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While we are on about jokes that need explaining. Can you explain to me the one about the strawberries in a bottle, it says 22! on the bottle, but the punchline says how did they find well over a million?
Thanks Jack, I don't know why, but it's a good example of how my mind works, or perhaps, fails to work!!
In your explanation, your very first sentence was, "Let the value of a property y depend on the value of another property x. My mind automatically though that the word "property" meant some building like a house for example, and if one house looked really bad, it would devalue the other house. It was only when I re-read it that I realised that it meant something else.
I cannot help feeling a tad responsible for this thread going ever so slightly off topic Jack. If it was not for me trying to set a conundrum then this thread would still be about some interesting stuff on emojis.
At least I have a little more understanding of the way calculus works, as they say, "education is never wasted"
Castle Combe does ring a bell Gordon, and looking at a few pictures of it on the internet it does look a little familiar. Again it's in Wiltshire and not a million mile from Lacock. Next time we visit Richard I will mention it to him and maybe he can take us there.
This site looks like a good read, and has some very nice pictures of the place. https://www.baldhiker.com/2020/05/26/ca … e-village/
Thank you William.
I am slowly working my way through your very detailed explanation. I am finding that I am having to read each section multiple times in order to understand the concept. For example, I am assuming that the 'd' in dx/dy stands for differentiation, a term which I had forgotten but you have reminded me about.
I will carry on and attempt to understand it all, I feel sure that this kind of thing has a use, otherwise why would anybody 'invent' such a thing as differentiation in the first place, but am struggling at the moment, to understand what it is.
Thanks again.
I have just opened it William, you were referring to the "are you a Robot" round, and the symbol looks like an elongate "f". I can remember it being used in our maths lessons at school. The teacher wrote the symbol on the board and reffered to it as "the function of f" dy by dx was a phrase that stuck with me. I have no idea what it means.
As a mathematician yourself, perhaps you could explain it to me...
William wrote:Yes, that helps. Thank you.
Which operating systyem please?
Edition Windows 10 Home
Version 21H2
Installed on 18/06/2020
OS build 19044.1586
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4170.0
I hope this helps.
Alfred wrote:
That’s probably because the URL begins with ‘http:’ instead of ‘https:’! Can you download it by right-clicking and choosing to open it in a new browser tab or window?
I can open the file if I click on the error message, I get this:
William wrote:Albert, which browser are you using please, on which type of computer?
William
I am using the Firefox browser on a desktop all in one computer by HP, if that helps.
William, what "mathematical symbol in the upper left corner", are you referring to?
I attempted to see what Edith recognized by downloading the PDF link but got this message.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015y6t
Scroll down to the "Clip" and you can see what happened.
Well done William. The contestant who had to guess the film had no idea, and even Richard Osman, who is normally pretty good at guessing answers, had to give up, but when Richie explained it everyone agreed it was pure genius, although far too cryptic for most people.
They did rather didn't they.
I wonder how long it takes them to 'lose' the cars when the blockbuster film companies come calling.
Thank you for the compliment Eric, back in 2015, I would have been 64, I do have a few grey streaks in my hair, but nothing like Jill, she lost the colour in her hair years ago, but everyone agrees that it looks rather splendid.
This puzzle was aired on the BBC programme "House of Games", hosted by Richard Osman. Each contestant was asked to convey the title of an animated film just by using emojis. This is what Richie Anderson came up with.
The pen was supposed to convey the work "ink", I guess there is not an ink emoji - the red circle was red, and then some apples...put them all together and what do you get?
I was looking for a thread to post this in, and this one looked appropriate.
What animated film title is this? I think it's very clever...
If you would like to see some photographs of Lacock taken by our good friend Richard, then click on this, https://www.stonehouse.camera/Out-and-a … /i-c2wWHP7
There are a few pictures of myself and Jill on there.
Question: What do these TV programmes and films all have in common? Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, Wolf Hall, Cranford and His Dark Materials.
Answer; they have all had scenes that were shot in this location in Wiltshire - Lacock Village.
