What cheeses me off

[TomVexille]

I am reliably informed by MrMac - (a golfer for 60 years) that once he starts to play badly it's a sign that he needs another club or a new putter. He's been trying to buy his way out of trouble for many many years

You ALWAYS need a new putter

 

[anat0l]

WCMO is I almost lost my **** at someone today because they said that a leap year is any year that is divisible by 4.

 

[serfty]

WCMO is I almost lost my **** at someone today because they said that a leap year is any year that is divisible by 4.

I guess they won't need to worry for another 75 years.

 

[anat0l]

I guess they won't need to worry for another 75 years.

Yeah, when you're encouraging people to write persistent and futureproof code, that's not acceptable. Excluding the calendar irregularities around and before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, it's not even difficult to code the algorithm. (Yes I'm aware most languages have a "Date" object that removes that difficulty - that was not the point of the exercise)

I can't remember how old I was when I learned what a leap year was, but it's debatable whether one should lie to young students for the sake of simplicity or actually tell them because it really isn't that difficult as such. As a teacher, even with high school students, sometimes I fight with myself in deciding how much to tell students versus not giving them a "long-winded" lecture (keeping in mind that today's students have Google and ChatGPT, compared to what we had when I went through school).

 

[serfty]

I can't remember how old I was when I learned what a leap year was

I knew about leap years from a young primary school age, even knowing about years divisible by 100. However it wasn't until we approached the new millennium that I found that 2000 was going to be a leap year in line with the divisible by 400 rule.

 

[Quickstatus]

#WCMO
Why didnt my physics teacher in school tell me about Emmy Noether?

I have always wondered why Energy, Momentum, Angular Momentum, Electric Charge is Conserved.
My physics teacher in school could never tell me why and I have always thought that it was an arbitrary construct which all of physics seem to rely on.
I have since discovered that they are not necessarily conserved and its conservation or not is not arbitrary.

Even Einsteins theory of general relativity could not reconcile why energy was not conserved. He came up with a workaround to make energy conserved but was shown to be incorrect by Emmy Noether.

Emmy Noether's theory solves that. "For every continuous symmetry in the universe there exists a conserved quantity".
It explains energy lost by photos photons travelling in an expanding universe. Photons lose energy as the wavelength gets longer (redshifting) when travelling through an expanding universe. Where does that energy go. It can't dissapear if Energy is conserved but can if energy is not conserved.
An expanding universe is not continuously symmetrical. She is one of the greatest mathematicians ever IMO.


I can now die content with that knowledge

 

[prozac]

#WCMO
Why didnt my physics teacher in school tell me about Emmy Noether?

I have always wondered why Energy, Momentum, Angular Momentum, Electric Charge is Conserved.
My physics teacher in school could never tell me why and I have always thought that it was an arbitrary construct which all of physics seem to rely on.
I have since discovered that they are not necessarily conserved and its conservation or not is not arbitrary.

Emmy Noether's theory solves that. "For every continuous symmetry in the universe there exists a conserved quantity.
It explains energy lost by photos travelling in an expanding universe. Photons lose energy as the wavelength gets longer (redshifting) when travelling through an expanding universe. Where does that energy go. It can't dissapear when Energy is conserved but can if energy is not conserved.
An expanding universe is not continuously symmetrical. She is one of the greatest mathematicians ever IMO.


I can now die content with that knowledge

The energy disappears into the paint on your walls and ceilings. One day someone will work out a way of retireving images and audio from wall paint and history will reveal previously unknown data.

 

[Quickstatus]

One day someone will work out a way of retireving images and audio from wall paint and history will reveal previously unknown data.

The fundamental principle of quantum mechanics is that Information is never lost. While the paint deteriorates through entropy, information becomes scrambled but never lost and there remains a possibility, though remote, that the information can be reconstituted. So actually Humpty Dumpty can be put back together .

If that person can put Humpty Dumpty back together again, they can solve your problem @prozac.

