...e of siloing: it's actually quite easy to see users and posts on different instances. Rather it's the culture that you're joining: as you can see from what I've said above, each instance has its own interests and its own rules. It pays to check out the server rules and code of conduct before you join, to see whether it's too strict or too relaxed for you. I didn't, and so had to move both @Airminded and @AirmindedAI to new instances before finding...
...cluding the use of the jet effect exhaust stubs on some Rolls Royce Merlin installations JDK So no-one's visited their local restorers, then? Chris Williams Hmm... C A-L: If the British Empire fostered technological conservatism, please can you explain the career of Henry Jackson? There's this promising naval officer but alas! he is more interested in technical matters. So they sideline him in the Torpedo school, where he works with an obscure you...
...like that, anyway? Conveniently, unauthorised possession of such wireless installations was already prohibited under pre-war legislation, as was pointed out in press notices in September 1914. This led to a rash of reports from the public, which continued at a fairly steady rate until the end of the war. As late as September 1918, for example, the Provost Marshal Office of 2nd Military District investigated the concerns of Mrs Caroline H. Scott o...
...of Economics) but do not know where to store that file. I found (all?) pre-installed .bst files in "/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib/" so I droped the qje.bst in the same folder (under "economics" but also tried "harvard"). I followed the instruction from the .bst file and therefore included the following lines: \usepackage[square]{harvard} \bibliographystyle{qje} \newcounter{forroman} \usepackage{ulem} \newcommand{\asroman}[1]{ \setc...
...tle changes from reality in the film that influence our understanding, for instance; - Only CASA 2111s as the He 111 bombers, no Ju 88 or Do 17Z bombers, narrowing the diversity of attack - The Ju 87 Stuka models are D/G not B type - the story is complex, but there was good reason for modelling later versions rather than the accurate mark - The Bf 110 models didn't make the cut, yet the Stukas did. Which ties in with Brett's point about how the fi...
...her apron round it, and leapt back again, all in one movement. At the same instant a man in a concertina-like black suit, who had emerged from a side alley, ran towards Winston, pointing excitedly to the sky. ‘Steamer!’ he yelled. ‘Look out, guv’nor! Bang over’ead! Lay down quick!’ ‘Steamer’ was a nickname which, for some reason, the proles applied to rocket bombs. Winston promptly flung himself on his face. The proles were nearly always right whe...
...anding what it actually means beyond, say, 'vague general impression'. For instance, I can understand that there would be a certain type of 'cultural memory' held by Germans of the Allied bombing campaign, because of the direct experience of families. Yet my gut instinct is that the cultural memory of the campaign (such as it is) in the former allied nations is the result of media representations which, as I pointed out above, have been fairly thi...
...g twice (actually, the genitive case form "Blitzkrieges"). In almost every instance--including the two German examples--prior to WW II, the word had no relation to any tactical doctrine involving airpower and tanks. It was used specifically to describe the knockout blow or, as General Thomas described it, a war of weeks or months. Brett Holman Thanks for commenting, Bill! I don't know if you saw it or not, but I cited your paper in my follow-up po...
.... Shortly after the German surrender, American forces came across a secret installation at Hillersleben and captured a team of German scientists working on a weapon of true science fiction dimensions. They were going to build a large space platform mounted with a more sophisticated version of Archimedes' fabled weapon and direct the concentrated heat rays of the sun to targets on earth. The scientists admitted to interrogators that it would take a...
...d with increasing frequency up until the outbreak of war: 'In almost every instance, the meaning was consistent with the strategic concept of the "knockout blow".'5 I can supply a supporting example not mentioned by Fanning, from The Times of 14 June 1939 -- incidentally, the first instance in that newspaper (and one which predates the Time article quoted above): The opinion that civilian defence, and not active defence, is "the true answer" to th...
