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#311296 4-Jan-2024 11:23

I thought I'd start a thread for asking the questions you want to ask, that don't warrant an entire thread of their own.

I thought of this because I was wondering if the phrase was 'you have the con' or 'you have the comm' mentioned in various Star Trek episodes. It didn't need it's own thread, but still wanted to know.

As it turned out, Google sorted it and it's 'you have the conn'

https://www.quora.com/What-does-you-have-the-Conn-mean-in-Star-Trek

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#3177518 4-Jan-2024 11:27

"The word conn was first used in the English language in the early 1600s and referred to controlling or directing the steering of a ship. Thus, the conning officer is responsible for giving the helmsman instructions on direction and thrust of the ship's engines."

ie you are in control of the vessel

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#3177539 4-Jan-2024 12:49

OK here goes mine. Any personal hygiene material gurus here?

When you start with a fresh bar of soap it doesn't take a lot of rubbing to generate the lather.

As it gets used up more rubbing is required to produce the same amount of lather.

The surface area reduces so there is one obvious reason, but is it also a case that the 'potency' of the soap itself gets less?

Did Eric Clapton really think she looked wonderful...or was it after the 15th outfit she tried on and he just wanted to get to the party and get a drink?

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#3177542 4-Jan-2024 13:45

My burning question is why does the Dish smartvu 7070 Android box have all the +1 channels and the Dish smartvu 11 dongle doesn't except for sky+1 and why isn’t this fact mentioned on the box.

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#3177985 5-Jan-2024 13:58

floydbloke:

OK here goes mine. Any personal hygiene material gurus here?

When you start with a fresh bar of soap it doesn't take a lot of rubbing to generate the lather.

As it gets used up more rubbing is required to produce the same amount of lather.

The surface area reduces so there is one obvious reason, but is it also a case that the 'potency' of the soap itself gets less?

I'm sure Big Soap puts cheap, less lathery soap in the middle of the bar to make you want to break out a new bar sooner.

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#3178034 5-Jan-2024 14:06

floydbloke:

OK here goes mine. Any personal hygiene material gurus here?

When you start with a fresh bar of soap it doesn't take a lot of rubbing to generate the lather.

As it gets used up more rubbing is required to produce the same amount of lather.

The surface area reduces so there is one obvious reason, but is it also a case that the 'potency' of the soap itself gets less?

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/167nr7a/eli5_why_does_a_bar_of_soap_produce_a_great/

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#3178058 5-Jan-2024 15:49

Eva888:

My burning question is why does the Dish smartvu 7070 Android box have all the +1 channels and the Dish smartvu 11 dongle doesn't except for sky+1 and why isn’t this fact mentioned on the box.

That's picking up freeview? It shouldn't matter what decoder it is.

Re-run the autotune; it's likely missed something or the channel assignments changed.

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#3178202 5-Jan-2024 23:19

Eva888:

My burning question is why does the Dish smartvu 7070 Android box have all the +1 channels and the Dish smartvu 11 dongle doesn't except for sky+1 and why isn’t this fact mentioned on the box.

Presumably because you have an aerial or satellite feed connected to the SmartVu 7070 and it is picking up all the over the air Freeview channels and the SmartVu 11 dongle has no aerial input and is just using the Freeview streaming app which does not include the +1 channels, among others.

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#3178239 6-Jan-2024 08:35

Thanks @allan. Why didn’t I think of that. You are correct, the box is connected by sat cable and the dongle isn’t. Having found the answer though why can’t freeview app also include the +1 channels.

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#3178254 6-Jan-2024 09:52

Why can't I get my cellphone to ring more than five times before it goes to voicemail and ONE people tell me that it can't be altered.?

This is annoying when you are around the house but do not have the phone in your hot hand.

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#3178263 6-Jan-2024 10:24

Eva888:

Thanks @allan. Why didn’t I think of that. You are correct, the box is connected by sat cable and the dongle isn’t. Having found the answer though why can’t freeview app also include the +1 channels.

Yeah that is a bit odd. I just had a look at https://freeviewnz.tv/tvguide/channels/ and noted that Sky Open (the old Prime) has +1 channels on Satellite and Streaming, but not on UHF and Sky Open +1 is the only +1 channel being streamed so +1 implementation is a bit weird all round 🙄

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#3178726 7-Jan-2024 14:42

Apart from a very repetitive flying lesson, what are they up to?

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#3178778 7-Jan-2024 15:00

rscole86: Apart from a very repetitive flying lesson, what are they up to?

Aerial survey / mapping

The aircraft is registered to Landpro Ltd of Cromwell.

See https://landpro.co.nz/what-we-do/aerial-survey-and-mapping/

Edit: speelinge

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#3178785 7-Jan-2024 15:40

Does anyone know any lovely cafes that are quiet but also don't mind people staying around a while(I would be offering multiple brews)?

Need a new lovely place to get away from the noisy apartment I live in and have a nice home away from home for my creative work that I do.

Christchurch only of course :)

Ramblings from a mysterious lady who's into tech. Warning I may often create zingers.

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#3178788 7-Jan-2024 15:49

Fog:

Why can't I get my cellphone to ring more than five times before it goes to voicemail and ONE people tell me that it can't be altered.?

This is annoying when you are around the house but do not have the phone in your hot hand.

It seems it can be done...

https://one.nz/faq/change-the-ring-time-for-your-mobile-handset

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#3178794 7-Jan-2024 16:08

notesgnome:

Fog:

Why can't I get my cellphone to ring more than five times before it goes to voicemail and ONE people tell me that it can't be altered.?

This is annoying when you are around the house but do not have the phone in your hot hand.

It seems it can be done...

https://one.nz/faq/change-the-ring-time-for-your-mobile-handset

Unfortunately, I am on prepay so I am stuck. Thanks for your comments

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