 

[prozac]

The fundamental principle of quantum mechanics is that Information is never lost. While the paint deteriorates through entropy, information becomes scrambled but never lost and there remains a possibility, though remote, that the information can be reconstituted. So actually Humpty Dumpty can be put back together .

If that person can put Humpty Dumpty back together again, they can solve your problem @prozac.

No problem for me. I'm letting you know the data isn't lost and can be retrieved from the paint, albeit there may be some degredation.

 

[Quickstatus]

I'm letting you know the data isn't lost and can be retrieved from the paint

In other words You can run but you cant hide . Another #WCMO

 

[drron]

#WCMO
I can now die content with that knowledge

But as Einstein said-
"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."

So are you really content.

 

[RooFlyer]

It explains energy lost by photos travelling in an expanding universe.

Photos and a lot more, I'm guessing

 

[MARTINE]

Photos and a lot more, I'm guessing

Money…

 

[serfty]

The energy disappears into the paint on your walls and ceilings. One day someone will work out a way of retireving images and audio from wall paint and history will reveal previously unknown data.

I guess it wasn't Einstein who said "The Walls have ears ...".

 

[Quickstatus]

a single experiment can prove me wrong."

Well in his case a woman mathematician showed that his maths was dodgy

 

[drron]

So today back to body corporates. Today I finally sold my unit. It was to originally settle on 19/3. A bit complicated as bthere are 2 resorts built on land leased from the QLD Government. Unfortunately the su lessor is the body corporate for the other resort and they have to sign off on the transfer of a sub lease. Their documentation arrived at my solicitors yesterday.
Now I was going to deposit some into a Macquarie account which had a 4 month initial interest rate of 5.5%. It is now just over 5%. No comeback against the BC of course.
Selling shares is much easier unless you want to be greedy.

 

[DejaBrew]

Lengthy rant incoming....

Took delivery of a new Hyundai a month ago. At the time, I was informed by the dealership that one of the accessories purchased was on back order with an estimated delivery of April 12th, meaning that it should be in stock and available in time for installation during the 30 day "Peace of Mind Service". Contacted the dealership to book in the service for today, and enquired about the accessory being installed (noting that I had not heard anything since taking delivery of the vehicle). Service team committed to confirming with the parts department and calling me back to advise if there was any delay on the parts or if they would be unable to install during the service.

Fast forward to today...

Car goes in for service with accessory fitment on the job sheet. All good to go. 90 mins or so later, I get a call to confirm the service is complete, however, accessory has not been fitted. Not only has it not been fitted, but it's still on backorder and there's apparently no ETA, because "...Hyundai have not manufactured the parts yet and therefore Hyundai Australia have not made them available for distribution." Advised that a similar scenario existed for another customer with accessories on order since last October and no ETA available from Hyundai Australia. Service team recommended I contact Hyundai Australia to complain. In the meantime, the service team will continue to chase up will contact me once they have word. Car arrives after having been given a cursory "wash & vacuum", I'm handed the keys and off to the car I head.

Walking towards the rear of the car, I notice it looks.... different. It went into service as a "hybrid" but somehow came out as a "h brid". Yep, somehow they managed to partially de-badge a brand new vehicle. Back in I go to retrieve the service rep, who agrees with my perspective that this is not ok, immediately apologises and offers to order new badging and send someone to my house to fit the replacement badging.

Jump in the car and turn it on, only to be presented with the service reminder alert (which nobody bothered to reset). Photographed it and showed the service team, asking whether it should still be displaying the alert? Rhetorical question, of course. "Two people are meant to look at this - the technician working on the car, and then it's checked by the supervisor. So clearly people are doing their work," says the service agent sarcastically. In pops someone to reset the service interval alert. Good to go, right? Not quite.... as per their standard operating procedure, they disconnected the dash cam. Of course, they failed to reconnect it once they were finished. Top notch work.

