Pet Peeve of the Day
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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.
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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.
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: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.