Spotted on the A848.

https://postimg.cc/vgfgsq31

Main road Craignure to Tobermory(just past Salen) yet more single track.
(yes more Mull stuff).

soup said:
> Spotted on the A848.
>
> https://postimg.cc/vgfgsq31
>
> Main road Craignure to Tobermory(just past Salen) yet more single track.
> (yes more Mull stuff).

I like Ledmore. "North / East / West"

Round here we have "Preston and the South". Take that, Hatfield !

But, not running over otters is definitely a good thing, unless you're a
fish, and they probably don't drive anyway. But ... chance'd be a fine
thing, most places.

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On 22/08/2023 13:13, Richard Robinson wrote:
> soup said:
>> Spotted on the A848.
>>
>> https://postimg.cc/vgfgsq31
>>
>> Main road Craignure to Tobermory(just past Salen) yet more single track.
>> (yes more Mull stuff).
>
> I like Ledmore. "North / East / West"
>
>
> Round here we have "Preston and the South". Take that, Hatfield !
>
> But, not running over otters is definitely a good thing, unless you're a
> fish, and they probably don't drive anyway.

That reminds me of an old chestnut :-

Two fish in a tank one turns to the other and says, "do YOU know how to
drive this thing ?".

On 22-Aug-23 13:13, Richard Robinson wrote:

> But, not running over otters is definitely a good thing, unless you're a
> fish, and they probably don't drive anyway.

And who, pray, do you think carp arks are for?

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In article <uc265p$2cvek$1@dont-email.me>, soup <invalid@invalid.com>
on Tue, 22 Aug 2023 at 12:28:58 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and
wrote
>Spotted on the A848.
>
>https://postimg.cc/vgfgsq31
>
>Main road Craignure to Tobermory(just past Salen) yet more single track.
>(yes more Mull stuff).

Or this?

https://tinyurl.com/c3u5ep5h
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> Spotted on the A848.
>
> https://postimg.cc/vgfgsq31
>
> Main road Craignure to Tobermory(just past Salen) yet more single track.
> (yes more Mull stuff).

Not that far from Hampton Court there used to be a small road with signs
saying, Caution Toads crossing. I don't know if its still there, as
apparently they built them a tunnel, but how would they tell them to use the
tunnel?

Brian

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> On 22/08/2023 13:13, Richard Robinson wrote:
>> soup said:
>>> Spotted on the A848.
>>>
>>> https://postimg.cc/vgfgsq31
>>>
>>> Main road Craignure to Tobermory(just past Salen) yet more single track.
>>> (yes more Mull stuff).
>>
>> I like Ledmore. "North / East / West"
>>
>>
>> Round here we have "Preston and the South". Take that, Hatfield !
>>
>> But, not running over otters is definitely a good thing, unless you're a
>> fish, and they probably don't drive anyway.
>
> That reminds me of an old chestnut :-
>
> Two fish in a tank one turns to the other and says, "do YOU know how to
> drive this thing ?".

Was there not a joke about fish on a bicycle?

Oh and why is computer code often called Hexadecimal, rather then
octadecimal?
There so many questions. Where do occasional Tables go when they are not
being tables?

Brian

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> On 22-Aug-23 13:13, Richard Robinson wrote:
>
>> But, not running over otters is definitely a good thing, unless you're a
>> fish, and they probably don't drive anyway.
>
> And who, pray, do you think carp arks are for?
>
> --
> Sam Plusnet
>

On 23/08/2023 09:53, Brian Gaff wrote:
> Was there not a joke about fish on a bicycle?
>
The one I remember is "About as useful as a bicycle to a fish"

> Oh and why is computer code often called Hexadecimal, rather then
> octadecimal?

Computer code is written in hexadecimal format as the four bits in a
nibble have sixteen possible values. A nibble is represented by a single
base sixteen digit. ( 0 to 9, then A to F, then you start again at 11 to
represent 17 decimal).

A Byte is eight bits, and can represent up to FF in hex or 256 in decimal.

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On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:16:41 +0100
John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:

> On 23/08/2023 09:53, Brian Gaff wrote:
> > Was there not a joke about fish on a bicycle?
> >
> The one I remember is "About as useful as a bicycle to a fish"
>
> > Oh and why is computer code often called Hexadecimal, rather then
> > octadecimal?

Octal is the name for base 8 - hexadecimal is base 6+10=16 just like
duodecimal is base 2+10=12.

> Computer code is written in hexadecimal format as the four bits in a
> nibble have sixteen possible values. A nibble is represented by a single
> base sixteen digit. ( 0 to 9, then A to F, then you start again at 11 to
> represent 17 decimal).

Well yes that's the current convention.

> A Byte is eight bits, and can represent up to FF in hex or 256 in decimal.

