Topic: PET PEEVES FUCK (Read 182115 times)

Royal☭ · « **Reply #1620 on:** April 04, 2011, 07:20:19 AM »

Wake up early so I can get to the courthouse and register my car.

Power is off in that section of the city.

Woman almost hits me because you plows through a stoplight without noticing it's turned into a four-way stop.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #1621 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:14:51 PM »

As I was walking my dog yesterday, a woman said to me, from the window of her house, in a snotty, passive-aggressive, fake-nice voice, "You know, I really wouldn't mind if you'd walk your dog in the street instead of going through my yard."

TA · « **Reply #1622 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:40:04 PM »

That ... seems like a reasonable request.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #1623 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:46:56 PM »

It wasn't the request itself, it was the way she said it.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #1624 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:50:22 PM »

Also, I know how people drive around here. No way am I walking my dog in the street.

Büge · « **Reply #1625 on:** April 04, 2011, 04:07:58 PM »

Don't you have sidewalks?

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #1626 on:** April 04, 2011, 04:27:43 PM »

Not in my neighborhood.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1627 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:26:01 PM »

That is an important point, yes.

Classic · « **Reply #1628 on:** April 05, 2011, 12:39:09 AM »

When trying to project, it is hard not to sound like a complete jerk. It takes practice. There is a small chance she was not intending to be an awful passive-aggressive.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #1629 on:** April 05, 2011, 05:07:00 AM »

No, it was pretty clear that was exactly what she was doing.

Brentai · « **Reply #1630 on:** April 08, 2011, 10:38:27 AM »

Sarcasm in a work environment.

I mean okay yeah you guys might have detected the slightest smidgen of occasional accidental sarcasm from me over the years.

But when we're doing business, and talking about stuff that matters? When I ask a straight fucking question I need a straight fucking answer, or shit will get fucked up.

Brentai · « **Reply #1631 on:** April 16, 2011, 11:04:05 AM »

Getting my car worked on, languishing here in the waiting room of the service center.

There's a cheap Vizio here playing Hang 'em High on AMC.

That 24hz interpolation thing we were talking about before? It ruins THE FUCKING SHIT out of Westerns like this.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #1632 on:** April 29, 2011, 04:10:47 PM »

Whenever someone calls The Doctor "Dr. Who" I want to punch them in the face.

Thad · « **Reply #1633 on:** April 29, 2011, 05:31:48 PM »

It's useful shorthand for when you're talking to somebody who's not a fan, but yes, it's inaccurate despite the fact that he was credited that way for most of the original series.

teg · « **Reply #1634 on:** May 04, 2011, 05:49:52 PM »

People who complain because e-readers are not backlit.

I mean seriously.

Lottel · « **Reply #1635 on:** May 04, 2011, 06:06:23 PM »

... But... E-ink are difficult to read in low light settings. Like real books. I'd imagine having backlit screens would be pretty nifty.

Classic · « **Reply #1636 on:** May 04, 2011, 07:44:55 PM »

I have a feeling that a small "front-light" on the rim won't do the trick.

teg · « **Reply #1637 on:** May 05, 2011, 08:06:38 AM »

Quote from: Lottel on May 04, 2011, 06:06:23 PM

... But... E-ink are difficult to read in low light settings. Like real books. I'd imagine having backlit screens would be pretty nifty.

But... the whole point is that they're not backlit. I'm pretty sure that you can't backlight e-ink effectively, since it's essentially layers of opaque material with an electric field directly behind it.
What I'm getting at is: somebody spent a ton of money and effort finding a way to make a display that act exactly like actual paper, and people complain because it acts exactly like actual paper. If you really need a backlight, you do not need a Kindle. There are cheap backlit readers everywhere.

Classic · « **Reply #1638 on:** May 05, 2011, 09:11:41 AM »

Are you telling me no-one's made a kindle-light yet? Are you telling me there's a fortune to be made?

Brentai · « **Reply #1639 on:** May 05, 2011, 09:34:25 AM »

The cover-with-reading-light is the most basic standard acessory for the thing, so no, not really.

More to the point with e-ink though, the purpose of the material is to be able to display without a constant power source (this is why Kindles only need to be charged about once every 100 years). Once you add a backlight you've just turned the stupid thing into a monochrome iPad.

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