Drive home and proceed to contact Hyundai "Customer Experience" to relay my displeasure and ask why their marketing accessories are on their website that have apparently not been manufactured and are not available for distribution? After all, selling non-existent products is otherwise known as fraud (not that I believed this was strictly happening here). Unfortunately, Hyundai Customer Experience are unable to assist or verify that the parts exist and will refer the query to the dealership. You know, the same dealership that referred me to Hyundai Australia? Request an escalation. Nobody able to take the call. Escalation timeline is 5 business days, so escalation lodged and Hyundai to enquire with the dealership in the meantime.

In the meantime, I decided to test the voracity of the parts department's claims by contacting another dealership to enquire about availability. First dealership I contact advises that there are 3 of these accessories in the warehouse available for immediate delivery. And by "warehouse", we're talking about Hyundai's official parts distributor (Hyundai Mobis) rather than the dealership's parts warehouse. Oh, and there are a further 14 on order (ETA pending). Consequently, I call my dealership's service team to inform them of the good news. They agree that if another dealership can get the stock, then they absolutely can.

Soon after I receive a call from Hyundai Australia advising I'll be hearing from the dealership manager today, who subsequently contacts me. I explain the whole saga to him and he wholeheartedly agrees that it's not good enough, I shouldn't need to be doing all the chasing up and that he will liaise with his team and get to the bottom of it, before contacting me with an update. I'll hear back from him - still pending - and any further issues, contact him directly.

Eventually, the phone rings and this time it's the fleet sales rep for the dealership, advising that the parts department have looked up the accessory again and now have an ETA of May 23rd because Hyundai don't currently have enough parts to make up a complete "kit". Seriously?? I immediately phone Hyundai Mobis to explain the situation and request if they can confirm the current stock levels in the warehouse? Rather helpfully, they agree and confirm that there are indeed 3 complete kits, in stock, available for immediate order and delivery. I dutifully contact the fleet sales rep again to inform him of the good news and suggest that the parts team is either blowing smoke or looking up the wrong part number. Receive a call back a few mins later to advise the good news! The parts team has managed to locate the stock I've identified and ordered a kit for allocation to my vehicle.

Finally, receive a call from the service manager to apologise and advise that all parts are now on order, with the accessory kit expected either today or tomorrow and the new badge due shortly thereafter. Either way, he'll call tomorrow and update me with confirmed ETAs. Oh, and it's also not going to be possible for them to do the work at my house (contrary to what his team advised earlier in the day).

So in summary, I've dealt with at least 10 different people today, made and received over 25 phone calls, and in the space of 2 of those phone calls, managed to manifest the existence of not 1, not 2, but 3 complete accessory kits (plus 14 additional on order) where before there were none manufactured, none available for distribution, and no ETA. It's an Easter miracle!!

Not quite how I planned on spending my first day of annual leave

 

[VPS]

Lengthy rant incoming....

Took delivery of a new Hyundai a month ago. At the time, I was informed by the dealership that one of the accessories purchased was on back order with an estimated delivery of April 12th, meaning that it should be in stock and available in time for installation during the 30 day "Peace of Mind Service". Contacted the dealership to book in the service for today, and enquired about the accessory being installed (noting that I had not heard anything since taking delivery of the vehicle). Service team committed to confirming with the parts department and calling me back to advise if there was any delay on the parts or if they would be unable to install during the service.

Fast forward to today...

Car goes in for service with accessory fitment on the job sheet. All good to go. 90 mins or so later, I get a call to confirm the service is complete, however, accessory has not been fitted. Not only has it not been fitted, but it's still on backorder and there's apparently no ETA, because "...Hyundai have not manufactured the parts yet and therefore Hyundai Australia have not made them available for distribution." Advised that a similar scenario existed for another customer with accessories on order since last October and no ETA available from Hyundai Australia. Service team recommended I contact Hyundai Australia to complain. In the meantime, the service team will continue to chase up will contact me once they have word. Car arrives after having been given a cursory "wash & vacuum", I'm handed the keys and off to the car I head.

