On Thu, 22 May 2008 14:48:49 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:

>>> Monster Raving Looney Party Manifesto Pledge #129: Manufacturers will
>>> be made to compensate for the "Old and Inferior" goods that they have
>>> now replaced with "New and Improved"
>>
>> I like it. ;-)
> 
> Well I don't know if they have a USA branch... yet.

Oh, I think they do....just under a different name.

>>> We do have some standards IIRC it has to be deemed as legible on a
>>> 'standard' screen and thus can't be too small, on exactly the same
>>> colour background or appear for just 1 sec.
>>
>> Ah, but "legible" by whom?
> 
> The Advertising Standards Authority have rules...

That's handy.

>> I used to print notes out in 2 point on 3x5 cards for my chemistry
>> exams using Lotus ... um, ... I forget the name of the program now -
>> got the boxes downstairs still.  Started with an F. Damn, that's going
>> to bug me now.
> 
> Freelance Graphics?

YES, that's the one.

>> Of course, my vision has become slightly less good since then. ;)
> 
> Odd, mine's got better :-P

B*stard. ;-)  I probably need to go and get my eyes checked out - it's 
been years since I had an exam; had to do a vision test for my driver's 
license renewal, had to close one eye to read the lines, missed the 
middle line completely as a result.  When I went back and read it again, 
I had to really concentrate to read it.  Just comes and goes for me.

>> Absolutely.  In learning evaluation (something I measure in my job
>> using an established methodology), one question asked frequently is
>> "how much of your job performance improved as a result of this
>> training?" - and answers are a percentage.  Behind-the-scenes, the
>> entered values are averaged and then adjusted downwards by something
>> like 15% because people tend to overstate, particularly right after
>> class.
> 
> Likewise the majority think they're 'better than average' drivers.

Yeah - I wonder how many evaluated themselves around 60%....

>> Same principle applies here - but I think also that people want the
>> percentage to be higher as a result of having paid what they paid, so
>> that's what they report.
> 
> That and the fact they're doing something, I mean even if it was free
> you wouldn't want to think you're wasting your time.

True, but I think if there's a value associated with it, people tend to 
overstate a bit more.

>> Well even if it doesn't work outside the UK, tor solves that problem
>> for me.
> 
> "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it" :-)

I like it. :-)  Did get the video, but it is DRM'ed, so watching it will 
still require WMP11.  Annoying, but now I've got time to try, unless the 
DRM is timebombed.

>> I'll bet that was fun. :-)
> 
> Indeed matching up the public 'we don't do that' to the backroom 'now
> this is what you do'.

Yeah.  Amazing that companies do that.

Jim

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