> Five locations in France that inspired famous Impressionists

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/tripid … r-BB1lBHvq

William

So I need to try to find a way to go forward.

William

3

(12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

GB wrote:

Thanks for the confirmation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_4900_Class

Well, Mr Stanier was Works Manager at Swindon when the Hall was introduced, So, at present in this thread it is not clear whether he contributed any input to the design.

William

4

(12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Alfred wrote:
William wrote:

The designer was William Stanier.

That explains the derivation of the name Black Stanier, but not the name Black 5, and I still don’t know why it was changed.

Oh sorry, Alfred, I took your question as meaning why the change from using the name of the designer, I did not pick up that you also wanted to know why the number 5 was used. Though upon rereading now with hindsight, it is clear that you were asking two questions. Had I realized I would have said.

William

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Caprotti_Black_Fives

William

This locomotive, now in preservation, restored after being in a scrapyard, has Caprotti valve gear,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standa … 60047).jpg

William

The locomotive that is shown in full in the photograph is fitted with Caprotti valve gear, one of not many British Steam locomotives that had Caprotti valve gear.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprotti_valve_gear

William

8

(12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stanier

William

Would you like the answer yet?

William

10

(12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

This is about saving two of the Stanier 8F locomotives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juy2-kwqL-Q

William

11

(12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Possibly because he designed another locomotive that had black livery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Stanier_Class_8F

William

Clue: Please consider the area of, and around, the wheels of the locomotive that is shown in full.

Also,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tGEPl-YvF8&t=870s

William

Would you like a clue?

William

14

(12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

The designer was William Stanier.

William

No, the locomotives are static. It is something about the one that is gradually shown full.

William

16

(12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I find it interesting that the Great Western Railway Hall class locomotives and the London Midland & Scottish Black five locomotives were similar, yet the Halls were painted in a green livery like the top express locomotives and each had its own name, yet the Black fives were in a black livery and all but a very few had no name, just a number.

William

A puzzle for steam locomotive enthusiasts, which hopefully will lead to an interesting discussion.

Do you notice something unusual starting at 11 minutes 30 seconds in the following video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tGEPl-YvF8&t=690

William

Light fantastique: Paris through the eyes of the impressionists

Drawn to my attention here:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/l … r-BB1ktrKb

Found with pictures here:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024 … essionists

Includes the following:

Place de la Concorde is being embellished for this summer’s Olympic Games, and I recently saw a lorry there, loaded with typically ornate lamp-posts. In any other town, this would have looked like a delivery of theatrical props, but in Paris it was just a job lot of streetlights.

William

I suppose that a new program Affinity Communicate that includes it as one of many features might be the way.

Convince a vendor I have been told.

It is interesting that emoji got going in application with Private Use Area encodings (plural) and they were not always mutually compatible.

William

Do you have any ideas of how the invention can become implemented and in widespread use unless it is "forward pass" encoded into Unicode first.

A long forward pass of encoding in Unicode could work magnificently.

If my novel got made into a movie ...

If I win a million pounds on the Premium Bonds ...

I wonder which of those two has the greater probability of happening.

William

Alfred wrote:

It looks to me as though the problem you’re up against here is that you believe

the issue of scope is a separate issue from the requirement of needing to prove widespread usage

whereas in practice these two issues aren’t really separate at all.

Perhaps that is the answer. Perhaps I am looking at it as a mathematician and they are looking at it from other viewpoints.

For example, I started off with conversations about the weather, on a sort of establish a minimal system that works with just a few sentences, then add another sentence and that works and makes the whole system better, and then so on recursively, in a sort of pure mathematics way. Perhaps others observed that and regarded it differently, having studied different subjects.

William

22

(0 replies, posted in Art & Literature)

As AI is being discussed, is the concept of The Chinese Room relevant?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room

William

The thing is, unless I have missed something or forgotten, nobody has ever said why my ideas are out of scope, they just tell me that they are out of scope.

As a researcher I need to proceed on the basis of evidence and reasoning, not on just because someone, or even many people, say my ideas are out of scope.

Alas, a document intended for the Unicode Technical Committee cannot go into the Current Document Register if the gatekeeper decides that the topic is out of scope, even if no reason for that decision is stated.

From my viewpoint, I have devised a collection of symbols that can be regarded as the characters of Language Y which language has a language code of x-y and which language is such that each symbol in the language is a grammatically stand alone whole sentence within a stated context.

So Language Y is an auxiliary language for assisting communication through the language barrier. Yet an auxiliary language in a form different from Esperanto, another auxiliary language, as Esperanto is a complete language yet needs to be learned, whereas Language Y could, if set up with cascading menus and automated localization, be used without needing to learn it.

I appreciate that the issue of scope is a separate issue from the requirement of needing to prove widespread usage. Maybe sometime one or more of the companies that have students for the summer might give them the project of trying to implement my invention and add their own ideas and see what they produce.

Please produce an original painting featuring a glyph for the following character.

Please get the glyph from the following font.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/LOCSE977.TTF
[Enter]
I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but I’m unable to directly download or access files from external links, including fonts. However, I can help guide you on how to create a painting featuring a glyph from a specific font on your own. Here’s a general approach you could take:

Download the Font: Use the provided link to download the TTF font file to your local machine.
Install the Font: Install the font on your machine. The process for this varies depending on your operating system.
Access the Glyph: Use a software like Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, or even Microsoft Word to access the glyph corresponding to the character you’re interested in. You can usually do this by selecting the installed font and typing the character.
Create the Painting: Once you have the glyph visible on your screen, you can use it as a reference to create your painting. You could trace it, or use it as inspiration for your artwork.
Remember, the process might vary slightly depending on the software and tools you’re using. If you need more specific instructions, feel free to ask! I’m here to help. [smiley redacted here]

[Input from me]
Please produce an original painting featuring a glyph for the following character.

Please get the glyph from the following document.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/locse027.pdf
[Enter]
I’m sorry, but I’m unable to directly access external documents or websites such as the PDF you provided. However, I can tell you a bit about the character you’ve posted.

The character “” is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+E00F. It is encoded in the Private Use Area block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane1. This character was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993)1.

As for creating an original painting featuring this glyph, I’m afraid I can’t directly create visual content. However, I can suggest that you could create a painting that emphasizes the unique shape and form of the glyph. You could use bold colors to highlight the glyph against a contrasting background, or perhaps incorporate the glyph into a larger design or pattern. Remember, the interpretation of the glyph in your painting can be as literal or abstract as you wish. Art is all about personal expression and creativity!

If you need more specific advice or ideas for your painting, feel free to ask! I’m here to help. [smiley redacted here]