Walking towards the rear of the car, I notice it looks.... different. It went into service as a "hybrid" but somehow came out as a "h brid". Yep, somehow they managed to partially de-badge a brand new vehicle. Back in I go to retrieve the service rep, who agrees with my perspective that this is not ok, immediately apologises and offers to order new badging and send someone to my house to fit the replacement badging.

Jump in the car and turn it on, only to be presented with the service reminder alert (which nobody bothered to reset). Photographed it and showed the service team, asking whether it should still be displaying the alert? Rhetorical question, of course. "Two people are meant to look at this - the technician working on the car, and then it's checked by the supervisor. So clearly people are doing their work," says the service agent sarcastically. In pops someone to reset the service interval alert. Good to go, right? Not quite.... as per their standard operating procedure, they disconnected the dash cam. Of course, they failed to reconnect it once they were finished. Top notch work.

Drive home and proceed to contact Hyundai "Customer Experience" to relay my displeasure and ask why their marketing accessories are on their website that have apparently not been manufactured and are not available for distribution? After all, selling non-existent products is otherwise known as fraud (not that I believed this was strictly happening here). Unfortunately, Hyundai Customer Experience are unable to assist or verify that the parts exist and will refer the query to the dealership. You know, the same dealership that referred me to Hyundai Australia? Request an escalation. Nobody able to take the call. Escalation timeline is 5 business days, so escalation lodged and Hyundai to enquire with the dealership in the meantime.

In the meantime, I decided to test the voracity of the parts department's claims by contacting another dealership to enquire about availability. First dealership I contact advises that there are 3 of these accessories in the warehouse available for immediate delivery. And by "warehouse", we're talking about Hyundai's official parts distributor (Hyundai Mobis) rather than the dealership's parts warehouse. Oh, and there are a further 14 on order (ETA pending). Consequently, I call my dealership's service team to inform them of the good news. They agree that if another dealership can get the stock, then they absolutely can.

Soon after I receive a call from Hyundai Australia advising I'll be hearing from the dealership manager today, who subsequently contacts me. I explain the whole saga to him and he wholeheartedly agrees that it's not good enough, I shouldn't need to be doing all the chasing up and that he will liaise with his team and get to the bottom of it, before contacting me with an update. I'll hear back from him - still pending - and any further issues, contact him directly.

Eventually, the phone rings and this time it's the fleet sales rep for the dealership, advising that the parts department have looked up the accessory again and now have an ETA of May 23rd because Hyundai don't currently have enough parts to make up a complete "kit". Seriously?? I immediately phone Hyundai Mobis to explain the situation and request if they can confirm the current stock levels in the warehouse? Rather helpfully, they agree and confirm that there are indeed 3 complete kits, in stock, available for immediate order and delivery. I dutifully contact the fleet sales rep again to inform him of the good news and suggest that the parts team is either blowing smoke or looking up the wrong part number. Receive a call back a few mins later to advise the good news! The parts team has managed to locate the stock I've identified and ordered a kit for allocation to my vehicle.

Finally, receive a call from the service manager to apologise and advise that all parts are now on order, with the accessory kit expected either today or tomorrow and the new badge due shortly thereafter. Either way, he'll call tomorrow and update me with confirmed ETAs. Oh, and it's also not going to be possible for them to do the work at my house (contrary to what his team advised earlier in the day).

So in summary, I've dealt with at least 10 different people today, made and received over 25 phone calls, and in the space of 2 of those phone calls, managed to manifest the existence of not 1, not 2, but 3 complete accessory kits (plus 14 additional on order) where before there were none manufactured, none available for distribution, and no ETA. It's an Easter miracle!!

Not quite how I planned on spending my first day of annual leave

That sort of stuff really gets me riled up. I hope things have calmed down and you are enjoying something peaceful and relaxing ie alcohol or soemthing similar