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by Revian
Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:13 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Driver jailed after filming himself driving at 192mph
Replies: 12
Views: 13594

Re: Driver jailed after filming himself driving at 192mph

Maybe Bedfordshire police should be giving him a medal for his contribution to their funds?
by Revian
Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:44 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Audi, Porsche join VW scandal.
Replies: 22
Views: 21963

Re: Audi, Porsche join VW scandal.

+1 to your Dad! I was involved in building a 'commercially green' church annex; big hall, rooms on 2 floors, lift etc. The problem was not keeping warm but being too hot in some rooms at any time of year. This was despite all the software modelling under the sun (pun recognised) including solar gain...
by Revian
Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:48 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Audi, Porsche join VW scandal.
Replies: 22
Views: 21963

Re: Audi, Porsche join VW scandal.

It gets one of my two votes... ;) I think the other half of the coin is about reducing energy demand. This isn't simply about reducing (eg) car use but about the energy efficiency of the 'stuff' we have. In my small middle class ;) 1960s semi Its about low as I can get I think. LED bulbs throughout...
by Revian
Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:07 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Audi, Porsche join VW scandal.
Replies: 22
Views: 21963

Re: Audi, Porsche join VW scandal.

Solar/wind are never going to be capable of supplying base load. If you're worried about Co2 emissions, you should be pushing the government to build massive nuclear facilities (and preferably ourselves, not with foreign investment). That gets my vote, Jon. It gets one of my two votes... ;) I think...
by Revian
Thu Nov 05, 2015 1:47 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New to this
Replies: 20
Views: 20212

Re: New to this

Slaidburn... Forest of Bowland.... NE? That's the dark lands of Lancashire surely. :D still to a Merseysider it's probably near enough... ;) No, it's very close to the Yorkshire border. The parish of Slaidburn is in the Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales, lying as it does well within the histo...
by Revian
Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:43 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Confessional
Replies: 17
Views: 18371

Re: Confessional

devonutopia wrote:Go and do two bloody marys or whatever you're meant to do. :D

Protestant aversion to that here...
Anyway I'm religiously for single malt.. ;)
by Revian
Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:20 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Audi, Porsche join VW scandal.
Replies: 22
Views: 21963

Re: Audi, Porsche join VW scandal.

TV tonight reports sales down as well as shares.... No surprise there..
by Revian
Wed Nov 04, 2015 8:38 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Confessional
Replies: 17
Views: 18371

Re: Confessional

Consider yourself forgiven... ;)
by Revian
Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:38 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Autonomous vehicles - driving test
Replies: 5
Views: 7239

Re: Autonomous vehicles - driving test

Horse wrote:
Revian wrote:
Horse wrote:Hmmm . . . does the steering control system 'motors' use pull-push? If the magnets could be set up appropriately, perhaps they could?

Autonomous... Predictive Steering surely....


Hmmm Don't know what you mean - give me a hint ;)

Get a grip man.... 8-)
by Revian
Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:32 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Autonomous vehicles - driving test
Replies: 5
Views: 7239

Re: Autonomous vehicles - driving test

Horse wrote:Hmmm . . . does the steering control system 'motors' use pull-push? If the magnets could be set up appropriately, perhaps they could?

Autonomous... Predictive Steering surely....

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