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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."
--
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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