On 16-Mar-24 17:32, Chris J Dixon wrote:
> Nick Odell wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:00:47 +0000, Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk>
>> wrote:
>
>>> When it works it is quite clever, certainly sees through the mesh
>>> bag. However, although one of the scales in my local store
>>> weighed correctly this week, it did not recognise the goods.
>>> There is no longer any ability to make a manual choice. The
>>> "Help" button simply tells you how it _should_ work. :-(
>>>
>>> Fortunately an alternative set of scales worked OK.
>>>
>> Hmmm... I have some old bags-for-life from Morrisons with pictures of
>> pears and from Asda with pictures of lemons. I wonder if they would
>> break the system?
>
Sainsburys might not be able to accommodate you, since an over-night
software update has uggbered their systems.

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Sam Plusnet

On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 19:24:30 +0000
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

> On 16-Mar-24 17:32, Chris J Dixon wrote:
> > Nick Odell wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:00:47 +0000, Chris J Dixon
> >> <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>> When it works it is quite clever, certainly sees through the mesh
> >>> bag. However, although one of the scales in my local store
> >>> weighed correctly this week, it did not recognise the goods.
> >>> There is no longer any ability to make a manual choice. The
> >>> "Help" button simply tells you how it _should_ work. :-(
> >>>
> >>> Fortunately an alternative set of scales worked OK.
> >>>
> >> Hmmm... I have some old bags-for-life from Morrisons with
> >> pictures of pears and from Asda with pictures of lemons. I wonder
> >> if they would break the system?
> >
> Sainsburys might not be able to accommodate you, since an over-night
> software update has uggbered their systems.
>

Does 'uggbered' mean that they now wear big woolly boots?

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Davey.

On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:04:46 +0000, Davey <davey@example.invalid>
wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 19:24:30 +0000
>Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 16-Mar-24 17:32, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>> > Nick Odell wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:00:47 +0000, Chris J Dixon
>> >> <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >>> When it works it is quite clever, certainly sees through the mesh
>> >>> bag. However, although one of the scales in my local store
>> >>> weighed correctly this week, it did not recognise the goods.
>> >>> There is no longer any ability to make a manual choice. The
>> >>> "Help" button simply tells you how it _should_ work. :-(
>> >>>
>> >>> Fortunately an alternative set of scales worked OK.
>> >>>
>> >> Hmmm... I have some old bags-for-life from Morrisons with
>> >> pictures of pears and from Asda with pictures of lemons. I wonder
>> >> if they would break the system?
>> >
>> Sainsburys might not be able to accommodate you, since an over-night
>> software update has uggbered their systems.
>>
>
>
>Does 'uggbered' mean that they now wear big woolly boots?

They certainly seem to around the chilled and frozen section of the
warehouse.

Bit odd, isn't it that both Sainos and Tesco insist that their
"glitch" was not a hack but the result of a software update. Who'd
have thought that two rivals like them would have done the same update
with the same consequences on the same weeked, eh?

Nick

On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 17:51:37 +0000
Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:04:46 +0000, Davey <davey@example.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 19:24:30 +0000
> >Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 16-Mar-24 17:32, Chris J Dixon wrote:
> >> > Nick Odell wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:00:47 +0000, Chris J Dixon
> >> >> <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>> When it works it is quite clever, certainly sees through the
> >> >>> mesh bag. However, although one of the scales in my local store
> >> >>> weighed correctly this week, it did not recognise the goods.
> >> >>> There is no longer any ability to make a manual choice. The
> >> >>> "Help" button simply tells you how it _should_ work. :-(
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Fortunately an alternative set of scales worked OK.
> >> >>>
> >> >> Hmmm... I have some old bags-for-life from Morrisons with
> >> >> pictures of pears and from Asda with pictures of lemons. I
> >> >> wonder if they would break the system?
> >> >
> >> Sainsburys might not be able to accommodate you, since an
> >> over-night software update has uggbered their systems.
> >>
> >
> >
> >Does 'uggbered' mean that they now wear big woolly boots?
>
> They certainly seem to around the chilled and frozen section of the
> warehouse.
>
> Bit odd, isn't it that both Sainos and Tesco insist that their
> "glitch" was not a hack but the result of a software update. Who'd
> have thought that two rivals like them would have done the same update
> with the same consequences on the same weeked, eh?
>
> Nick

Maybe they use the same software. Or maybe not.........

Conspiracy theorist followers that way >>>>>>

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Davey.

