Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

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Doofus

25,810 posts

173 months

Sunday 19th March 2023
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Porsche saying that an ICE car, 'Turbo' is a mechanical boost device, but on an EV it's a trim level.

Punctilio

827 posts

23 months

Sunday 19th March 2023
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Antony Moxey said:
And this annoys you? Good grief.
Such is the fabulosity of the thread, I find myself rolling my eyes
when goal scorers do the finger to the lips Ssshhh celebration thing,
fervently hoping one day the crowd will obey the wish and remain silent with arms folded
when some tattooed nobb-end flukes a toe-poke.

SlimJim16v

5,659 posts

143 months

Sunday 19th March 2023
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Chocolate Mice, having been unavailable for months, are now back, but don't taste the same. censored

Turtle Shed

1,541 posts

26 months

Sunday 19th March 2023
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Antony Moxey said:
And this annoys you? Good grief.
Yes it does.

RizzoTheRat

25,162 posts

192 months

Sunday 19th March 2023
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TameRacingDriver said:
yes windows is worse than Android will ever be for this. Every time I have an update, Edge be like "would you like to apply recommended settings?" No, fk off. And that bing button is an abomination. I'm seriously thinking of ditching it now, it used to be a good browser, now it's just there to spy on you.
We use Edge on our work computers and no admin rights to be able to install other software. Every time i go to Google it asks me if i want to install chrome.

NWTony

2,849 posts

228 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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LunarOne said:
Zumbruk said:
Pi day on the 14th March.

Only in America.

The rest of the world it's 22nd July.
3.14.... Or am I due a parrot?
355 / 113 is much more accurate comparison with pi than 22 / 7, but harder to fit into a calendar.

shih tzu faced

2,597 posts

49 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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What happens on Pi day confused

droopsnoot

11,932 posts

242 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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Zumbruk said:
Pi day on the 14th March.

Only in America.

The rest of the world it's 22nd July.
Interesting that British Pie Week doesn't encompass either of those dates.

Doofus said:
Porsche saying that an ICE car, 'Turbo' is a mechanical boost device, but on an EV it's a trim level.
Almost like the old "turbo" button on the front of a 486 PC.

RizzoTheRat

25,162 posts

192 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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droopsnoot said:
Almost like the old "turbo" button on the front of a 486 PC.
486? I had one my on XT (8086), I think it took it from 8 MHz to 10 MHz biggrin

singlecoil

33,601 posts

246 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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"Digital" headphones. Ears are analogue.

TameRacingDriver

18,086 posts

272 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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singlecoil said:
"Digital" headphones. Ears are analogue.
They receive a digital signal from the source, that's why they're digital tongue out the headphones then convert that to analogue for your analogue ears.

It makes sense to me as someone into hifi my whole life (but no, I won't call myself an audiophile, that's another annoyance for another post).

Raccaccoonie

2,797 posts

19 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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droopsnoot said:
Almost like the old "turbo" button on the front of a 486 PC.
The turbo button on old OCs actually slowed the CPU down.

singlecoil

33,601 posts

246 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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TameRacingDriver said:
singlecoil said:
"Digital" headphones. Ears are analogue.
They receive a digital signal from the source, that's why they're digital tongue out the headphones then convert that to analogue for your analogue ears.

It makes sense to me as someone into hifi my whole life (but no, I won't call myself an audiophile, that's another annoyance for another post).
It doesn't matter whether the DAC (digital to analogue converter) is in the headphones or somewhere upstream, the essential aspect of the headphones is the transducers, and these are analogue.

I doubt if you are old enough to have been into hi-fi as long as I have (I had an Akai 4000D when it was a current model) smile

SteveStrange

3,812 posts

213 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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singlecoil said:
TameRacingDriver said:
singlecoil said:
"Digital" headphones. Ears are analogue.
They receive a digital signal from the source, that's why they're digital tongue out the headphones then convert that to analogue for your analogue ears.

It makes sense to me as someone into hifi my whole life (but no, I won't call myself an audiophile, that's another annoyance for another post).
It doesn't matter whether the DAC (digital to analogue converter) is in the headphones or somewhere upstream, the essential aspect of the headphones is the transducers, and these are analogue.

I doubt if you are old enough to have been into hi-fi as long as I have (I had an Akai 4000D when it was a current model) smile
I was going to make a joke about it being a reel-to-reel, but then googled it rofl

glenrobbo

35,251 posts

150 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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TameRacingDriver said:
singlecoil said:
"Digital" headphones. Ears are analogue.
They receive a digital signal from the source, that's why they're digital tongue out the headphones then convert that to analogue for your analogue ears.

It makes sense to me as someone into hifi my whole life (but no, I won't call myself an audiophile, that's another annoyance for another post).
If you want digital ears, just stick your fingers in them.

Are you listening?

You can't hear me, can you? rolleyes

glenrobbo

35,251 posts

150 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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singlecoil said:
It doesn't matter whether the DAC (digital to analogue converter) is in the headphones or somewhere upstream, the essential aspect of the headphones is the transducers, and these are analogue.

I doubt if you are old enough to have been into hi-fi as long as I have (I had an Akai 4000D when it was a current model) smile
I had a crystal wireless. That was digital, in the sense that it either worked or did not, with nothing in between. It was the cat's whiskers back in the day.
Then transistor radios came along and we could all hear Radio Luxembourg getting washed up on the beach every evening...

Penny Whistle

5,783 posts

170 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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Back on topic ... The BBC referring to "Credit Swiss" on the News at Ten last night. Time Radio got it right with "Credit Suisse".

Raccaccoonie

2,797 posts

19 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Tiktok gave me a strike because i put inbred in a comment. They also don't allow you to explain the reasoning so another I will get banned.

It was in relation to Tutankhamun who was inbred.

mko9

2,361 posts

212 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Yahoo wouldn't let me use Niger, despite the fact that I was referring to the country of Niger. Capitalized and everything. Someone should let that whole country know they are a bunch of racists.

SteveStrange

3,812 posts

213 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Raccaccoonie said:
Tiktok gave me a strike because i put inbred in a comment. They also don't allow you to explain the reasoning so another I will get banned.

It was in relation to Tutankhamun who was inbred.
You already know where the Council thread is... biggrin