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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Jan 10, 2007 16:59:49 GMT
The two answers I was looking for was Lenormand and the dog of Blanchard :)
So you get 2 points :)
However I disagree with Leslie Leroy, but it will depend on the definition of MODERN. To me that means using similar construction to that of the modern day, ie sewn silk, and this was Lenormand who started out in 1783 using a wooden frame but a few years later went over to a sewn silk version which is in the Science Museum I believe. Irvin may have been the first to use one from an aircraft, as Lenormand and Blanchard used balloons and as rightly stated he had to use it when his baloon ruptured and he made his escape with one.
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Jan 10, 2007 16:07:57 GMT
11. I will rephrase the question, 'Who invented the modern parachute' it was from the same industrial era that your quiz covered. 12. Who was the first tester of the parachute.
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Jan 10, 2007 15:38:12 GMT
11. Who invented the first working parachute?
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Jan 10, 2007 15:35:20 GMT
As a mad inventor this is my subject ;D
1. Jethro Tull (not the singer) 2. Thomas Savery 3. Abraham Darby 4. Thomas Newcomen ( but wasn't the first, Thomas Savery's was used for this purpose earlier) 5. John Kay or is that just a Yarn ;) 6. James Hargreaves from Lancashire 7. Richard Arkwright 8. The infamous James Watt of course 9. Henry Cort, though there has been some dispute on this as it was all about the process of creating wrought iron, and many claims were made in a short period though Cort was believed to been the first. 10. Edmund Cartwright had the first patent on it.
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Dec 9, 2006 20:05:56 GMT
Do I get a bonus point for thinking the same about Claire as you :D
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Dec 9, 2006 19:52:43 GMT
Old Horizontal was brewed by Stocks Brewery (Doncaster) which closed in 1997.
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Jan 7, 2007 17:35:02 GMT
61 Faith No More 70 Bill Haley 74 Manhattan Transfer 84 Marc Almond 85 Aerosmith 93 Destiny's Child 103 Ocean Colour Scene 104 Coldplay 114 Inspiral Carpets 115 Alien Ant Farm 117 Cole Porter
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Jan 7, 2007 13:16:38 GMT
65 Thin Lizzie 71 Air Supply
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Jan 8, 2007 13:10:53 GMT
As Technical Manager for a company producing data logging devices for weather stations etc then I needed to know about A/D and D/A, Real Time Clocks and a good general knowledge of electronics to tell our designer to design it ;D Richard Stowe (Dick'ead) worked for me on occasions too but the difficulty was keeping him out the pub ;)
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Jan 8, 2007 10:33:08 GMT
Just to correct you m8, a Xtal and a piezo device are very different with regards accuracy in frequency with regards temperature and long term stability, that was what was confusing me. Putting the circuit into a PLL that is locked to a known outside frequency gives hugely beneficial accuracy, so many proffesional counters, time standards etc use this method.
Edit: Nice test though for me ;D
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Jan 8, 2007 9:18:07 GMT
1. Confusing what you are looking for, I would normally just call this the clock circuit, PLL (phase locked loop) could be loosely described but that is normally locked to an external radio frequency ie Rugby Clock.
2. Dielectric
3. Transistor
4. Capacitor
5. Diode
6. gate
7. thyristor
8. transformer
9. filter or more likely attenuator you are looking for
10. amplifier
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Jan 4, 2007 19:18:25 GMT
I thought 5 was Free Fall and Oxford United :(
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Dec 15, 2006 12:00:41 GMT
Strut ! Thats you down the pub :P
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Dec 15, 2006 8:55:00 GMT
10. A seat for me ? ;D
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Dec 14, 2006 23:13:52 GMT
I have seen a few Geek quizzes in my time, and this beats most........ ;D
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Dec 7, 2006 18:54:27 GMT
11. White Christmas 12. Slade 16. Last Christmas 19. Cliff Richard, Mistletoe and Wine
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Dec 16, 2006 16:17:22 GMT
Do you mind I resemble that remark :( Ha Ha Sparky the sniffling geek ;D
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Dec 16, 2006 10:07:38 GMT
1. A Mexican greeting 7. Related to Deli Belly. 8. Three forums interlinked. 9. Ensuring both tales are the same before you and your mates get home. 10. The cord pulled by the missus when you get home late. 11. A food place for reporters. 12. This is the chant when Dick Stowe gets a good score 'Rer-e-dos that, he usually loses them' 13. A car normally found in the carpark or local hedge. 14. 1 over par
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Nov 7, 2006 10:03:24 GMT
This Quiz of Nigel's has proved one of the most popular ever - answers have been coming thick and fast from several quarters. I think that pretty much sums it up :D Lizzy must have been a pin-up for you tommo, about the right age ;)
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Dec 7, 2006 18:02:08 GMT
I remember watching the match in the shop window of Curry's, along with a dozen other people who like me were too poor to own a television set. :'( :'( :'(
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Feb 26, 2007 16:55:06 GMT
A predictable reaction there. ::) ::) Thank you :-* I think it helps the away players, it does me :D To be truthful, I would be happy to allow the away players to have all the breaks in a league match as I think Brighton do ! I do agree until you play a shot or two then you have to guess the pace a bit. What it does show me though is how far a 1 up will swing out or whether the cueball runs on, hits the edge of the hole etc. All useful info and I wish I was that good :'( :(
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Feb 26, 2007 11:52:27 GMT
Talking of bad sportsmanship, I think it is bad when you turn up for a match and the opponents are practising on their home table and carry on doing it in front of you. A while ago we adopted a rule in Horsham whereby it wasn't allowed after 7.15 if the match was due to start at 8.30. I am shocked at this :( Most teams I know turn up at 7.30 at the earliest to practice and in many cases is the only time they ever practice, just before the match. Why stop this? I am quite happy to turn up to a venue and alllow the Home players to show me how the table runs, its speed, its rolls, where the double shot can be got from etc. You want them to stop teaching me, before I take a leg off them !!!
