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by lb1lf 8y ago
-Educated guess is that cargo vessels aren't much of a problem. Anything dropping anchor, dredging or somehow doing stuff on the bottom, on the other hand... Further, I'd wager that initially buried cable in the Channel often is e
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by lb1lf 8y ago
1) The fibre pairs are housed in multiple layers of armor to protect against the elements, supply power to inline amplifiers and -most notably- provide the structural strength needed to survive being deployed. Outside diameter is still less
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by lb1lf 8y ago
Tyco / TE Subcom and Japan's NTT are two of the major players.
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by lb1lf 8y ago
I work for a company which make the full deployment line for submarine cable laying ships ; first time I visited one -Incidentally, a sister ship of the CS Durable referenced in this article- I wondered about the precise same thing you did,
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by lb1lf 8y ago
I don't know about the Orloj, but the undisputedly most precise mechanical clock in existence today is Jens Olsen's World Clock in Copenhagen Town Hall. Horological porn. An engineering and manufacturing marvel &c. I had a har
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by lb1lf 8y ago
Careful with those Bluetooth headphones, a colleague of mine managed to pair her laptop with her speakers rather than her 'phones, and then promptly proceeded with listening to a (veee-eeery) adult audiobook. Apparently, it can be quit
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by lb1lf 8y ago
-While the cynic in me thinks you are probably right, as they would no doubt mention it if the intent was to make the data freely available, I do note that the site is hosted by the BODC which is under the NOC (UK National Oceanography Cent
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by lb1lf 8y ago
Anecdotal evidence suggest the most affordable indestructible handheld is the Yaesu FT-60. Sure, it retails at $150 or so - a handful of Baofengs - but the upside is you’ll only ever need one...
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by lb1lf 8y ago
Anecdotal experience (Long-time Land Cruiser owner in Western Norway where the SOP at first snow is to salt the heck out of it) suggests that Toyotas do rust like mad; I work hard all year keeping my Land Cruisers (a 1981 BJ42 and a 1998 KZ
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by lb1lf 8y ago
AOL. (I have two - daily driver is a 20 year old KZJ95 with some 220k miles to its name - I have owned it for the past six years (80k miles) - it has cost me less in parts and labour than wife's 2012 VW Passat 3c which has covered less
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by lb1lf 8y ago
I seem to recall reading in either Kahn's or Sebag-Montefiore's book on Bletchley Park that one early failure mode of the tape was that it was run through the reader at a fast enough pace to occasionally catch fire. Oops.
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by lb1lf 8y ago
If our experience is anything to go by - visitors hanging around in the lobby, desperate for someone to show them the way as the automagic visitor kiosk issuing passes and notifying whoever you were about to visit that you have arrived is b
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by lb1lf 8y ago
...but presumably route planning software is based around the concept of street names, which is a pretty universal concept? (I have no doubt a computer can solve this issue - but neither do I think logistics companies would create a fuss ov
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by lb1lf 8y ago
It is not cumbersome to deliver a package to one house in this town. It is cumbersome to deliver packages to, say, a hundred houses in this town, where every day, the houses with a scheduled delivery varies. If you are to load up your deliv
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by lb1lf 8y ago
> My grandmother's house (in Australia) was assigned a house number (in the 70s?) but she refused to use it, continuing to give her address as the house name and insisting that we grandkids address letters to her by name. As far as
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by lb1lf 8y ago
For -ahem- historical reasons, Germans have a healthy skepticism to anything which may let the powers that be know more about them than what is strictly necessary; it is not my impression that this is the case here, my point is merely that
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by lb1lf 8y ago
Discussing an unstable mountainous area with a geologist once, he made it sound like collapse was imminent, so I asked him when to expect it. "Oh, any day, now - definitely in the next 50,000 years or so..."
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by lb1lf 8y ago
This gets funnier. I just asked the little one whether his comment had been as spontaneous as it had seemed at the time, and got a sigh and eyes rolling for my trouble. "Dad, it is a joke off the Internet. All the kids in school say th
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by lb1lf 8y ago
Quite possibly both? I can definitely see where my son is coming from, as he's only seen floppies once in his life, whereas even his Nintendo Switch uses a floppy to indicate that it is saving his progress. Must be baffling. I hadn&#x2
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by lb1lf 8y ago
I showed my son (age nine) a floppy disk a couple of months ago. His immediate comment? "Wow, a 3d-printed save icon!" Sigh.
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by lb1lf 8y ago
...plus the -hm- incubation period? That is - for how long you can transmit the disease without showing symptoms. The nightmare, of course, being a highly contagious, very deadly disease which let its victims infect others for weeks or mont
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by lb1lf 8y ago
If Land Rover built guitars, it would be a Telecaster. Basically, their simple construction makes them as simple to modify; when you pick up a Telecaster in the gig shop, you’re just getting started; tuning it to your preference is an ongoi
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by lb1lf 8y ago
That it is; they are being investigated for violating section 371 of the Norwegian penal code, which reads: Section 371.Fraud A penalty of a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years shall be applied to any person who with int
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by lb1lf 8y ago
A bit late to reply, but today the Norwegian Broadcasting Co. ran a story on how effective average speed cameras were; they are currently deployed 27 places, and overall, the number of deaths and severe injuries is halved compared to the si
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by lb1lf 8y ago
Norway does not, either. We do issue fines for drunk driving based on your income, though.
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by lb1lf 8y ago
-Here in Norway, every speed camera needs to be advertised by signs in order to let the driver know he's being monitored. Kind of defeats their purpose, as the idea is not to ensure people drive past the cam under the posted limit; it
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by lb1lf 8y ago
The trick here is to use a pair of speed cameras for measuring average speed over a stretch of road. Everybody and their dog knows just where the three local speed cameras are, and drive accordingly (sigh). The average measurement in the su
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by lb1lf 8y ago
Stern looks is probably exaggerated, but I unusual sandwiches or toppings are likely to draw a comment or two. However, this is mostly in the context of being a conversation starter, though - at least in my experience. "Roast beef, huh
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by lb1lf 8y ago
Oooh, The ICF-7600GR. Bought one in Vantaa Helsinki Airport on my way to Russia almost 20 years ago to be able to listen to news I could understand while there. (After having lusted for one for ages, me being an intrepid DXer since late pri
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by lb1lf 8y ago
Here's one of my favourites[1] - in Bjørnevatn, (very) close to Norway's border with Russia on some 70 degrees of latitude. It is a shovel from a heavy excavator used in a nearby mine; offers protection from the elements as well a

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