So, car designers invest millions in creating the"must have", top of the range, all singing all dancing (well Citroen have) car packed with all the latest gadgets and gizmos; yet forget to install indicator lights. They have put the little orange or red plastic covers on the four corners of the vehicles, but these are merely colorful decorations (or more likely a reminder of a long forgotten age)...yet I have yet to see any of them twinkle in an interesting and informative way....and it is particularly noticeable on the big 4X4s where it must be assumed that cos the thing blots out the sky as it passes by people intuitively guess which way the driver intends to go, but clearly this must be on modern cars.only ..cos
On the older varieties these bits of coloured sweet paper had special powers..whereby putting both left and right on at the same time resulted in the ability to both park anywhere or just stop (middle of the road, on a corner, the entrance to Tescos) and to be fair it is only the installation of those new anti-shoplifting devices that prevents car owners actually going into Tescos.
Thursday 24 July 2008
Tuesday 1 July 2008
Whats in a name....
So what is it that we do when we "timeshift" TV? (assuming that we have gone digital in the first place)...do we video it? Do we use a PVR? What about the DVR? Or the latest potential acronym DTR (Digital Television Recorder)...does it matter? From a pedantic point yes..because the point is that the term should give a vague indication of the activity being carried out..and none of the above cut the mustard. yes it is a recorder, but is it personal (surely everyone uses it), and is it video?
Further what is the associated verb...most people (after the water cooler moment) talk about taping last nights programme, surely that cannot be right...and is brought about by the confusion of the term video
So what about DCR: Digital content recorder. Accepted that the Digital element is almost a given anyway, thus what is one doing recording and what are they recording: content
Whilst it is unlikely that this will receive either the Pulitzer or the Whitbread, its a great start to problem that only really exists in a few peoples heads!
On a completely unrelated note: why do airlines load planes by row (row 65 to 60 for example); this often leads to chaos as inevitably the person with the window seat is the last to get there; so why not load the planes by the seat...so all the "A"s , then "B"s etc. Just a thought.
Further what is the associated verb...most people (after the water cooler moment) talk about taping last nights programme, surely that cannot be right...and is brought about by the confusion of the term video
So what about DCR: Digital content recorder. Accepted that the Digital element is almost a given anyway, thus what is one doing recording and what are they recording: content
Whilst it is unlikely that this will receive either the Pulitzer or the Whitbread, its a great start to problem that only really exists in a few peoples heads!
On a completely unrelated note: why do airlines load planes by row (row 65 to 60 for example); this often leads to chaos as inevitably the person with the window seat is the last to get there; so why not load the planes by the seat...so all the "A"s , then "B"s etc. Just a thought.
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