Jean Michel Jarre! Many, many years ago, I was in a record shop in Glasgow. A well-dressed young man asked the aged but kindly sales assistant, "Excu...
Rupert's right!
That's heart-stopping, Chris! Please let us know how you get on! Reminds me of when I worked in the City in the 1980s. I was trying to delete files o...
"Walking Back from the Moon" is your fourth, I'd say! A lovely photo, engaging because of the people in it who have real character - and a story - eve...
I see Sky at Night magazine is out on the newsstands today with the winners' photos.
as if I am hovering over the furnace Absolutely! Yes, add that one to my list of favourites as well!
Some fantastic stuff this year. I loved the Masai Mara solar eclipse and the star trails with the wind turbines and the Moon occulltation of Venus and...
Not sure the camera shake resulting from this would produce the best of images though I think camera shake was the least of our worries. But like I sa...
Must be my ear trumpet, then - and my memory playing up. I thought he said 35. Still - at least I now know why 6 sigma is actually 4.5 sigma, so it's ...
Thanks for that, Mike. Clearly Brian and I are using the same ear-trumpet. We both thought he said 35 million. Right, then: take the rest of the day...
Thanks for the extra decimal places - good to know I'm using my spreadsheet properly. But that 5 sigma 1-in-a-million is kind far away from the 1-in-3...
Thanks for that Mike. The 5 sigma seems to calculate out at one in a million - no? As for the reason why 4.5 sigma became 6 sigma, the explanation is...
Welcome Chris! Glad we talked you into joining! My Canon 400D doesn't have a time lapse option and for all kinds of reasons I never got an intervalom...
Brian, I've read that the quality management technique known as 'Six sigma' translates to 99.99966% accuracy, or 3.4 errors per million, or one error ...
I often forget to tick I haven't forgotten yet - but this discussion made me go through the six separate threads and 'subscribe' to them all. I presum...