Things you've always wanted to know......

[psychoscoredthelot]

Why do owners of high street properties prefer to have them empty than set affordable rents?

if you let someone space on below market rent terms you have just devalued your asset massively

[Cuenca 'ammer]

probably already answered but...

using my phone but I-pod was the same

whatever song I start the shuffle songs on, I pretty much always get the same set of songs. there's songs that I am pretty sure that I haven't heard on the playlist.

why is that ?

[warp]

***** randomize algorithm, probably.

[Cuenca 'ammer]

***** randomize algorithm, probably.

in layman's speak please



why would both, one the I-pod and one a Blackberry phone, both do similar things ?

cheers

[warp]

random generators are not really random. it's like a simulation of a random series of numbers, generated by some code. if the code is cheap you'll notice the non-randomity a lot more.

have you tried:
a) wiping your knob on the screen
b) taking the shuffle off and back on

[Cuenca 'ammer]

a) it's a small Blackberry (the phone that is) and I would break it if the full weight of my knob was wiped across the screen

b) yes. loads of times

not saying it always plays the SAME songs but I would guess that about 75+% are the same songs. like I said I reckon I ain't heard a load of the songs on there.

I suppose that I could leave shuffle off. but I would have thought that I wouldn't hear the same songs over and over again. I even added another CD so in theory there were about another 12 or so songs that it could choose from. nope.

[FreeWheeling]

random generators are not really random. it's like a simulation of a random series of numbers, generated by some code. if the code is cheap you'll notice the non-randomity a lot more.

have you tried:
a) wiping your knob on the screen
b) taking the shuffle off and back on

bit like the old Sun Bingo

[westham,eggyandchips]

Has anyone ever been nicked for using a hosepipe during a hosepipe ban?

[DasNutNock]

if you let someone space on below market rent terms you have just devalued your asset massively

Yeah but it’s value is only what someone will actually pay. High streets all over the country are full of empty shops, so presumably there’s a consistent gap between market value and affordability.

[WHU_Del]

in layman's speak please



why would both, one the I-pod and one a Blackberry phone, both do similar things ?

cheers

Is there a 'resume' function? If not (or it's not switched on), then it's starting from scratch each time and doesn't 'know' what it played last time.

[Cuenca 'ammer]

cheers Del

I switch the phone off every night (to save the battery) so it would always be "starting from scratch" every day.

[Samba]

cheers Del
I switch the phone off every night (to save the battery) so it would always be "starting from scratch" every day.

Admit it Cuenca, you've accidentally got it set on permanent repeat..

[Cuenca 'ammer]

Samba

believe it or not that's what happened the other week and for the life of me I couldn't figure out how to change it !!

bloody smart phones.

why don't they have some they call "stupid phones" for people like me !!!!!

[westham,eggyandchips]

How many countries have different time zones?

[Samba]

How many countries have different time zones?

16

[Samba]

In case you were wondering:
Russia (11),
USA (9),
Canada (6),
Australia (7),
Mexico (5),
Brazil (6),
Indonesia (3),
Kazakhstan (2),
Mongolia (2),
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2),
Kiribati (3),
Micronesia (2),
Chile (3),
Spain (2),
Portugal (2),
Ecuador (2).

N.B. Not all are on the mainland of those countries.

[Cuenca 'ammer]

think the U.S. has 6 times zones

https://www.classzone.com/books/earth_s ... page08.cfm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Samba]

Different again! Who knows the real answer, Cuenca!

The United States has the following time zones:

UTC−12:00 (unofficial) — Baker Island and Howland Island
UTC−11:00 (ST) — American Samoa, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll and Palmyra Atoll
UTC−10:00 (HAT) — Hawaii, most of the Aleutian Islands, and Johnston Atoll
UTC−09:00 (AKT) — most of the state of Alaska
UTC−08:00 (PT) — the states on the Pacific coast plus Nevada and parts of Idaho
UTC−07:00 (MT) — Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, parts of Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas
UTC−06:00 (CT) — Gulf Coast, Tennessee Valley, U.S. Interior Highlands, Great Plains, and most of Texas
UTC−05:00 (ET) — the states on the Atlantic coast, the eastern two-thirds of the Ohio Valley, most of Michigan, Bajo Nuevo Bank, Navassa Island and Serranilla Bank
UTC−04:00 (AT) — Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Palmer Station
UTC+10:00 (ChT) — Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
UTC+12:00 (unofficial) — Wake Island, McMurdo Station, and Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station

[Cuenca 'ammer]

am guessing then it refers to the actual continental U.S. and places like Samoa don't really count. it's listed as a U.S. territory.

I guess that we could include the British Virgin Islands in the U.K. time zone no ?



Under United States law, an unincorporated territory is an area controlled by the United States government that is not "incorporated" for the purposes of United States constitutional law. In unincorporated territories, the U.S. Constitution applies only partially. In the absence of an organic law, a territory is classified as unorganized. In unincorporated territories, "fundamental rights apply as a matter of law, but other constitutional rights are not available".[1] Selected constitutional provisions apply, depending on congressional acts and judicial rulings according to U.S. constitutional practice, local tradition, and law.

I am actually glad this came up because I never knew the difference. that also applies to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

interesting stuff

[Whitters]

I guess that we could include the British Virgin Islands in the U.K. time zone no ?

Never thought of that, it would make a good QI question. The answer is 9 by the way:

UTC -8 PST Pitcairn Standard Time Pitcairn Islands

UTC -5 EST Eastern Standard Time Cayman Islands

UTC -4 AST Atlantic Standard Time Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat
EDT Eastern Daylight Time Turks and Caicos Islands

UTC -3 ADT Atlantic Daylight Time Bermuda
FKST Falkland Islands Summer Time Falkland Islands

UTC -2 GST South Georgia Time South Georgia/Sandwich Is.

UTC +0 GMT Greenwich Mean Time Saint Helena

UTC +1 BST British Summer Time UK, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey

UTC +2 CEST Central European Summer Time Gibraltar

UTC +6 IOT Indian Chagos Time British Indian Ocean Territory