tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post9091139913709764291..comments2024-03-20T02:13:42.947-05:00Comments on real economics: Can the technologically illiterate govern?Jonathan Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217670446743983955noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-36444874533379301412012-03-22T08:53:10.237-05:002012-03-22T08:53:10.237-05:00Mr. Larson, I take your point about reading manual...Mr. Larson, I take your point about reading manuals, which I now henceforth resolve to do. One could wish they were written in plain, straightforward English rather than a combination of technogeek jargon and incompetent translation from Chinese or Japanese. I never had 12:00 flashing at me because I am not interested in paying for electricty when I don't happen to be using it. The VCR was either being used or unplugged. <br /><br />I confess to similar grumpiness about people who can't or won't sew a button or turn up a hem on their kid's clothes or miantain a small vegetable garden.Nastarananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-62784060470083812712012-03-21T12:58:53.023-05:002012-03-21T12:58:53.023-05:00Yeah, I know—there ARE reasons besides time-shifti...Yeah, I know—there ARE reasons besides time-shifting to own a VCR / DVR. But really, what is the reason to have a clock flashing at you when pushing a few buttons will correct this? <br /><br />Anyway, I always encourage people to read the manuals that come with the technology they choose to buy. That manual required a bunch of work for folks to write and they really want you to have a good experience with their product. So I read those those things, without fail, out of respect for the people who wrote them. I have NEVER been sorry I read one. And sometimes, there are these wonderful gifts included. Once while reading the software manual for Adobe Premiere, I discovered this utterly delightful discussion for why the North American TV standard (NTSC) is 29.97 frames per second instead of 30. It was on page about 425—which proved to me beyond any doubt that wading through instruction manuals to the very end was worth the time and effort.<br /><br />Glad you enjoy the site. Sorry if I occasionally indulge in Producer Class grumpiness.Jonathan Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217670446743983955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-28067811138761244542012-03-21T09:52:47.064-05:002012-03-21T09:52:47.064-05:00I meant to say, I never miss reading your site.I meant to say, I never miss reading your site.Nastarananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-89957955780124692602012-03-21T09:50:09.378-05:002012-03-21T09:50:09.378-05:00I never mill reading your site, and I have just ad...I never mill reading your site, and I have just added Elegant Technology to my favorites list as well, but I have to disagree with you here.<br /><br />For me, the reason to own a VCR, and now a DVD player, and the only reason, is to be able to watch movies which are not shown in local theaters. I never did watch much TV, and I refuse to pay the outrageous prices the cable companies demand for their inferior products.<br /><br />Furthermore, while I consider the internet to be a most useful tool indeed, it is not for Mr. Kovacs to tell me how I ought to live my life.Nastarananoreply@blogger.com