OT: York Minster astronomical clock; WWII memorial

I live outside of, but work in York and have seen this in the flesh several times. It's quite an impressive thing and has a rather H.G. Wells vibe to it. York also has The Allied Air Forces Memorial at the York Air Museum, Elvington just out side the city.

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Uniquely it also has ( the only one as far as I know) The Women's Air Services Memorial

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(Courtesy of http://www.maritimequest.com/misc_p.../allied_air_forces_memorial_raf_elvington.htm
All photos courtesy of Peter Woodward)

Oh BTW Naismith your signature quote is one of Arthur C Clarke's Three Laws. He saw Asimov (who was a friend) had his Three Laws of Robotics and wanted his own.

They are:

  1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
  2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
  3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.


Apologies if this comes across as being pedantic.
 
BeauBrummie said:
Oh BTW Naismith your signature quote is one of Arthur C Clarke's Three Laws. He saw Asimov (who was a friend) had his Three Laws of Robotics and wanted his own.
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You are right of course and this illustrates the dangers of trusting certain websites and the reckless use of cut and paste. :salute: Pedantic? Not at all.
 
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