Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Hill Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: Flash Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:26:09 +0000 (GMT) Organization: timil.com Lines: 29 Message-ID: <551a2d4e38tim@invalid.org.uk> References: <20151025230318.630275029529916@firedrake.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: pmasvAIUxFuBRtRQP58fyQ.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pluto/3.14 (RISC OS/5.18) NewsHound/v1.50-32 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.raspberry-pi:9886 In article , Rob wrote: > Dom wrote: > > On 29/10/15 08:43, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> Dunno about the US but all phone lines in the UK are insulated > >> multi-stranded twisted pairs. > >> > >> Even the ones up poles. > > Dunno about your part of the UK, but here (and everywhere else I've > > been) the cables between the poles and the house tend to be two > > uninsulated cables, a few inches apart. Not even sure the London Underground still uses such a primitive system. > Over here in NL we have no poles at all, at least not the kind that > holds power or phone cables for local distribution. Nope. None in this UK street either: everything is underground. I know that my phone lines are underground all the five minute walk away to the exchange apart from the street cabinet in between. P.S. What does this thread have to do with Flash on the Pi? I didn't see it start but guess it has drifted somewhat. -- from Tim Hill who welcomes incoming email to tim at timil dot com. * Share in a better energy supplier: http://tjrh.eu/coopnrg * Share in cheaper ethical telecoms: http://tjrh.eu/phone * Have a genuine & spam-proof address for Usenet http://www.invalid.org.uk/