, Tone wrote:
>> On 01/03/2023 14:24, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
>>> On 28/02/2023 15:54, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>>   The four corners of the globe or world. If the World was a cube,
>>>> fine, but
>>>> its not. Nor is it square and 2D.
>>>>
>>>
>>> North South East West?
>>>
>>
>> They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.
>
> Ye'but.  You have to take the compass out of the box in order to use it.
>
> The Mappa Mundi at Hereford has five corners.

Hereford Cathedral is on a road called Cathedral Close, to which the
appropriate reply would be "no kidding".

Tamworth Council are being sued for defamation by descendants of St
Editha for saying St Editha's Square.

On 2023-03-01, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
> maus <maus@mail.com> writes:
>
>> Back in the deep dark days days beyond recall, there was a company in
>> Georgia, USA called Hayes, who invented the first practical modem, which
>> was controlled, through a terminal, with what was called `The Hayes
>> Code'
>>
>> To call another modem, you entered the string `atdt[number]'. There
>> were other commands, including one to set registers, which went
>> something like `ats* register number * [number]'
>>
>> Something like `ats13=1' would enable the modem to turn on the called
>> phone without notifying the owner of the phone that the line was open.
>
> The "deep dark days beyond recall" only ended for me a couple of
> years ago so I've been doing ATwhatever more recently than most. I
> don't recall that and can't find it in my manpage of Hayes commands.
>
> Can you recall more exactly what register & value that was?
>

When I was in hospital, the family rearranged my library, I will check
on that and get back.

--
greymausg@mail.com
where is our money gone, Dude?

On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 20:21:13 +0000
Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:

> Hereford Cathedral is on a road called Cathedral Close, to which the
> appropriate reply would be "no kidding".
>
> Tamworth Council are being sued for defamation by descendants of St
> Editha for saying St Editha's Square.

Head out of Limerick towards Kerry and you will see signs
reassuring you that Patrick's Well - albeit missing a little punctuation.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

On 2023-03-01, maus <maus@mail.com> wrote:
> On 2023-03-01, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>>
>> maus <maus@mail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Back in the deep dark days days beyond recall, there was a company in
>>> Georgia, USA called Hayes, who invented the first practical modem, which
>>> was controlled, through a terminal, with what was called `The Hayes
>>> Code'
>>>
>>> To call another modem, you entered the string `atdt[number]'. There
>>> were other commands, including one to set registers, which went
>>> something like `ats* register number * [number]'
>>>
>>> Something like `ats13=1' would enable the modem to turn on the called
>>> phone without notifying the owner of the phone that the line was open.
>>
>> The "deep dark days beyond recall" only ended for me a couple of
>> years ago so I've been doing ATwhatever more recently than most. I
>> don't recall that and can't find it in my manpage of Hayes commands.
>>
>> Can you recall more exactly what register & value that was?
>>
>
> When I was in hospital, the family rearranged my library, I will check
> on that and get back.
>
>

Do you remember the story of the couple in NYC who had so many books
stacked along the passageway that the books collapsed and blocked the
exit and they starved to death.

I feel like that now. A ringbound book from USRobotics. Couldnt find it,
so I checked Wikipedia, and the full hayes set of that time, except for
ATR13=?. I will burrow further tomorrow. So many books and so many
unread.

--
greymausg@mail.com
where is our money gone, Dude?

On 2023-03-01, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 20:21:13 +0000
> Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hereford Cathedral is on a road called Cathedral Close, to which the
>> appropriate reply would be "no kidding".
>>
>> Tamworth Council are being sued for defamation by descendants of St
>> Editha for saying St Editha's Square.
>
> Head out of Limerick towards Kerry and you will see signs
> reassuring you that Patrick's Well - albeit missing a little punctuation.
>

I remember summat about Tamworth. The flitch (side of bacon) to a couple
who would swear not to have quarrelled during the year?

Also a breed of pig suitable for outside life.

Last time i was down that Road, heading for relatives in Clonmel, I
noticed wind turbines. Hmm. I had passed the turn.

--
greymausg@mail.com
where is our money gone, Dude?

