| Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over [message #397963] |
Fri, 14 August 2020 19:29  |
Mike Spencer
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Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> writes:
> On 8/14/2020 9:13 AM, Peter Flass wrote:
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>> Except we seem to be moving that way, with stupid icons and emojis
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> And podcasts and videos. I hate it when I google on how to do
> something, and all there are is youtube videos. I can scan text and
> get the gist almost before the youtube video finishes the roll-in
> commercial. (Of course, there are topics that video works way better
> than text, but not 90% of the "how to" ones.
Pet peeve. Just last night I couldn't figure out how to disassemble a
defunct generator. Today, just an exploded parts diagram fixed me
right up. A video would have cost me actual money for excess bits,
been bore to watch and might never have resolved my ignorance.
This was all predictable back in the 90s when users were piping though
2400 bps POTS modems and web page authors were using 5K GIFs of
5-letter words for eye-candy coolth.
Text & diagrams, in some cases photos, are typically better than amateur
video.
> I used to tell people that Windows was the perfect OS for people who
> didn't know how to read.
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Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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| Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over [message #397987 is a reply to message #397963] |
Sat, 15 August 2020 13:44  |
Charlie Gibbs
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On 2020-08-14, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
> Pet peeve. Just last night I couldn't figure out how to disassemble a
> defunct generator. Today, just an exploded parts diagram fixed me
> right up. A video would have cost me actual money for excess bits,
> been bore to watch and might never have resolved my ignorance.
>
> This was all predictable back in the 90s when users were piping though
> 2400 bps POTS modems and web page authors were using 5K GIFs of
> 5-letter words for eye-candy coolth.
My favourite from that time was an otherwise-simple web site that
downloaded a 500K image of its logo. To add insult to injury,
the image was a very simple one that should have been a 10K GIF.
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/~\ Charlie Gibbs | Microsoft is a dictatorship.
\ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | Apple is a cult.
X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | Linux is anarchy.
/ \ if you read it the right way. | Pick your poison.
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| Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over [message #398027 is a reply to message #398025] |
Sat, 15 August 2020 23:51 |
Dan Espen
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Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> writes:
> On 14 Aug 2020 20:29:10 -0300, Mike Spencer
> <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
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>> Text & diagrams, in some cases photos, are typically better than amateur
>> video.
>
> Walking up McElroy Hill in ninety-degree weather with no water is
> typically better than amateur video.
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> And about ninety percent of "professional" video.
McElroy Hill IN, elev 833ft.
Say what???
Oh wait,
McElroy Hill CA, elev 5531ft.
That's no good at all. Plus, that's no hill.
Is it really going to be 90 degrees up there?
Like dogs?
Here's an amateur video you might like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLRrP7KmFfs
Or, if you really, really like dogs check this one out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2wsNw07wRY
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Dan Espen
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