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From: Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org>
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Subject: Re: UseNet Health Check
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 20:20:12 +1200
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On 24/05/2025 1:47 am, David wrote:
> On 23/05/2025 14:30, David wrote:
>> On 17/09/2023 12:43, Magani wrote:
>>> On Saturday, 16 September 2023 at 11:43:44 pm UTC+10, David Brooks 
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 16/09/2023 02:20, Magani wrote:
>>>>> On Saturday, 16 September 2023 at 6:23:16 am UTC+10, David Brooks 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On 14/09/2023 22:41, Magani wrote:
>>>>>>> What a small world!! Cheers, Magani
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (YBBN, YBMK, NFFN, OOMS)
>>>>>> In exchange for you telling me what those abbreviations stand for, 
>>>>>> I'll
>>>>>> give you this priceless item:-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqm73DLtwD0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>> That after-dinner speech is a real classic. I stil get a chuckle 
>>>>> out of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rather than give the abreviations away straight up, here's a couple 
>>>>> of hints.
>>>>> 1) They are ICAO (not IATA) codes for airports. They're the towers/ 
>>>>> centres where I've spent most of my time telling pilots where to 
>>>>> go. :-)
>>>>> 2) 1st letter is the area of the world, 2nd is the FIR, sub-region 
>>>>> within that area or country, 3rd and 4th are the actual airport.
>>>>> 3) In the 1st example YBBN: Y = Australia, B = Brisbane FIR, BN = 
>>>>> Brisbane.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, I left 2 out (YSCB and YBCG - both only temporary)
>>>> Thanks, Magani
>>>>
>>>> I thought that might have been the case. I've now looked and note that
>>>> you've enjoyed living in pretty warm locations! :-D
>>>>
>>>> Once I worked with an RAAF ATC officer who told me he'd cleared an
>>>> aircraft to fly VFR below 500ft from Brisbane to Sydney (example names,
>>>> I can't remember now)). The pilot complied.
>>>>
>>>> Later the controller discovered that it was actually a Boing 747!
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> David
>>>
>>> One of the 'old and bold' ATCOs here in Brisbane once asked an F-111 
>>> for his 'best speed downwind for sequencing'.  The pilot's reply: ' 
>>> Do you REALLY want that?' :-)
>>> For the non-aviation fraternity out there, an F-111 had a top speed 
>>> higher than Concorde and would have broken a stack of windows as he 
>>> went through the sound barrier.
>>>
>>> Re the 'warm locations', NFFN was beautiful - our house was about 50 
>>> yards from the beach. 28-ish all year round. In OOMS, when it was 45C 
>>> and sticky on the coast, it was generally about mid to high 20s at 
>>> 8000' up in the mountains and a lot less humidity.  As for Qld, as 
>>> they used to say in the ads, 'Beautiful one day, perfect the 
>>> next...'.  The ad writers had obviously never lived through a cyclone 
>>> in Nth Qld or the hordes of mosquitoes in the Gulf Country.  :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Magani
>>>
>>
>> I've just been rereading posts here (r.p.d) and happened across this 
>> item:-
>>
>> https://www.therundown.ai/p/anthropic-drops-worlds-best-coding-model
> 
> My sincere apologies! I posted the incorrect link. :-(
> 
> THIS is what I had intended to show you:-
> 
> https://i.ibb.co/VYDBzWdy/Screenshot-2025-05-23-at-11-53-43.png
> 
> I have emailed Savageduck again but have received no response.
> 

I think most readers have deserted, after that recent incredibly 
tiresome thread.

-- 
geoff