Question of the day

[midlifecrisis]

You did what on it ! Oh my mistake you said rank

Sowwy it's a speech impediment...

 

[spkennyuk]

Your question AndyK.

 

[Andyk]

How old was Juliet when she dies in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliett?

 

[midlifecrisis]

15...I don't where o know that from...

 

[spkennyuk]

15...I don't where o know that from...

Did you do english literature at school in the mid to late 80's.
Used to be romeo and juliet, the merchant of venice, spring and port wine, of mice and men and animal farm were the usual fodder then

 

[CatmanV2]

I thought she was only 13 actually

C

 

[spkennyuk]

I thought she was only 13 actually

C

13 rings a bell with me as well Mr C. Romeo was 16 i think so it would fall under operation yew tree these days.

 

[Andyk]

I thought she was only 13 actually

C

Yep she was 13.........Well 13 but close to 14 by all accounts...Either way still under age.

 

[CatmanV2]

Does that mean it's my question?

C

 

[Andyk]

t does my friend....

 

[CatmanV2]

OK. Telecomms question, two parter

1) Was the fax invented before the telephone?
2) If so, how did it work?

I will only comment on answers which include both responses
C

 

[midlifecrisis]

I know this...it was on QI....argh!

I think yes,

And the transmission was done by a mechanical system, I think....

 

[MrPea]

I do know that the fax machine is one of very few major inventions that came out of Japan, as opposed to them taking someone else's and giving it their engineering perfection.

 

[midlifecrisis]

I do know that the fax machine is one of very few major inventions that came out of Japan, as opposed to them taking someone else's and giving it their engineering perfection.

The Fax machine we know today was (because it should be consigned to history) a line scanner which digitised the picture and then electronically transmitted the data via telephone lines/satellite but mr C eludes to an earlier version...

 

[spkennyuk]

OK. Telecomms question, two parter

1) Was the fax invented before the telephone?
2) If so, how did it work?

I will only comment on answers which include both responses
C

I dont know enough to give a full answer. I know it was another Scottish invention and it predated the phone by 30 years or so. As to how it worked i have little idea but i would of thought it was some sort of electro mechanical device that printed dots to form the images transmitted over the telegraph system.

 

[daverichardson]

1) No it was not
2) It did not

just guessing you know

 

[CatmanV2]

Following my own rules:
MLC is right as far as he goes
Dave R is very wrong

I shall say no more at this time

C

 

[daverichardson]

Ho Hum!

 

[CatmanV2]

I'm not going to let this run as although I find it fascinating, it appears to have a relatively narrow appeal

The fax was indeed invented some 30 years ahead of the telephone. Originally they used syncrhonised pendulums where the document at the transmitting end was made with conductive ink. As the pendulum scanned down (in the manner of a TV) the current flowed through a telegraph cable to the receiver where it would effectively burn the image onto the document at the remote end.

I find that wonderfully elegant. YMMV

I think I shall hand to Kenny

C

 

[spkennyuk]

Makes you wonder why it took so long to take off as a commercial device.

Seeing as its national Star Wars day. What was Harrison Fords job before auditioning for Star Wars and what was he doing when he was asked to audition by George Lucas ?

I tried one of those new wookiee burgers today. It was pretty good but just a bit chewy !