I worked hard a looong time ago to get all my 5 1/4" floppies copied to 3 1/2" floppies, and later all of those to CD's. Now I just use the flash driv...

I have a minimum of 3 flash (numbered) drives and rotate updates to them using the old XCOPY in a batch file that sits on my desktop. One double-click...

I think senior rights only apply when a parcel is divided and lots are sequentially sold off. This wouldn't apply in some jurisdictions to a recorded ...

local community college... Do they have those in Hong Kong where this poster's profile says he is?

There have been stories about surveyors for the CO2 pipeline company in Iowa, too.We went to an information meeting because one of the plans went clos...

alarm will turn on if the settlement reached 3mm Now that's a tight requirement. An engineer should know that there is always some uncertainty in ...

geodetic is negligent How irresponsible of it. I agree it is negligible at low elevations and moderate distances unless you are going for high ...

In a place or two in the above discussion there was confusion between geodetic north (which I would equate true north to) and astro north. They diffe...

With care and repeated observations a 5" instrument can do much better than that.

@gary_g HC is using an abbreviation that was once more common here, for To The Top of the thread.

I keep seeing the F at the front and trying to read feather. Then re-think and see earthers missing a letter.

As I said in my my post above, I'm guessing you are measuring the curb, but the lot line is back some few feet from the curb. Thus you measure longer.

HP made good stuff. I still use two HP15c calculators, one dating back to 1981; thats 42 years this fall. There aren't a lot of electronic devices fr...

@holy-cow You forgot the attribution to that philosopher Jed Clampett, who was responding to the genius Jethro Bodine.