Peter Brown
@drpeterbrown.bsky.social
Trying to be the adult in the room and to make the world a better place; occasionally failing. Physics, Aberdeen FC, Munro bagging, technology, most sports, rock n roll (IM, DT and Suede mostly), Cambridge.
Technology development consultant by day.
Technology development consultant by day.
I love my C-Class Coupe. So there.
September 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I love my C-Class Coupe. So there.
It doesn’t in Dalkeith. Or Edinburgh. Or Fife. Or Aberdeen. Maybe in some select areas of Dundee.
April 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It doesn’t in Dalkeith. Or Edinburgh. Or Fife. Or Aberdeen. Maybe in some select areas of Dundee.
Er. No it doesn’t.
April 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Er. No it doesn’t.
You can’t patent fire, only the method for creating it. And the quid pro quo for getting exclusivity to your invention for 20 years is to teach everyone else about it. Seems like a good deal.
March 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
You can’t patent fire, only the method for creating it. And the quid pro quo for getting exclusivity to your invention for 20 years is to teach everyone else about it. Seems like a good deal.
I'm with the meteorologists on this one.
February 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I'm with the meteorologists on this one.
Forgive the straight-laced response, but that's an awesome photo!
February 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Forgive the straight-laced response, but that's an awesome photo!
See Great Shelford’s response to the EWR consultation that makes this point. None of these plans are consistent with each other. It’s intolerable that we’re being asked to comment on plans that cannot possibly work together and therefore can’t be in the final form.
January 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
See Great Shelford’s response to the EWR consultation that makes this point. None of these plans are consistent with each other. It’s intolerable that we’re being asked to comment on plans that cannot possibly work together and therefore can’t be in the final form.
I don’t know anyone who can get anywhere close to 1 hp. 746 Watts? You’re having a laugh.
January 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I don’t know anyone who can get anywhere close to 1 hp. 746 Watts? You’re having a laugh.
I honestly don't think most people give a stuff. BA is changing it's scheme so the people who spend most get the rewards, not those who game the system. Seems reasonable.
January 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I honestly don't think most people give a stuff. BA is changing it's scheme so the people who spend most get the rewards, not those who game the system. Seems reasonable.
Haggis is easy to buy all year round. Some butchers have already had that idea. Halls and MacSween's usually.
January 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Haggis is easy to buy all year round. Some butchers have already had that idea. Halls and MacSween's usually.
Easy! Treasure Island. Also featuring Long John Silver and the Admiral Benbow inn.
December 24, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Easy! Treasure Island. Also featuring Long John Silver and the Admiral Benbow inn.
Chill. I have a PhD in physics, I really, really do understand these things. Induction is not a new concept.
New and cool technologies come up all the time. Just because they work in the lab, it often (at least 9 times out of 10) doesn't translate to the real world. This is a hard application.
New and cool technologies come up all the time. Just because they work in the lab, it often (at least 9 times out of 10) doesn't translate to the real world. This is a hard application.
December 11, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Chill. I have a PhD in physics, I really, really do understand these things. Induction is not a new concept.
New and cool technologies come up all the time. Just because they work in the lab, it often (at least 9 times out of 10) doesn't translate to the real world. This is a hard application.
New and cool technologies come up all the time. Just because they work in the lab, it often (at least 9 times out of 10) doesn't translate to the real world. This is a hard application.
Unless you wired every road, you still need the same batteries in your car for when you aren’t over induction loops.
This is nice in theory, but wholly impractical.
This is nice in theory, but wholly impractical.
December 11, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Unless you wired every road, you still need the same batteries in your car for when you aren’t over induction loops.
This is nice in theory, but wholly impractical.
This is nice in theory, but wholly impractical.
That's just the transfer efficiency at the final stage.
You also need to factor in transmission losses which are considerable. Also there's the sunk carbon of digging up the roads and fitting the cabling, which will also be expensive to repair when they inevitably break. Batteries better.
You also need to factor in transmission losses which are considerable. Also there's the sunk carbon of digging up the roads and fitting the cabling, which will also be expensive to repair when they inevitably break. Batteries better.
December 11, 2024 at 5:04 PM
That's just the transfer efficiency at the final stage.
You also need to factor in transmission losses which are considerable. Also there's the sunk carbon of digging up the roads and fitting the cabling, which will also be expensive to repair when they inevitably break. Batteries better.
You also need to factor in transmission losses which are considerable. Also there's the sunk carbon of digging up the roads and fitting the cabling, which will also be expensive to repair when they inevitably break. Batteries better.
It's a load of crap most likely drawn by someone who has looked at a map in an office rented by a think tank on Tufton Street. Who gives these people a voice?
December 11, 2024 at 11:16 AM
It's a load of crap most likely drawn by someone who has looked at a map in an office rented by a think tank on Tufton Street. Who gives these people a voice?
South Park. Every day of the week and twice on Sundays.
November 30, 2024 at 7:27 PM
South Park. Every day of the week and twice on Sundays.
Aye. Because Scotland is a hotbed of disaffected gammons. Not.
November 28, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Aye. Because Scotland is a hotbed of disaffected gammons. Not.
Are you still drunk?
November 26, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Are you still drunk?
The Empire Strikes Back has entered the chat.
November 26, 2024 at 3:28 PM
The Empire Strikes Back has entered the chat.
God played for Aberdeen already under the nomme de plume Willie Miller. Being omniscient, you already knew that.
November 24, 2024 at 11:05 PM
God played for Aberdeen already under the nomme de plume Willie Miller. Being omniscient, you already knew that.
There's an asterisk missing in that headline.
November 24, 2024 at 8:03 AM
There's an asterisk missing in that headline.