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    From J. P. Gilliver (John)@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 22 11:53:59 2022
    Following a link from a Steve Rosenberg tweet to https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c2mmwx, I was delighted to find:

    In the bottom left, there's a speaker symbol; if you hover just to the
    right of it, you get a row of bars, to set the volume level; there's a
    white one under the cursor (the page has a dark background), with orange
    ones to the left and grey to the right. But there's also a number to the
    right showing what level you've set.

    It goes up to 11 (-:
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    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    I hate petitions, they're the modern-day equivalent of villagers with pitchforks and flaming torches. - Alison Graham RT 2016/2/20-26

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  • From Robin@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 22 13:33:19 2022
    On 22/04/2022 11:53, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
    Following a link from a Steve Rosenberg tweet to https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c2mmwx, I was delighted to find:

    In the bottom left, there's a speaker symbol; if you hover just to the
    right of it, you get a row of bars, to set the volume level; there's a
    white one under the cursor (the page has a dark background), with orange
    ones to the left and grey to the right. But there's also a number to the right showing what level you've set.

    It goes up to 11 (-:

    I once saw the [alleged] b/g to that and surprisingly found it again:

    https://richardtitus.medium.com/repost-why-the-bbc-iplayer-goes-to-11-e3a2c785afcb

    Still somehow feel it /ought/ to have been inspired by from H2G2


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    Robin
    reply-to address is (intended to be) valid

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  • From John Williamson@21:1/5 to Robin on Fri Apr 22 14:10:37 2022
    On 22/04/2022 13:33, Robin wrote:
    I once saw the [alleged] b/g to that and surprisingly found it again:

    https://richardtitus.medium.com/repost-why-the-bbc-iplayer-goes-to-11-e3a2c785afcb


    Can't access the page.

    --
    Tciao for Now!

    John.

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  • From NY@21:1/5 to John Williamson on Fri Apr 22 14:39:16 2022
    "John Williamson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    On 22/04/2022 13:33, Robin wrote:
    I once saw the [alleged] b/g to that and surprisingly found it again:

    https://richardtitus.medium.com/repost-why-the-bbc-iplayer-goes-to-11-e3a2c785afcb


    Can't access the page.

    Works OK for me, using Firefox on Windows 7.

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  • From John Williamson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 22 15:00:49 2022
    On 22/04/2022 14:39, NY wrote:
    "John Williamson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    On 22/04/2022 13:33, Robin wrote:
    I once saw the [alleged] b/g to that and surprisingly found it again:

    https://richardtitus.medium.com/repost-why-the-bbc-iplayer-goes-to-11-e3a2c785afcb



    Can't access the page.

    Works OK for me, using Firefox on Windows 7.

    I'm using Iron on Windoze 10.

    --
    Tciao for Now!

    John.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 22 15:50:38 2022
    J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

    It goes up to 11 (-:

    it always has, even on iPlayer

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  • From Max Demian@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 22 17:14:14 2022
    On 22/04/2022 11:53, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
    Following a link from a Steve Rosenberg tweet to https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c2mmwx, I was delighted to find:

    In the bottom left, there's a speaker symbol; if you hover just to the
    right of it, you get a row of bars, to set the volume level; there's a
    white one under the cursor (the page has a dark background), with orange
    ones to the left and grey to the right. But there's also a number to the right showing what level you've set.

    It goes up to 11 (-:

    The "goes up to 11" remark reminds me of a man I knew who bought a tinny plastic record player and seemed to think that the additions of a bass
    control would enable it to reproduce the bass frequencies.

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    Max Demian

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  • From Liz Tuddenham@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Fri Apr 22 21:30:29 2022
    Andy Burns <[email protected]> wrote:

    J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

    It goes up to 11 (-:

    it always has, even on iPlayer

    Actually there is a bit of sense to that:

    Most rotary switches have 12 click-stop positions so that switches can
    be 1-pole 12-way or 2-pole 6-way or 3-pole 4-way or 4-pole 3-way or
    6-pole 2-way. If the knobs for those switches are numbered, it is
    logical to number them from 1 to 12.

    When the knobs are used for volume potentiomenters that have a stop at
    the '12' position to prevent continuous rotation, they will only go as
    far as 11.


    Another useless piece of information concerns the potentioneters used in
    the BBC passive mixer, MX18. They were fitted with a 180-degree black
    mask with a 180-degree white panel marking behind it, so that their
    settings were easy to see at a glance.

    If a similar masking system is used on modern pots which have a larger
    angle of rotation, it is possible to use linear tracks and load them resistively in such a way that 'wide open' (180 degrees) is about 6dB
    below the fully clockwise position. This means that normal mixing uses
    the first 180 degrees of rotation in the usual way, but an extra 6dB is available to cope with unforseen circumstances by turning the knob past
    its nominal 'wide open' position.

    With a passive mixer this also loads down the other channels so that
    their level drops by a few dB, which is often helpful in the
    circumstances (...if you are used to the pecularities of a passive
    mixer and are expecting it ! ).


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    ~ Liz Tuddenham ~
    (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
    www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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