Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: David Newsgroups: rec.photo.digital,alt.computer.workshop Subject: Re: UseNet Health Check Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 14:47:05 +0100 Lines: 82 Message-ID: References: <1f133f7a-9a6a-41f3-a7c7-50d35f4f2847n@googlegroups.com> <2d6f686f-6bff-4dce-9fcc-d4439023b8dan@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net q0u5oHMxLGkmbR+ltCErUAwC2DWTOUMVKF7lIjUgR+JLywYkwe Cancel-Lock: sha1:RcwHNWJWvIhrwGmAAl2PPRQ2Qx8= sha256:E1FVbMdj0+uC6IB1IzJOrEI13HvXQPSowNhv6WfsQDA= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4484 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. -- Kind regards, David