The Random thought thread

[red750]

The girl had a nifty little device on her desk It was a screen about half the size of an iPad and was on a stand.

 

When I had my hearing aids out for other test equipment, I couldn't hear any instructions she was giving me. The device used the technology in smartphones which enables you to dictate SMS's, and converted her instructions into words on the screen like closed captions on the TV.

[willedoo]

In your face book has added a new login security layer with a captcha to prove you are a human. On the plus side, it's only a string of numbers to type in, but on the down side they have stuff scribbled over them which can make them a bit too hard to read sometimes. It's added one more task to an already lengthy login process.

 

I'm logged in all the time on my phone, but to log in on the desktop I have to: first, click on the facebook link icon, on the login page type in my email address and password, when directed to the captcha type in the numbers, that then directs me to another security layer telling me to verify on another device. I then pick up the phone, tap apps, tap the facebook icon, tap notifications, find the notification asking if it's me trying to log in on another device, scroll to the bottom of that notification and tap 'yes it's me', then tap 'always trust this device'. Then I go back to the desktop screen and have to click on 'trust this device'. And that's it, I'm finally into my FB acount.

[red750]

 Yes, it's a  bloody pain. Also the sites that require you to enter the security code they send to your phone. I don't always have my phone close handy. 

 

I've had two FB accounts closed for some spurious reason. I was using my late wifes account, just to receive info, jokes and trivia, but I had to delete browser history and cookies to get Google Maps to work and lost the login.

[red750]

The other thing that is becoming a pain is having to do everything on your phone. So many aps drain the battery quickly, and if you are stuck with a flat battery, or the network fails as has haapened with Telstra and Optus, you are stuffed.

 

 

 

 

[red750]

I often complain about closed captions, and they have screwed up again, partly because of the English language.

 

I just watched the end of the Essendon - Gold Coast Suns match, in which my son's team, Essendon, won their first match of the season at home, by 3 poiints. In the afermatch interview, every time they used the word "how", the captions showed the name "Howe".

 

If my son had any hair, he has shaved his head for years, he would have none left now. They were 28 points up at one stage, but the lead swapped 4 times in the last 10 minutes. That's an exciting game, not like this 1-0 bullshit after 100 minutes.