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Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by suction »

haunter wrote: post #76

>Octopussy Ok I’m not very versed about Bond movies but wtf. Not even trying to be subtle about being sexist.

James Bond has always been a phantasy for chavvy working class men. James Bond is basically a chav who solves his problems with violence, likes women and booze, but at the same time can cosplay being a suave, classy guy who rich people will have to respect. Basically fairy tales construction workers use as daydream fodder to distract them from their menial jobs. Also if you go to vacation hotspots in Southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, etc.) you'll find these types of brute, tattooed English chavs dressing in whatever brands James Bond wore in the last movie, while getting drunk in the midday heat and yelling obscenities at their mates across the outdoor cafeteria.

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by jedberg »

Stratoscope wrote: post #14

Try this exercise: Hold your arm so a watch strapped on top of your wrist would be facing toward your eyes for easy viewing of its display. If you have a smartwatch, or any kind of watch, you do this many times a day. Now hold your arm in that position for 30 or 60 minutes to watch an entire TV show. You can take a break during the commercials. Enjoying that? Probably not. With a [smart]watch, you only glance at it a…

I wear my smartwatch on the inside of my wrist. I've always worn my watches on the inside. When I was super cool in middle school I wore my calculator watch on the inside too. And my daughter actually wears hers on the edge of her wrist.

I would definitely be comfortable watching on my wrist.

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by Stratoscope »

systemvoltage wrote: post #59
Stratoscope wrote: post #14

Try this exercise: Hold your arm so a watch strapped on top of your wrist would be facing toward your eyes for easy viewing of its display. If you have a smartwatch, or any kind of watch, you do this many times a day. Now hold your arm in that position for 30 or 60 minutes to watch an entire TV show. You can take a break during the commercials. Enjoying that? Probably not. With a [smart]watch, you only glance at it a…

Same thing applies to touch screen laptops. No one ever uses it.

You would be surprised.

I have a neighbor who only uses the touchscreen on their ThinkPad, except when they have to type something.

The other day I stopped by to help them troubleshoot a problem, and they had to do a password reset.

They touched the Old Password field on the screen and typed in their old password on the keyboard. They touched New Password on the screen and typed in the new one. Of course then they had to touch the second New Password field on the screen and enter it again on the keyboard. Finally they reached up to touch the OK button on the screen.

I mentioned that they could avoid going back and forth between screen and keyboard by using the Tab and Enter keys. They asked, "What are those?" I pointed them out on the keyboard and explained what they do.

We will see if the message got through. Hopefully with some gentle encouragement over time, it will.

My real point is that yes, some people do use touchscreen laptops.

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by coldtea »

Stratoscope wrote: post #14

Try this exercise: Hold your arm so a watch strapped on top of your wrist would be facing toward your eyes for easy viewing of its display. If you have a smartwatch, or any kind of watch, you do this many times a day. Now hold your arm in that position for 30 or 60 minutes to watch an entire TV show. You can take a break during the commercials. Enjoying that? Probably not. With a [smart]watch, you only glance at it a…

>Enjoying that? Probably not.

As a kid? Immensely.

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by wolframhempel »

masswerk wrote: post #54
masswerk wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This assumes that this was intended as a truly practical item. However, this is a product of a watch manufacturer. Its usefulness is also defined in social terms. It's an expensive novelty item, a status symbol, a conversation piece, an icebreaker, etc, then it's also a practical item. This one doesn't achieve these social functions by mechanical complications, a multitude of jewels or fine engravings by monk-like ar…

Just imagine what kind of statements this products allows its owner to make: You have made your fortune, as may be clearly seen by the fact that you could obtain this product. (That is, it was affordable to the middle classes, but who knows, this must have been as expensive as it is futuristic!) You are aware of and interested in modern developments, which probably relates to how you made your fortune. You're not som…

Exactly. This watch was the Bored Ape NFT profile picture of its time. It shows you're rich and you're with / ahead of the current times. And in comparison to a bored ape, it cost less, could be taken to parties and other in-person social functions and you could even sneakily follow sports events during boring meetings.

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by spacemanmatt »

Stratoscope wrote: post #17
msla wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You carry it on your wrist, but that doesn't mean you need to watch it on your wrist. Even if it is a watch.

That's a good point. When I used to wear an old Casio digital watch, I would often take it off my wrist if I was going to do any serious timing with the stopwatch. Of course if you're going to take it off your wrist for any serious viewing, they could have just put a bigger LCD on the tuner device itself, since you have to carry that anyway. But that wouldn't have the "wow" factor of a TV watch!

When I used to wear a digital chronometer/clock (ahem!) I totally took it off for serious timing. And it was all so serious, when you were the holder of a timer that counted milliseconds.

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by 2-718-281-828 »

Stratoscope wrote: post #14

Try this exercise: Hold your arm so a watch strapped on top of your wrist would be facing toward your eyes for easy viewing of its display. If you have a smartwatch, or any kind of watch, you do this many times a day. Now hold your arm in that position for 30 or 60 minutes to watch an entire TV show. You can take a break during the commercials. Enjoying that? Probably not. With a [smart]watch, you only glance at it a…

it's also a toyish choice to put the screen on the watch instead of simply on the additional receiving device. doesn't make much technical sense.

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by spacemanmatt »

Stratoscope wrote: post #85
systemvoltage wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same thing applies to touch screen laptops. No one ever uses it.

You would be surprised. I have a neighbor who only uses the touchscreen on their ThinkPad, except when they have to type something. The other day I stopped by to help them troubleshoot a problem, and they had to do a password reset. They touched the Old Password field on the screen and typed in their old password on the keyboard. They touched New Password on the screen and typed in the new one. Of course then they ha…

That reminds me what a revolution it was when "point and click" became a thing.
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