It was not always so - the 36bit word PDP-10 supported both 6 and 9
bit bytes and binary dumps were in octal. The legacy of that was still
visible in the 8080 - if you write the instruction set out in octal the
pattern of op-code and register selection in the instructions stands out
clearly, in hexadecimal it is invisible.

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On 2023-08-23, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> Was there not a joke about fish on a bicycle?
>
> Oh and why is computer code often called Hexadecimal, rather then
> octadecimal?
> There so many questions. Where do occasional Tables go when they are not
> being tables?
>
> Brian
>

This is a decent group. Keeo the sexadecimal out of it :)

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Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> Was there not a joke about fish on a bicycle?
>
> Oh and why is computer code often called Hexadecimal, rather then
> octadecimal?

Because it’s base 16, not 18.

Tim

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Brian Gaff said:
> Was there not a joke about fish on a bicycle?

I think the original form was
"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle".

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Sam Plusnet said:
> On 22-Aug-23 13:13, Richard Robinson wrote:
>
>> But, not running over otters is definitely a good thing, unless you're a
>> fish, and they probably don't drive anyway.
>
> And who, pray, do you think carp arks are for?

Bicycles ?

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

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Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:16:41 +0100
> John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > On 23/08/2023 09:53, Brian Gaff wrote:
> > > Was there not a joke about fish on a bicycle?
> > >
> > The one I remember is "About as useful as a bicycle to a fish"
> >
> > > Oh and why is computer code often called Hexadecimal, rather then
> > > octadecimal?
>
> Octal is the name for base 8 - hexadecimal is base 6+10=16 just like
> duodecimal is base 2+10=12.
>
> > Computer code is written in hexadecimal format as the four bits in a
> > nibble have sixteen possible values. A nibble is represented by a single
> > base sixteen digit. ( 0 to 9, then A to F, then you start again at 11 to
> > represent 17 decimal).
>
> Well yes that's the current convention.
>
> > A Byte is eight bits, and can represent up to FF in hex or 256 in decimal.
> >
>
> It was not always so - the 36bit word PDP-10 supported both 6 and 9
> bit bytes and binary dumps were in octal. The legacy of that was still
> visible in the 8080 - if you write the instruction set out in octal the
> pattern of op-code and register selection in the instructions stands out
> clearly, in hexadecimal it is invisible.
>

The NCR 315 used 12-bit (+parity) "slabs" (syllables), each of which
could hold either three hex numeric characters or two 6-bit alphas.
It was very efficient in those far-off days when a 20 kiloslab ferrite
toroid main-memory machine was a big m/c.

The 315 was a solid-state discrete component second generation
mainframe using diode-resistor logic. I loved them to bits and back
again (especially on night shift ~1969).

I was a hardware man with white dustcoat and all, inc. the full set of
four different-coloured Bic Crystals in my top pocket nestling next to
the aide-memoire command-code card. That was only for when at base,
though; under the dustcoat was a proper city suit in case we had to
make an emergency visit to customers' premises.

N.B. No brown boots in the City!


* Ferrite core memory was the origin of the term "core-dump", where
the entire contents of main memory would be printed out for program
debugging porpoises. Don't forget your good specs. for perusing the
music-ruled green fanfold...

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Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:

> Sam Plusnet said:
> > On 22-Aug-23 13:13, Richard Robinson wrote:
> >
> >> But, not running over otters is definitely a good thing,
> >> unless you're a fish, and they probably don't drive anyway.
> >
> > And who, pray, do you think carp arks are for?
>
> Bicycles ?

Feed 'em to the fishies, along with the 'orriblemarket trollies.

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On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:36:09 +0100
snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:

> * Ferrite core memory was the origin of the term "core-dump",

It was also hand wired or perhaps stitched is a better term, three
wires through the middle of each tiny ferrite doughnut, X, Y and sense.

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Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:36:09 +0100
> snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
>
> > * Ferrite core memory was the origin of the term "core-dump",
> >
>
> It was also hand wired or perhaps stitched is a better term, three
> wires through the middle of each tiny ferrite doughnut, X, Y and sense.
>

Indeed it was, usually by little Chinese ladies with small hands,
nimble fingers and excellent eyesight.

I was once inspecting a dodgy core plane in hope of finding a dry
joint or suchlike. I used a jewellers' loupe which popped out of
my eye socket, bounced on the core plane and shatterered a couple
of dozen cores. That made sure it was properly fscked; was my face
red. Happily for me, my boss took the view that it was already
intermittent so no real harm done.

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On 23-Aug-23 16:23, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:36:09 +0100
> snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
>
>> * Ferrite core memory was the origin of the term "core-dump",
>
> It was also hand wired or perhaps stitched is a better term, three
> wires through the middle of each tiny ferrite doughnut, X, Y and sense.
>
Those ferrite core stores were furkin heavy.

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