Pet Peeve of the Day
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LEDs on everything. Especially the ones that blink. Why does it seem like every single electronic device I own has to continually notify me that it is on via light? I meditate and occasionally sleep in my office at home, and have more than once been disturbed by some light blinking for no real reason. I've even gotten to the point that I've covered all the LEDs that flash with electrical tape or disconnected them. Does this bother anybody else, or am I just strange?
I agree entirely, it's getting way out of hand. My bloody razor has a super bright blue led on it and it lights up the whole bathroom, if I forget to close the door I can see it from my bedroom. The blue ones are the worst, they seem the brightest at night and most annoying. Some of them you can't cover because you need to see them. I had an alarm clock that had such bright led's on it that I taped a sheet of white paper over it and could see it fine in the dark. What they need if they have to put them there is an auto dimming at night.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
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LEDs on everything. Especially the ones that blink. Why does it seem like every single electronic device I own has to continually notify me that it is on via light? I meditate and occasionally sleep in my office at home, and have more than once been disturbed by some light blinking for no real reason. I've even gotten to the point that I've covered all the LEDs that flash with electrical tape or disconnected them. Does this bother anybody else, or am I just strange?
No, no, no! You need as many blinking, flashing lights as possible on computer equipment. Your office/server room should look like the cockpit of a 747, and be equally as impressive to laymen when they see it. Between my router, switch, cable modem, printer, multiple monitors, PC power LEDs, optical mice and speakers, my office looks mighty impressive in the dark. :cool:
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LEDs on everything. Especially the ones that blink. Why does it seem like every single electronic device I own has to continually notify me that it is on via light? I meditate and occasionally sleep in my office at home, and have more than once been disturbed by some light blinking for no real reason. I've even gotten to the point that I've covered all the LEDs that flash with electrical tape or disconnected them. Does this bother anybody else, or am I just strange?
Yeah, I find that LEDs leave a longer-lasting after-image on my retinas, they make me dizzy. I really dislike LED tail lights on cars.
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LEDs on everything. Especially the ones that blink. Why does it seem like every single electronic device I own has to continually notify me that it is on via light? I meditate and occasionally sleep in my office at home, and have more than once been disturbed by some light blinking for no real reason. I've even gotten to the point that I've covered all the LEDs that flash with electrical tape or disconnected them. Does this bother anybody else, or am I just strange?
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No, no, no! You need as many blinking, flashing lights as possible on computer equipment. Your office/server room should look like the cockpit of a 747, and be equally as impressive to laymen when they see it. Between my router, switch, cable modem, printer, multiple monitors, PC power LEDs, optical mice and speakers, my office looks mighty impressive in the dark. :cool:
Sunrise Wallpaper Project | The StartPage Randomizer | The Windows Cheerleader
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I agree entirely, it's getting way out of hand. My bloody razor has a super bright blue led on it and it lights up the whole bathroom, if I forget to close the door I can see it from my bedroom. The blue ones are the worst, they seem the brightest at night and most annoying. Some of them you can't cover because you need to see them. I had an alarm clock that had such bright led's on it that I taped a sheet of white paper over it and could see it fine in the dark. What they need if they have to put them there is an auto dimming at night.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
John Cardinal wrote:
What they need if they have to put them there is an auto dimming at night.
Our alarm clock does that... it has a light sensor on the front, so it's bright during the day (so you can see it at all) but dims way down at night (the nighttime brightness is adjustable). Of course, the clock loses about a minute a week... but you wouldn't expect it to do everything right, would you? It's only a clock...
Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency! -Emily Dickinson
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Yeah, I find that LEDs leave a longer-lasting after-image on my retinas, they make me dizzy. I really dislike LED tail lights on cars.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Yeah, I find that LEDs leave a longer-lasting after-image on my retinas
Just asking: does that make any sense whatsoever?
Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency! -Emily Dickinson
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LEDs on everything. Especially the ones that blink. Why does it seem like every single electronic device I own has to continually notify me that it is on via light? I meditate and occasionally sleep in my office at home, and have more than once been disturbed by some light blinking for no real reason. I've even gotten to the point that I've covered all the LEDs that flash with electrical tape or disconnected them. Does this bother anybody else, or am I just strange?
...but by Apple. No blinking lights. Not on the iPhone, iTouch, Apple TV, iMac, MacBook Pro etc. Pity they don't make a DVD player. *turns his email off for fear of the replies to this post*
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Yeah, I find that LEDs leave a longer-lasting after-image on my retinas
Just asking: does that make any sense whatsoever?
Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency! -Emily Dickinson
I thought so.
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...but by Apple. No blinking lights. Not on the iPhone, iTouch, Apple TV, iMac, MacBook Pro etc. Pity they don't make a DVD player. *turns his email off for fear of the replies to this post*
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
iPod Shuffle -- orange LED blinks when charging? Or is it green? And/or maybe during sync? I forget, I try not to look at it anyway.
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...but by Apple. No blinking lights. Not on the iPhone, iTouch, Apple TV, iMac, MacBook Pro etc. Pity they don't make a DVD player. *turns his email off for fear of the replies to this post*
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
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iPod Shuffle -- orange LED blinks when charging? Or is it green? And/or maybe during sync? I forget, I try not to look at it anyway.
