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zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

I think the great thing about that programming is that when you didn't have to commit and had no great plans you could just ....watch a programme on some aspect of geography you knew nothing about and would never sign up to study or brush up on some gcse maths, or whatever. In stead of wasting those wee small hours of wakefulness yet inability to read or or relax, instead of putting carp on tv you could actually benefit in someway and think...oh, I'd like to know more about that.

I loved that programming at stressful junctures in life in particular. I know a lot of it will be ood now, but the language and arts programming won't, the maths won't.

Those things for teachers though, where it said to record , we never got shown any of them in school, I don't know if other school systems used them more. I thought some of them were super.

They were stunningly good. I remember one of them explained how difficult it would be to witness a miracle. A bunch of OU lecturers were on a picnic and increasingly stranger things happened to them and they explained them away rationally. Ultimately took the stars in the night sky organising themselves into the words "It's a miracle" and astronomers agreeing on it before we'd hit anything where we'd all have to nod and go "that's a real miracle all right".

Another set of lessons showed how time has no direction on the small scale but does in the larger world and explained how we could start with a tiny timeless world converting into a larger world with an increasingly obvious direction of time as the big bang got going. Amazingly deep things being casually explained in a very matter-of-fact way.

Generali

GDB2222 wrote: »

I checked the spec on one phone. Max working temp is 35C, max storage temp is 45C. Given that it's over 35C where Gen is at the moment and he's not complained about his phone, there's probably a bit of leeway in those figures. I wouldn't have thought the electronics would have a problem at those sorts of temperatures, but maybe batteries are more sensitive?

Things like fridges and some electronics are 'tropicalised' for sale in places like Australia. We never have temperatures below freezing in Sydney but it hits 45C most years. If you go a way inland (quite a long way) it gets up to 55C in the summer and below freezing in winter!

It can be done. Imagine what electronics in space go through. A range from say -200C to +300C.

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

They were stunningly good. I remember one of them explained how difficult it would be to witness a miracle. A bunch of OU lecturers were on a picnic and increasingly stranger things happened to them and they explained them away rationally. Ultimately took the stars in the night sky organising themselves into the words "It's a miracle" and astronomers agreeing on it before we'd hit anything where we'd all have to nod and go "that's a real miracle all right".

Another set of lessons showed how time has no direction on the small scale but does in the larger world and explained how we could start with a tiny timeless world converting into a larger world with an increasingly obvious direction of time as the big bang got going. Amazingly deep things being casually explained in a very matter-of-fact way.

Is that the one where the tree branch breaks but doesn't fall on the picnickers?

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

Is that the one where the tree branch breaks but doesn't fall on the picnickers?

I believe it was.:D

silvercar

Yorkie1 wrote: »

:T:T:T



Useful to know. Does the iPad2 have GPS facility?

No. Or at least only the 3G version does, the wifi only version doesn't.

Yorkie1

silvercar wrote: »

No. Or at least only the 3G version does, the wifi only version doesn't.

Thanks silvercar, it's as I suspected.

She only has the WiFi version. No smartphone. One reason for wanting the satnav is for changes of route if needed. Back to the drawing board!

silvercar

Out for a birthday dinner (yup - another year older ) and saw loads of gritters driving past, is it really going to be that cold?

zagubov

Happy birthday SC! :bdaycake:

Generali wrote: »

Things like fridges and some electronics are 'tropicalised' for sale in places like Australia. We never have temperatures below freezing in Sydney but it hits 45C most years. If you go a way inland (quite a long way) it gets up to 55C in the summer and below freezing in winter!

It can be done. Imagine what electronics in space go through. A range from say -200C to +300C.

That's an argument I use against the trendier mac fanatics who want the very latest model and haven't any time for luddites like myself with my ancient mac from 2002. Uses "out-of date" processors but they're more adavnced versions of ones used on Mars and all over the solar system as they're in most of the space probes. Tolerate -55 to 125.

Quite why it needs such a noisy fan in a domestic model is beyond me.:o

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

I believe it was.:D

I saw that when I was a kid. I don't know why but I have a very clear memory of watching it. That's about all I remember of it though.

Generali

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Thanks silvercar, it's as I suspected.

She only has the WiFi version. No smartphone. One reason for wanting the satnav is for changes of route if needed. Back to the drawing board!

Kogan 4G smartphone retails for £150. The parents-in-Law both have and they seem jolly happy with it.