Originally posted by Zippy
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Pointless inventions
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostNo. Women put high heels on because they think it makes them more attractive, but really it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference. So it makes them 5'5'' instead of 5'3''? Who's counting?
The only thing they are useful for is as an indication of whether a lady is aht on't pull.Comment
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostOr facilities, services etc.
Dentistry is one, as we have discussed recently. The oldest con in the book and about as useful as sorcery.
Another is stereo sound. Multiple speakers are good but music doesn't sound better if different parts of it come from each speaker. Somebody dreamed up this idea in the 60s to make their equipment sound advanced and we have been buying these things without questioning it ever since.
Any others?
It is not pointless, the point is to seem to hear a given sound from a particular position, e.g. different instruments in different positions as they might be laid out in a live performance, or different actors in a position corresponding to where you see them on the set. If all you hear is different parts of the sound coming from each speaker, something is defective, for example the polarity of your speaker wiring.Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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Originally posted by Boudica View Postlettuce spinner
Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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If all you hear is different parts of the sound coming from each speaker, something is defective
The normal situation it's meant to reproduce is more of a limitation of real life, a defect in my view. Nature gave us directionality so we could stalk wildebeest in the forest but how does it improve music?bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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That's down to the way it was mixed, Xogg.
Some of these things are ok on speakers, but, as you say, are positively disturbing on cans.Comment
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The ultimate pointless invention
Has to be the motion sensing hand soap dispenser:
So they get you to buy these things as they mean you don't have to touch the "dirty germ ridden" soap dispenser pump. Surely you only touch the pump to dispense soap to disinfect your hands, killing any germs you may have inadvertenly picked up by touching the pump in the first place!
This load of money making bolox has become a bit of a personal tirade after I spent about half an hour trying to persuade my mum that they had seen her coming when she bought one......
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostThink it's more the way some recordings are made.
Just thought I'd throw that in..........
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