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Feb 25, 2007 15:44:00 GMT
I too wrote a vey long post and in some ways very similar to yours Graham, but then did not post it. Each time I looked at it and at yours the same I could see many pitfalls. Hence why I didn't post it as I felt is unworkable, still too much emphasis on the scorer making the decision or not if maybe the friend of the person winning ! In (c) for example what about the person who is behind at the time, he also would not want to lose his score so this to me is in effect is putting all the emphasis against the player who is leading. We all know in any game and in many cases a ball can end up in the wrong place, that is 'part of the game', trying then to force an outcome is fool hardy IMHO.
Speed of play again is something of contention, I know I play probably 30% slower than I did when I was 20yo because I now realise (maybe not so much at Opens) that you are playing the clock and not the player. If I put 9000 up at a slow pace and give someone 6 mins to catch me the percentage of them doing so is pretty low. Are we saying that I should be made to play at 1200/min and risk missing, or 'control' my pace to win. I feel we are risking putting in rules to try and cater for very occasional happenings at the risk of confusing already doubtful scorers, particularly at pub level. Maybe rules applicable to Opens and other important events only as a sub section could be used is one possibility but not at league level.
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Feb 24, 2007 14:58:13 GMT
We don't have 'piers' around these parts, will this only apply at seasides ;)
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Feb 14, 2007 0:24:20 GMT
Tommo it is OK saying you can't teach someone who has been playing for 30 years to change their way of playing, it is simple if its in the rules they have no choice. The rules we are talking about are relating to All England competitions, whether your league choose to use the same rules will be your decision if your scorers are not competent. I have seen this too many times too, as Sav is stating and I must admit after talking a lot with him in Kent, I have started doing very similar, particularly on an under-hit break shot. I am not accusing anyone of delibrate cheating in this way but will admit I have probably shook a wobbly table by accident before and maybe gained advantage from it. Most people know me as being a very honest player as most players are but I think if there is a clear rule that states if a ball has a possibility of stopping on the edge of the hole then the player must be clear of the table when it drops. It gives the scorer a fairer chance then IMO.
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Feb 22, 2007 15:37:23 GMT
I don't really accept that having played one competition for one county in one calendar year should affect another competition in the same year: Why should it matter ? It might be to do with ranking points, just a guess.
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Feb 14, 2007 0:05:13 GMT
I am more in favour of Mr Q's version, the reason I feel this is although in theory you are correct Chris, the same theory could be said about a ball touching a peg, this in effect is in a no go area of the table, so it could be argued that a ball left touching a peg is end of break. I know the rules allow the peg to go any distance as long as it is standing but the principal is the same just our rules allow it. Putting a ball on the edge of a hole is a loser from the start IMO, whatever the rule in Jersey is.
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Feb 13, 2007 19:34:50 GMT
I do not think it should be off the spot, the whole point of the game was to encourage youngsters, beginners and lesser standard players to enter and give them a chance. Off the spot goes totally against that theory. It should not be a practice for Jersey, players have 100's of spare evenings when they can practice without using the 'D', why pick the one event of the year that others may get a chance of winning. Many if not most leagues have 'Off the Spot' comps anyway.
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Feb 24, 2007 14:02:14 GMT
I can't remember if there is a rule on this, but maybe there should be if there isn't. 'Whether at League, Competitions, National or Internationals a competent scorer should be used.'
I can understand the organisers problems in Opens getting people to score games, however it is important that the person scoring is aware of the rules and can count, there are a lot at league level who cannot !
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Post by Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.) on Feb 24, 2007 11:36:39 GMT
I am with you on this Graham, you cannot have rules which are down to the scorer to interpret how he/she feels fit. If it can't be a clear rule thenit should not be put in. For example the new 'Oxford rule' as it is getting dubbed, could easily be clarrifed even further on the competition tables by actually having these marked with the line on the cloth as these will be used in the most important circumstances generally. Leagues in conjunction with the table suppliers could decide if this was wanted or not.
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