On 17-Mar-24 23:35, Davey wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 17:51:37 +0000
> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:04:46 +0000, Davey <davey@example.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 19:24:30 +0000
>>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 16-Mar-24 17:32, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>>>>> Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:00:47 +0000, Chris J Dixon
>>>>>> <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> When it works it is quite clever, certainly sees through the
>>>>>>> mesh bag. However, although one of the scales in my local store
>>>>>>> weighed correctly this week, it did not recognise the goods.
>>>>>>> There is no longer any ability to make a manual choice. The
>>>>>>> "Help" button simply tells you how it _should_ work. :-(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fortunately an alternative set of scales worked OK.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hmmm... I have some old bags-for-life from Morrisons with
>>>>>> pictures of pears and from Asda with pictures of lemons. I
>>>>>> wonder if they would break the system?
>>>>>
>>>> Sainsburys might not be able to accommodate you, since an
>>>> over-night software update has uggbered their systems.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does 'uggbered' mean that they now wear big woolly boots?
>>
>> They certainly seem to around the chilled and frozen section of the
>> warehouse.
>>
>> Bit odd, isn't it that both Sainos and Tesco insist that their
>> "glitch" was not a hack but the result of a software update. Who'd
>> have thought that two rivals like them would have done the same update
>> with the same consequences on the same weeked, eh?
>>
>> Nick
>
> Maybe they use the same software. Or maybe not.........
>
> Conspiracy theorist followers that way >>>>>>
>
Nah! You _want_ us to go thataway, but you're probably a part of the
conspiracy - so we're all going to head _this_ way.

--
Sam Plusnet

I feel that the modules used are the same and as per usual, nobody had done
the tests to prove the system worked.
Incidentally, are modern scales independent of gravity? Somebody told me
that there are places around this planet where gravity actually varies due
to the density of the underlying material.

It would seem to me to not be a trivial matter to create a set of scales
that worked in space. It would need to measure mass via inertia.
Brian

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> On 17-Mar-24 23:35, Davey wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 17:51:37 +0000
>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:04:46 +0000, Davey <davey@example.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 19:24:30 +0000
>>>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 16-Mar-24 17:32, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>>>>>> Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:00:47 +0000, Chris J Dixon
>>>>>>> <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When it works it is quite clever, certainly sees through the
>>>>>>>> mesh bag. However, although one of the scales in my local store
>>>>>>>> weighed correctly this week, it did not recognise the goods.
>>>>>>>> There is no longer any ability to make a manual choice. The
>>>>>>>> "Help" button simply tells you how it _should_ work. :-(
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Fortunately an alternative set of scales worked OK.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hmmm... I have some old bags-for-life from Morrisons with
>>>>>>> pictures of pears and from Asda with pictures of lemons. I
>>>>>>> wonder if they would break the system?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Sainsburys might not be able to accommodate you, since an
>>>>> over-night software update has uggbered their systems.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does 'uggbered' mean that they now wear big woolly boots?
>>>
>>> They certainly seem to around the chilled and frozen section of the
>>> warehouse.
>>>
>>> Bit odd, isn't it that both Sainos and Tesco insist that their
>>> "glitch" was not a hack but the result of a software update. Who'd
>>> have thought that two rivals like them would have done the same update
>>> with the same consequences on the same weeked, eh?
>>>
>>> Nick
>>
>> Maybe they use the same software. Or maybe not.........
>>
>> Conspiracy theorist followers that way >>>>>>
>>
> Nah! You _want_ us to go thataway, but you're probably a part of the
> conspiracy - so we're all going to head _this_ way.
>
> --
> Sam Plusnet
>

On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:46:07 -0000
"Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:

> I feel that the modules used are the same and as per usual, nobody
> had done the tests to prove the system worked.
> Incidentally, are modern scales independent of gravity? Somebody
> told me that there are places around this planet where gravity
> actually varies due to the density of the underlying material.
>
> It would seem to me to not be a trivial matter to create a set of
> scales that worked in space. It would need to measure mass via
> inertia. Brian
>

A spring balance is dependent on gravity. A balance balance (i.e. where
the weight of a sample is compared to calibrated weights) is not, but
needs gravity to operate. A real balance needs human intervention (or
some complex electromechanical system) and will therefore not be
suitable for commercial purposes, so yes, they will all be affected by
local gravity. But not much.

E. E. (Doc) Smith had his asteroid miners checking the density of rock
core samples using an inertial device.

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Joe