Oh, I like that, Charlie! That was very good :-)
(GM)
Chris
On 13 Aug 2008, at 15:36, Geilfuss Charles wrote:
>
> Chris,
> I couldn't agree more. So many new products, particularly
> electronics, are so obsessed with providing all conceivable features
> for
> any possible situation they suffer from such badly designed feature
> bloat that renders then barely usable. For example, when we moved into
> our most recent home it came pre-wired with a 5 channel audio/video
> system. On a friend's advice I purchased a Denon 5.1 channel
> receiver to
> run the system. The manual for this system runs to 300+ pages (and
> that's just one language!) and the remote has about 75 buttons. Good
> grief.
> And another thing, if General Motors starts making food I'll
> switch to Toyota turnips. ;^)
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Chris Barker
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 1:23 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: you brits are pathetic...
>
>
> Hmm, I don't believe that "petulant" describes my, errm, surprise at
> the authority some give "facts" on the www, or in the press.
>
> Gadgets should have instructions only to back up well-designed
> functionality. I have just bought 2 digital immersion heater timers
> to get rid of the noise that the analogue 24hr gizmos made. I have
> read the instructions and set the times, but I keep having to go back
> to the instructions because the system is so badly designed. The same
> goes for setting the time on our cooker: the functionality is just not
> intuitive. I save worrying about it on our microwave by switching it
> off at the plug when it's not in use -- saves energy as well ...
>
> That's one reason that I don't trust GM food: if engineers can't get
> electronic gadgets right, why should I trust other engineers to modify
> the genes at minimum risk?
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