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On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:12:44 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> It's getting to the point where our consumer electronics is just as bad
> as our sophisticated and flexible computers.
Indeed. Remember when you used to just be able to pick up a telephone
and get a dial tone? ;)
Jim
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On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:47:41 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>> Also, a TV is usually far from the user. Even if it's a big TV and
>> has
>> a high resolution (ie. is a HD TV), it may still be difficult to read
>> the smallest text in web pages. Usually devices used to surf the web
>> (such as computers, laptops, tablets, cellphones) are held close for a
>> reason.
>
> Actually, I've found quite the opposite. Wait until you need reading
> glasses to say a 46" screen six feet away is harder than a 21" screen
> two feet away. ;-)
Indeed, on our 8' screen, using the PS3 to surf isn't too bad and is
pretty easy to read. Though I wish Sony would update the web browser
(esp. flash) on the PS3, because many sites just won't render flash on it.
Jim
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>> It's getting to the point where our consumer electronics is just as bad
>> as our sophisticated and flexible computers.
>
> Can't wait till the dish washer blue screens.....
Our dish washer got to the point where every time you made it wash
something, it just said "ER99" and wouldn't do anything until you reboot it.
No, I'm not kidding.
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 10/19/2011 11:56, Jim Henderson wrote:
> (esp. flash) on the PS3, because many sites just won't render flash on it.
I found it especially amusing that I had a gaming console hooked up to a
five-foot-wide TV, and the PS3 insisted on watching only the 240-pixel
resolution videos on youtube.
Fortunately, the new TV actually shows HD if possible.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
How come I never get only one kudo?
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On 10/19/2011 11:52, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Indeed. Remember when you used to just be able to pick up a telephone
> and get a dial tone? ;)
Someone said something like "I used to wish my computer was as easy to use
as my phone. Unfortunately, my wish has come true."
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
How come I never get only one kudo?
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On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:53:33 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> On 10/19/2011 11:56, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> (esp. flash) on the PS3, because many sites just won't render flash on
>> it.
>
> I found it especially amusing that I had a gaming console hooked up to a
> five-foot-wide TV, and the PS3 insisted on watching only the 240-pixel
> resolution videos on youtube.
Yeah, that annoys me as well - it does the same thing when hooked up to
our projector.
I end up having to grab movie trailers from somewhere in order to see
them in full 1080p resolution. Kinda annoying.
> Fortunately, the new TV actually shows HD if possible.
That's pretty nice that it does that. :)
Jim
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On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:54:21 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> On 10/19/2011 11:52, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Indeed. Remember when you used to just be able to pick up a telephone
>> and get a dial tone? ;)
>
> Someone said something like "I used to wish my computer was as easy to
> use as my phone. Unfortunately, my wish has come true."
Be careful what you wish for. ;)
Reminds me of an X-Files episode.
Jim
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On 19/10/2011 09:41 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Our dish washer got to the point where every time you made it wash
> something, it just said "ER99" and wouldn't do anything until you reboot
> it.
In case anybody was wondering, the fix was quite simple: We took the
machine to the skip, and bought a new one.
Does anybody see how broken the world is becoming?
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And lo On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:56:10 +0100, Jim Henderson
<nos### [at] nospam com> did spake thusly:
> On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:47:41 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>
>>> Also, a TV is usually far from the user. Even if it's a big TV and
>>> has
>>> a high resolution (ie. is a HD TV), it may still be difficult to read
>>> the smallest text in web pages. Usually devices used to surf the web
>>> (such as computers, laptops, tablets, cellphones) are held close for a
>>> reason.
>>
>> Actually, I've found quite the opposite. Wait until you need reading
>> glasses to say a 46" screen six feet away is harder than a 21" screen
>> two feet away. ;-)
>
> Indeed, on our 8' screen, using the PS3 to surf isn't too bad and is
> pretty easy to read. Though I wish Sony would update the web browser
> (esp. flash) on the PS3, because many sites just won't render flash on
> it.
And on a smaller screen or at a greater distance R3 zooms in with L2 and
R2 controlling the level. Yes the NetFront browser is a pain for Flash; I
also often keep Javascript turned off due to the many lock-ups, slow-downs
and errors it can throw up.
--
Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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On the gripping hand, I just did a factory-image-reinstall on my Win7
laptop, and it did five or six reboots before it got to the
hardware-specific part, and it looks like it's going to reboot for each of
the 73 hardware-specific device drivers too. Now *that* is getting a bit
silly. :-)
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
People tell me I am the counter-example.
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