Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
ClockworkCupcake said:
Very true. But we were originally talking about detecting the beginning and end of a programme so that an overlap wasn't necessary.
Fair point, but the the overlap means the adverts before the show get recored too. When they publish viewing figures is that survey data or these days can they log how many people are watching or recording something, and would that have any bearing on how much advertisers are willing to pay?Linking it all up would mean the recorder coping with schedule changes too which would be nice. I have given up trying to record and watch the Dakar as Eurosport have a policy of prioritising live over pre-recorded, so instead of the roundup of the days racing you end up recording an hour of bloody snooker.
Hugo a Gogo said:
there was something built into some VCRs to do with schedule changes, but it was coincidental/complimentary if a VCR had that and videoplus
As I recall, there was PDC (Programme Delivery Control) which depended on a signal sent before (obviously) the programme started. Only some channels supported it, I think. A lot of Freeview channels have a "programme start" signal that is sent at the appropriate time, to deal with changing schedules, but it's the "proper" channels if you see what I mean. My Sony PVR powers up and shows "adv" on the display at twenty minutes before a recording is scheduled to start, and seems to be pretty good at getting it right. But it will only record one thing at a time, and takes ages from "power on" to "actually ready to do something", so it only gets used now to record stuff I'll want to archive to DVD. Jonmx said:
Similarly, women in supermarkets who stop to look at something for 5 minutes on a shelf whilst their trolly blocks the next 3ft of shelf. No consideration for other shoppers! And they never check their blind spot crossing from one side of the aisle to the other. A blooming liability!
Another one that always get's me.There is a shop worker out stacking shelves with a cage full of stuff which takes up about half the aisle width.
People (usually women) will go and park their trolley in the gap between the cage and the opposite shelf - thereby blocking the entire aisle. They will also make no attempt to move it even though they see you (or other shoppers) approaching.
Women in supermarkets seem to have very poor situational awareness and do not appear to have the ability to see a situation from another persons perspective......either that of they just don't give a s
t 
Another supermarket linked one. It's funny how SWMBO spends an absolute age selecting fruit and veg, examining each in minute detail before deciding which one to bung in the trolley, yet when we get to the self scan checkout cannot smash the buttons quickly enough, shoving reams of coupons in before they've registered, slamming cards in and ripping them out, punching numbers etc etc as though there's a two second time limit before all your shopping is reclaimed.
Last time out I actually put my hand over the machine to get her to slow down and just wait for the machine to do its thing as the previous visit so furious was her button smashing that she locked the machine up and a member of staff had to reset it. Mental.
Last time out I actually put my hand over the machine to get her to slow down and just wait for the machine to do its thing as the previous visit so furious was her button smashing that she locked the machine up and a member of staff had to reset it. Mental.
Moonhawk said:
Women in supermarkets seem to have very poor situational awareness and do not appear to have the ability to see a situation from another persons perspective......either that of they just don't give a st
It's people generally in supermarkets. What worries me is the thought that most will climb behind the wheel of a car when they leave the shop.t Europa1 said:
Moonhawk said:
Women in supermarkets seem to have very poor situational awareness and do not appear to have the ability to see a situation from another persons perspective......either that of they just don't give a st
It's people generally in supermarkets. What worries me is the thought that most will climb behind the wheel of a car when they leave the shop.t colonel c said:
Not being able to make Toast and marmalade without singing in my head #Toast and marmalade for tea, Sailing ships upon the sea.
Never heard that one.I find myself singing 'Toast' (strangely enough) by Streetband / Paul Young, although I'm seriously showing my age with that one
Bluedot said:
colonel c said:
Not being able to make Toast and marmalade without singing in my head #Toast and marmalade for tea, Sailing ships upon the sea.
Never heard that one.I find myself singing 'Toast' (strangely enough) by Streetband / Paul Young, although I'm seriously showing my age with that one
McAndy said:
Street preachers. Just noise pollution. Imagine if an atheist stood up and shouted all day about there being no deities. I don't imagine that they wouldn't be "moved along" quickly.
They always seem a bit daft to me, but I'll fight until my last breath for the right to do it. Willy Nilly said:
McAndy said:
Street preachers. Just noise pollution. Imagine if an atheist stood up and shouted all day about there being no deities. I don't imagine that they wouldn't be "moved along" quickly.
They always seem a bit daft to me, but I'll fight until my last breath for the right to do it. Willy Nilly said:
McAndy said:
Street preachers. Just noise pollution. Imagine if an atheist stood up and shouted all day about there being no deities. I don't imagine that they wouldn't be "moved along" quickly.
They always seem a bit daft to me, but I'll fight until my last breath for the right to do it. Edited by nonsequitur on Tuesday 9th May 11:20
Edited by nonsequitur on Tuesday 9th May 11:22
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