We visited there in 2015 and enjoyed the old fashioned quaintness of the place.
https://youtu.be/CuGPD5qpKoQ
I looked at question 1, didn't have a clue and left the site feeling deflated...
William wrote:It is a pity that the BBC calls it a "dumbphone".
Double standards.
William
What would you call it then William?
The BBC is simply quoting what the majority of people call it, hence the phrase "so-called 'dumbphone''"
Thanks Eric, very interesting. I had no idea that you could still buy a non-smartphone, or a mobile as I like to call them.
Why does Ms West call dumbphones a "brick"? IMO they are less brick like than a smartphone. Occasionally I have picked up my wife's smartphone and found it to be quite cumbersome, having to pick it up and being careful not to press any of the buttons on the side for fear of turning it off. They do not sit comfortably in the hand for me being quite a big, wide rectangular thing. Phones of the 1980s were, by today's standards, massive, which is where the term "brick" was used. I wonder what Ms West would have made of them...
I suppose what I meant was that new commemorative stamps were a lot more interesting than the bog standard stamps of the day. My father had two stamp albums, one of which had the penny black and twopenny red in them, not so valuable as I imagined they would be.
The two stamps which you uploaded I can remember my dad having, but they did not excite me that much, but from a historical standpoint they are fascinating, as an eight year old boy however...
I think stamp collecting has, for whatever reason, gone out of fashion, which is a shame. Back in the 1950s my father bought both myself and my sister a stamp album completely out of the blue. I was around 8 years old at the time and enjoyed my new collecting hobby.
We joined a stamp approval 'club' where books of stamps were mailed to you and you had a few weeks to decide which ones you wanted to buy. I cannot remember how long we collected stamps for, but it was probably a few years. As time went on, stamps became much more interesting, especially British stamps. They started issuing stamps to commemorate anniversaries. I can remember getting very excited when the World Cup stamps came out in 1966, and even more excited when they had the word 'Winners' printed on them.
I guess the people who go train spotting feel that they don't get a fair press either - anoraks the lot of 'em. 
Whenever I play one of your videos Eric, after the first 5 to10 seconds Jill comes 'running' into the computer room to watch it with me, just the sound of your voice is enough! Neither of us had heard of Mr. Savage and we found the video very interesting.
In complete and utter contrast, as it's the 10th anniversary of the London Olympic Games, I thought that it was appropriate to take you back to the only event that we managed to get tickets for. It was the Ladies Mountain Bike Race held at Hadleigh Farm near Southend. Hope you enjoy it.
https://youtu.be/X962G1sJDAc
Some lovely images Eric, they really set the music off beautifully.
I used this music back in 2016, when we visited a NT property in West Sussex called Nymans.
https://youtu.be/GaIqhTRZTxE
When I first started video making I concentrated mainly on the visuals, I soon came to realise that the music track was just, if not more, important than the pictures as it was that which set the mood of the video itself. As William pointed out, I also try to cut the video to the music by cutting on the beat whenever possible, it's good to have a decent 'pace', not too long that it seems to drag, and not too quick that the viewer misses the point of the scene.
The Duck joke's punchline which had everybody in stitches was either very predictable, or I didn't understand it?
Thanks Eric, a very interesting water garden, the designers really have a very good sense of humour haven't they. I don't remember seeing that video before.
Maybe I should take a look at my back catalogue to see if there is anything worth linking to.
It's just horrible to look at those scenes from Ukraine on our TVs isn't it, it brings out the very worst emotions of sheer hate in me, no prizes for guessing which person tops the list, just need to get hold of him. Why are the people close to him so very scared of him, I feel sure that they should be able to do something about it and stop this madness. Cowards, the lot of them. I don't know what would constitute a victory in the eyes of Russia, wait until every Ukrainian has left or been killed and then start the rebuilding process in order to home only the Russian people or what? Sheer stupidity in my eyes. The Russian people have already started to suffer, but nothing like the suffering of those in Ukraine who are being terrorized - and for what reason?
Are we on the eve of a third world war?
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