On 01/03/2023 14:35, Tone wrote:
> On 01/03/2023 14:24, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
>> On 28/02/2023 15:54, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>   The four corners of the globe or world. If the World was a cube,
>>> fine, but
>>> its not. Nor is it square and 2D.
>>>
>>
>> North South East West?
>>
>
> They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.

I bid you a small Rose's choklit bocks, the box they bury you in, and
the one you might sit in in the theatre.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 02/03/2023 01:48, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 01/03/2023 14:35, Tone wrote:
>> On 01/03/2023 14:24, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
>>> On 28/02/2023 15:54, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>>   The four corners of the globe or world. If the World was a cube,
>>>> fine, but
>>>> its not. Nor is it square and 2D.
>>>>
>>>
>>> North South East West?
>>>
>>
>> They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.
>
> I bid you a small Rose's choklit bocks, the box they bury you in, and
> the one you might sit in in the theatre.
>

You'll get your ears boxed!

Tone

On Thu, 2 Mar 2023 01:48:21 +0000
RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:

> On 01/03/2023 14:35, Tone wrote:
> > On 01/03/2023 14:24, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
> >> On 28/02/2023 15:54, Brian Gaff wrote:
> >>>   The four corners of the globe or world. If the World was a cube,
> >>> fine, but
> >>> its not. Nor is it square and 2D.
> >>>
> >>
> >> North South East West?
> >>
> >
> > They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.
>
> I bid you a small Rose's choklit bocks, the box they bury you in, and
> the one you might sit in in the theatre.

I raise you the one you might wear when going to bat.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

On 02/03/2023 07:31, Tone wrote:
> On 02/03/2023 01:48, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 01/03/2023 14:35, Tone wrote:
>>> On 01/03/2023 14:24, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
>>>> On 28/02/2023 15:54, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>>>   The four corners of the globe or world. If the World was a cube,
>>>>> fine, but
>>>>> its not. Nor is it square and 2D.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> North South East West?
>>>>
>>>
>>> They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.
>>
>> I bid you a small Rose's choklit bocks, the box they bury you in, and
>> the one you might sit in in the theatre.
>>
>
> You'll get your ears boxed!

It's a long time since I squared-up to anyone...

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

Mike Spencer said:
>
> Tone <tone@email.com> writes:
>
>> They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.
>
> Hatbox?

and the North ?

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 01/03/2023 19:49, Mike Spencer wrote:
> maus <maus@mail.com> writes:
>
>> Back in the deep dark days days beyond recall, there was a company in
>> Georgia, USA called Hayes, who invented the first practical modem, which
>> was controlled, through a terminal, with what was called `The Hayes
>> Code'
>>
>> To call another modem, you entered the string `atdt[number]'. There
>> were other commands, including one to set registers, which went
>> something like `ats* register number * [number]'
>>
>> Something like `ats13=1' would enable the modem to turn on the called
>> phone without notifying the owner of the phone that the line was open.
>
> The "deep dark days beyond recall" only ended for me a couple of
> years ago so I've been doing ATwhatever more recently than most. I
> don't recall that and can't find it in my manpage of Hayes commands.
>
> Can you recall more exactly what register & value that was?
>
try:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_command_set#Modem_S_register_definitions

I'm intrigued by the "missing" register numbers.

--
Nev
It causes me a great deal of regret and remorse
that so many people are unable to understand what I write.

On 01/03/2023 21:12, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 20:21:13 +0000
> Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hereford Cathedral is on a road called Cathedral Close, to which the
>> appropriate reply would be "no kidding".
>>
>> Tamworth Council are being sued for defamation by descendants of St
>> Editha for saying St Editha's Square.
>
> Head out of Limerick towards Kerry and you will see signs
> reassuring you that Patrick's Well - albeit missing a little punctuation.
>
A man was driving North to a Glasgow hospital where his parents were
taken after an accident.

A short distance South of Glasgow he passed a sign that said
"Motherwell" and a few miles further another which read "Bothwell".

Relieved he turned round and went home.

