Recent content by Severn

In that case, Mahlzeit!

I see that T_G's location is "Somewhere where the Sauer is Kraut and the Wurst is Brat". I'm guessing Nürnberg. At least that's where I've had the best Sauerkraut mit Bratwurst, and excellent it most certainly was. [But shouldn't that be "Somewhere where the Kraut is Sauer and the Wurst is...

I believe it. Not all boards are so lucky. Thanks for the feedback.

Understood. I'll shurrup now.

Fair enough. Thanks for being so open. I was thinking more of (partial) links, as it happens. If the software squeals when it sees, say, "http", in a quoted piece, then it would be wasted effort and time to block it. Maybe I'm seeing problems where there aren't any. I never saw a piece of...

:-rofl2 I still think your software might be filtering already-approved text, which is clearly a waste of time. If so, it would be a SMOP* to not do that. Just saying. * Simple matter of programming.

I received a warning about the live link to the BBC I unthinkingly put in that post. My apologies, and I won't do it again, but I really should point out that the BBC link is harmless, whereas the S k y link in the same post now -- WHICH I DID NOT PUT THERE (and it's not in the BBC text I quoted...

Judging by a post I just had queued, your keyword filter is picking up keywords in text quoted from another (already approved) post. Just a thought.

OK, I read the stuff you pointed to, and it shows that I don't know enough. But it does also talk about 5 or more satellites in the same slot. Time I went to the library.

Thanks, Analoguesat, but that means there'd only be 120 slots. Surely there are a multitude more than 120 active geostationary satellites (never mind the dead ones)? Did you mean 3 minutes? That would allow for more than 7000 slots and put them 30 or 40 km apart, if my maths is correct. I...

Understood. Thank you.

I've just joined this excellent site a few days ago, and I notice that sometimes my posts are queued for Moderation before appearing, sometimes not. I can't see anything in the Rules about this, so what's the policy? (I'm not complaining, just curious.)

Why is it that satellites which are mainly serving the British Isles, such as the Astra-2 cluster, are positioned so far to the east? Why not at a longitude which roughly bisects the UK and Ireland, somewhere west of Greenwich? And I notice that some serving Holland and Germany, say, are further...

Yes. And it must be D as well, though there's no mention of that on the screen. Another no doubt dumb question: the BBC page at _http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/info/sat_frequencies.shtml BBC Reception says "Other free channels are also available, but some - such as Channel 4 and Five - are...

Well, no. But the box allows sorting by satellite, and I see no mention of EuroBird either first or last in the listing, only Astra. I'm beginning to realise that the box thinks everything it's receiving is from Astra, whether it is or not, because their beams are so close together and it only...