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:: Friday, August 08, 2003 ::

I've just found a rack U tape measure in the office. I'm 39U tall. That sounds much more impressive than 5 foot 7 doesn't it? I think I'll use U from now on.

When Annie Lennox said "Some of them wanna use U" in Sweet Dreams did she mean rack U? Just a thought.

Cook’d and Bomb’d is in the middle of a makeover at the moment, but is worth dropping by now just to see their temporary message from Paul Daniels.

:: Dan 8.8.03 [Arc]    ::
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(Yeah, but your surname is three times more common than mine, Mr Powell)

Catching up on the news:

Micropayment

Ten Star Tapas

First glimpse of Doc Ock

Mob Happy

Should Linux users pay a licence?

"I'm looking forward to getting back on my combine harvester" Is this really news? Do we care? What are the bets on us seeing one of these headlines in the next year?
1. TONY MARTIN GOES OUT AND BUYS BREAD
2. KILLER FARMER MOWS THROUGH FIELD OF GYPSIES – TWELVE DEAD
Any takers?

:: Dan 8.8.03 [Arc]    ::
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Mine Got! 2+2=5, so a 27db(A) fan is soooo much quiter than a 42db(A) one.

Right I'm off to overclockers.co.uk to get some quieter fans!.


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How common is your name?
Needless to say mine is rare, Dans is not :P
At the last place I worked some little scrote tried to shoot me with a BB gun. I'm tracking him down just as soon as I've bought one of these puppies.
Keep your parents off the net.
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:: popcorn 7.8.03 [Arc]    ::
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dB is a logarithmic scale, given by Level (dB) = 10 * log10 (pressure/ref), where ref = 2*10^5 for normal air pressure.
So to add two decibel levels (L1 and L2) calculate, P1=10^(L1/10) and P2=10^(L2/10), then L_total = 10*log10(P1+P2). (You don’t need to worry about the ref for this calc as it will multiply out.)
Example: If L1=L2=20, 10^(20/10)=100, 100*2=200, 10*log10(200)=23dB.
So, when adding two sources of the same level, the total will always be +3dB.
As another rule of thumb, if there is 10dB or greater difference between the two levels then don’t even bother calculating it, just take the larger one.

As you probably now know, (A) is a weighting curve applied to the signal, either in octave or third octave bands, to emulate the hearing response of the human ear at low levels, there are also B, C and D weightings (rarely used) for different levels, where D is used for assessing levels like jet engine take off at close range, but the curve is almost flat at that point as human hearing is practically flat once you get over 100dB.

Remember, in acoustics, 2+2=5. That would have helped Winston Smith come to terms with things wouldn’t it?

:: Dan 7.8.03 [Arc]    ::
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Dan/Spokes/Anyone that knows: Is there's something wierd about the decibel scale like it's inverse or it's on a logarythmic scale or something like that?

Do two fans at 20db(A) produce the same amount of niose as one at 40db(A)?

edit: I have googled this and am no better off for it, except knowing what the (A) is.

:: popcorn 6.8.03 [Arc]    ::
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I might have blogged this before but I still think The Cat Came Back is one of the funniest cartoons ever made. It's defiantly the best ever made by an independent film maker. The Big Cartoon DataBase entry explains what it’s about nicely if you haven’t seen it. I remember seeing it on a special indy filmmaker edition of that programme Tony Robinson used to present (Toon Time?) If anyone has any idea how I could track this down, where it might be broadcast, if it's ever been released anywhere, if you can download it from anywhere or has a copy of it on video somewhere, please let me know!

Indecently, my other nomination for greatest cartoon ever made is the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie which is a montage of all of the best Looney Tunes shorts, including every character you want to see and enough Road Runner classics to keep me going back to it every year of my life to date.

There is a new Looney Tunes feature in the pipeline, but I think it’s a live action/animation mix which doesn’t always work, I’ll wait and see what it’s like but I won’t hold my breath for anything spectacular.

:: Dan 5.8.03 [Arc]    ::
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At first glace I thought The Tard Blog was the most politically incorrect blog I'd ever seen, but for some reason that didn't stop me reading it. I was relieved to find that the site wasn't only sensitively written but it was also insightful and absolutely side-splittingly hilarious. Read it.

:: Dan 5.8.03 [Arc]    ::
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Like music, books have now fallen prey to internet pirates who go to great lengths to make the latest blockbusters available online

Rare papers reveal row over longitude
"Historic documents giving an insight into an 18th Century clockmaker's struggle to be awarded the prize for measuring longitude have been bought by the National Maritime Museum." If your interested in the history of Harrison’s invention and the down right dirty attempts to thwart his claim to the longitude prize then Dava Sobel’s Longitude is an easy but fascinating read that at times can make your blood boil.

An impromptu sing-song by Cherie Blair to Chinese students has become a surprise dance hit among British clubbers in Ibiza and Cyprus. Spare us!

Can you tell what it is yet? Hollywood star Russell Crowe is set to perform at a tribute concert to Rolf Harris.

:: Dan 4.8.03 [Arc]    ::
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