--
Nev
It causes me a great deal of regret and remorse
that so many people are unable to understand what I write.

On 2023-03-02, nev young <newsforpasiphae1953@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 01/03/2023 19:49, Mike Spencer wrote:
>> maus <maus@mail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Back in the deep dark days days beyond recall, there was a company in
>>> Georgia, USA called Hayes, who invented the first practical modem, which
>>> was controlled, through a terminal, with what was called `The Hayes
>>> Code'
>>>
>>> To call another modem, you entered the string `atdt[number]'. There
>>> were other commands, including one to set registers, which went
>>> something like `ats* register number * [number]'
>>>
>>> Something like `ats13=1' would enable the modem to turn on the called
>>> phone without notifying the owner of the phone that the line was open.
>>
>> The "deep dark days beyond recall" only ended for me a couple of
>> years ago so I've been doing ATwhatever more recently than most. I
>> don't recall that and can't find it in my manpage of Hayes commands.
>>
>> Can you recall more exactly what register & value that was?
>>
> try:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_command_set#Modem_S_register_definitions
>
> I'm intrigued by the "missing" register numbers.
>

I will try to find that book this pm. Ring binder, as I remember.

Captain Oates last words may apply.

--
greymausg@mail.com
where is our money gone, Dude?

On 2023-03-02, nev young <newsforpasiphae1953@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 01/03/2023 21:12, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 20:21:13 +0000
>> Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hereford Cathedral is on a road called Cathedral Close, to which the
>>> appropriate reply would be "no kidding".
>>>
>>> Tamworth Council are being sued for defamation by descendants of St
>>> Editha for saying St Editha's Square.
>>
>> Head out of Limerick towards Kerry and you will see signs
>> reassuring you that Patrick's Well - albeit missing a little punctuation.
>>
> A man was driving North to a Glasgow hospital where his parents were
> taken after an accident.
>
> A short distance South of Glasgow he passed a sign that said
> "Motherwell" and a few miles further another which read "Bothwell".
>
> Relieved he turned round and went home.
>

Cork to Dublin road, you pass a sign that orders ``Kill''

--
greymausg@mail.com
where is our money gone, Dude?

In article <871qm8fdtl.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>, Mike Spencer
<mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> on Wed, 1 Mar 2023 at 15:53:42 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>
>Tone <tone@email.com> writes:
>
>> They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.
>
>Hatbox?
>
Batbox?
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 02/03/2023 01:48, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 01/03/2023 14:35, Tone wrote:
>> On 01/03/2023 14:24, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
>>> On 28/02/2023 15:54, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>>   The four corners of the globe or world. If the World was a cube,
>>>> fine, but
>>>> its not. Nor is it square and 2D.
>>>>
>>>
>>> North South East West?
>>>
>>
>> They do talk about boxing the compass, and a box has eight corners.
>
> I bid you a small Rose's choklit bocks, the box they bury you in, and
> the one you might sit in in the theatre.

Not to mention a Celebrations box and a Quality Street box, and
Toblerone boxes for the big ones.

On 2 Mar 2023 11:18:08 GMT
maus <maus@mail.com> wrote:

> Cork to Dublin road, you pass a sign that orders ``Kill''

Many drivers seem to take it that way.

I quite often go to Kill Arney.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

If we are onto place names, the UK mainland has a few odd ones.
Piddle Trentide is one, ant the other is the only place in the UK that
contains a non letter in its name, namely Westward Ho!

Brian

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> On 2 Mar 2023 11:18:08 GMT
> maus <maus@mail.com> wrote:
>
>> Cork to Dublin road, you pass a sign that orders ``Kill''
>
> Many drivers seem to take it that way.
>
> I quite often go to Kill Arney.
>
> --
> Steve O'Hara-Smith
> Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> writes:

> Hereford Cathedral is on a road called Cathedral Close, to which the
> appropriate reply would be "no kidding".

Digression: Hereford Cathedral also has a chained library, each book
attached to the shelf by a (neccessarily hand-forged) chain. Were the
13th c. monks subject to attacks of kleptomania?

--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada