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Great post - but I kinda disagree that an idea can be bad. A system that pauses music when you remove headphones would solve a problem, thus it's a good idea -
by tcarnell 16y ago
Great post - but I kinda disagree that an idea can be bad.
A system that pauses music when you remove headphones would solve a problem, thus it's a good idea - it's just a small issue of the implementation.
Probably most of those 1000 ideas are not bad, but might be difficult or infeasible to implement.
RE: headphones - there could be many possible solutions to this - I think Casio makes a watch that activates the backlight when you raise you rist to look at the time - same technology.
- tcarnell 16y agoRE: variable brake-lights, Didn't Donald Norman mention this in "The design of everyday things" ?
- RBerenguel 16y agoI have (and used) one of these wrist watches. Power hungry, may I say...
- frobozz 16y agoIt may solve a problem, but it creates a new one. Before listening to my mp3 player on a train, I leave the buds out of my ears and hold them in front of me, to gauge volume so as to not annoy my fellow passengers. This practice is rendered impossible by this proposed technology. That said, as an idea, it isn't bad. However, I contend that the statement that ideas can't be bad, is wrong. The idea of eliminating all Jews, gays and Gypsies to fix Germany's economic problems strikes me as a pretty bad idea.
- wlievens 16y ago> This practice is rendered impossible by this proposed technology. Put a fifteen second delay on it. Problem solved. I have that habit too, actually, in the workplace for instance.
- tcarnell 16y agoPoint taken! Ok, ideas definately can be bad! However I'm pretty sure the idea of ethnic cleansing and mass murder was conceived quite a lot earlier than the second world war...
- rythie 16y agoI set my desktop to pause music when I lock the screen (and play again on unlock), it's really useful.