Don't remember any on my old nano but maybe the new ones have something? Never mind, you said Shuffle. I imagine something with no screen needs some way of indicating what is going on, no?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
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LEDs on everything. Especially the ones that blink. Why does it seem like every single electronic device I own has to continually notify me that it is on via light? I meditate and occasionally sleep in my office at home, and have more than once been disturbed by some light blinking for no real reason. I've even gotten to the point that I've covered all the LEDs that flash with electrical tape or disconnected them. Does this bother anybody else, or am I just strange?
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LEDs on everything. Especially the ones that blink. Why does it seem like every single electronic device I own has to continually notify me that it is on via light? I meditate and occasionally sleep in my office at home, and have more than once been disturbed by some light blinking for no real reason. I've even gotten to the point that I've covered all the LEDs that flash with electrical tape or disconnected them. Does this bother anybody else, or am I just strange?
I happen to find it relaxing. In the front of my bed room I have 3 computers, 1 24 port switch, 1 VPN router, 1 cisco AP, 4 monitors, the speakers, and a few other things i can't think of. Theres a warm green glow at night :) now if only i could get that fan noise to stop... Forgot the pocket PC..
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LEDs on everything. Especially the ones that blink. Why does it seem like every single electronic device I own has to continually notify me that it is on via light? I meditate and occasionally sleep in my office at home, and have more than once been disturbed by some light blinking for no real reason. I've even gotten to the point that I've covered all the LEDs that flash with electrical tape or disconnected them. Does this bother anybody else, or am I just strange?
we have an air filter in our bedroom that has a bright blue LED on top. i taped a penny over it. now i need to do something similar to the phone, which has a bright green LED on the top of it to tell us the state of its charge (?wtf). then, the smoke detectors and their green LEDs, and my wife's electric toothbrush and its blue one.. and my electric razor with its green one. then the cable box. then the TV which has a red one to tell me it's off. and that's just our bedroom/bath. the rest of the house looks like an airport, too. at least the alarm clock has a 'dim' setting.
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...but by Apple. No blinking lights. Not on the iPhone, iTouch, Apple TV, iMac, MacBook Pro etc. Pity they don't make a DVD player. *turns his email off for fear of the replies to this post*
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
Except that the flashing iPod "Do Not Disconnect" message is more annoying than any LED I've yet to come across, simply because it's so freaking big and in your face. When my ipod is syncing/charging, I have to hide it around the back of the monitor or lay it face down. It's more annoying then any of the LED's on my desktop or laptop combined, and is a total distraction.
Sunrise Wallpaper Project | The StartPage Randomizer | The Windows Cheerleader
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...but by Apple. No blinking lights. Not on the iPhone, iTouch, Apple TV, iMac, MacBook Pro etc. Pity they don't make a DVD player. *turns his email off for fear of the replies to this post*
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
Doug - "Hey Paul, what'd you buy?" Paul - "iPlayer" Doug - "Ummm. Look. Paul, I don't care of you're a 'Player' or not ... what's in the box?" Paul - "iPlayer. For movies" Doug - "ok. I get it. You're like, "Mr. Player", watch'in movies at your crib with the chicks ... but WHAT'S IN THE BOX!??! Paul - "Sheesh Doug, calm down. I told you ... iPlayer!" Doug - "AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGG!" ;P
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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gantww wrote:
Does this bother anybody else, or am I just strange?
Totally agree. The world is full of overstimulation. Have you noticed how they get even more and more "in your face"? Look at cop lights. They used to be a pleasant spinning orb of blue or red light. Now they are a frenetic, seizure inducing nova of pure spectrum blue and red wavelengths. And it's not just confined to lights. Television, toys, games, music, are all becoming overstimulating. I just read an article about new music, which is engineered now in studios to target iPods, which means a lot of the subtleties of the music are lost. The result is that the engineers go for one thing: loud. Loud music sells. Look at how websites are progressing. Everything is moving to further stimulate the senses as we become indifferent to yesterday's stimulation. So, did you find this post stimulating? ;P Marc
Actually the LOUD mastering was for one band's music to sound louder in a CD changer or playlist than another. Because a lot of the subtlety is already removed through dynamic range compression, it makes much harder work for the perceptual audio codecs to remove redundant (supposedly unhearable) information and achieve the target bitrate. Therefore the music actually ends up sounding worse than if they'd targetted the MP3 initially.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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Except that the flashing iPod "Do Not Disconnect" message is more annoying than any LED I've yet to come across, simply because it's so freaking big and in your face. When my ipod is syncing/charging, I have to hide it around the back of the monitor or lay it face down. It's more annoying then any of the LED's on my desktop or laptop combined, and is a total distraction.
Sunrise Wallpaper Project | The StartPage Randomizer | The Windows Cheerleader
iPod "Classic"? Not ever had one.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
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Doug - "Hey Paul, what'd you buy?" Paul - "iPlayer" Doug - "Ummm. Look. Paul, I don't care of you're a 'Player' or not ... what's in the box?" Paul - "iPlayer. For movies" Doug - "ok. I get it. You're like, "Mr. Player", watch'in movies at your crib with the chicks ... but WHAT'S IN THE BOX!??! Paul - "Sheesh Doug, calm down. I told you ... iPlayer!" Doug - "AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGG!" ;P
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTL:laugh: Just waiting for Apple to overstep the mark and release the iGod.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.