ARMv8.1?

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It would be quite unusual not to. They're on pretty much every engine generating 200 hp or more (oh look, another Imperial unit!) and on some smaller ones. Once upon a time I flew aerobatics in a 150-hp Decathlon that had a constant-speed prop. It also had no throttle friction, and unless you were holding it it would slowly edge back; the prop would keep the RPM steady so you wouldn't hear anything different. One time I fell out of the top of a loop and upon recovering noticed that the throttle had crept back to 15 inches, which wasn't enough power to perform the maneuver.

Interestingly, there's a note going out over here recommending that transponder-equipped gliders squawk 1202 so that ATC can easily distinguish them from other uncontrolled VFR traffic.

Our measuring cups are also marked 250 mL. Close enough, anyway.

Maybe that's where the baker's dozen came from: he stole one from the soccer team.

Or the electrocution hazard when you touched the chassis through an air vent. But today nearly nothing has a metal case or openings you can poke much through. Even then we have lots of GFCI to protect folks.

What do the grounds connect to exactly? Heck even toasters with metal covers have enough insulation internally to not have ground plugs. I guess you should ground the fork before trying to pry the toast out?

That's what I'm asking YOU.

Either way it is a single fixing holding the thing you pull which is also the thing that protects you from the live wires.

WEll how should I know? I mean I was merely remarking on the existential quality iof the number eleven and its presumed mystical significance in the pointless and dull game of soccer, to illustrate the arbitrary nature of the universe. And the premier league.

We COULD have had 360 players. *Someone* chose 11.

That encapsulates the mystery of creation right there.

What's it after? The 12 disciples less Judas?

Its questions like these that send me to sleep at night.

So will a blow to the head... but not as permanently.

But if you want to know how much petrol it will take to do the x mile trip you're just about to do, the calculation is a simple one. You just have to remember that a mile is about 1.6km.

What I want to know is why the rose star _Crossaster papposus_, commonly seen by scuba divers along the British Columbia coast, usually has 11 arms, rather than the 10 or 12 you'd expect. (Bonus question: Why haven't I ever heard any other diver mention this?)

That convention is quite old, and looks like a good idea. I remember seeing discussions about it on r.a.s over about the last ten years. I don't know what the UK equivalent is, if any, because I don't carry a transponder, though I wouldn't like to be without FLARM now.

The article I found it in didn't specify. I mostly use Basmati.

For sheer coinage bliss you had to go to India on the '70s. They had:

Value: 1 2 3 5 10 paise Shape: square 8 waves 6 sides square 12 waves Metal: Alloy Alloy Alloy Al alloy or bronze

Value: 20 25 50 paise 1 rupee Shape: round round round round Metal: bronze 'silver' brass brass

They got bigger from 1 paise to 10 paise, but the 20 paise was smaller than the 10 and the 20 was smaller still, the 50 was slightly smaller than the 10 and the rupee was quite big. by 'waves' I mean that these were round coins with wavy edges, so 8 waves means there are 8 wave peaks and 8 troughs round the coin.

I remember 1,5,10,50 and 100 rupee notes in common use. The one and five rupee notes came in blocks with gum down one side like a scribble pad: it was common to see somebody count and then tear off several to pay for something. But, the range of banknote value was enormous - the biggest note at the time was 5000 rupees. For reference, IIRC the late '70s exchange rate was 16 rupees to the pound or 8 to the dollar.

The odd range of coins had something to do with the old Raj era coinage, when there used to be 16 annas to the rupee.

Mots plugs today are moulded on Every other plug that comes apart that I have ever seen has the same issue

Much truth thou speakest, Grasshopper.

-=> rickman wrote to All on 04-05-17 17:07 That is another smart thing the UK does. In the US circuits are ri> typically 15 amps which can safely be carried over 16 gauge wire. So ri> every device that plugs into an AC outlet uses 16 gauge wire even if it ri> only draws less than an amp.

US code for house wiring is 14 gauge for 15a circuits and 12 gauge for 20a service. Distance is also a factor in determining both wire gauge and service amps (600ft for 14/3 [15a] and 800ft for 12/3 [20a]).

Its been an interesting read so far ( but don't get me started on the EU with its dodgy Euro MP set up in Brussels - the easyest way to become a millionare by doing sod all). There are Long tons ( Imperial) 2240 pounds and Short tons (American) 2000 pounds both are equal to 20 hundredweights but the defination of hundredweights is different. Except in the case of American ships where the where the Long Ton defination is used. I wonder how they get along with Landing Craft - could be tricky with weight loading and distribution when traversing from sea to shore.

The Lunar year, when was that measurement last taken as the moon is moving away from the earth.