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Oldus Fartus
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Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:29 am
Rod Speed wrote:
Quote:
Oldus Fartus wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Don McKenzie wrote
Tim Wescott wrote
Don McKenzie wrote
New Microsoft Tech Makes Battery Changes a Breeze
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365995,00.asp
On Thursday, Microsoft announced a technology called InstaLoad,
which will allow you to insert a battery into electronic devices
any way you please.
The InstaLoad technology will be licensed on a royalty-free basis,
Microsoft said. Duracell was named as a partner for the
technology, as well as several manaufacturers of electronic
devices, including ClearSound's hearing aids, NovaTac's LED
flashlights, and Black Diamond's headlamps for mountaineering.
It doesn't quite meet the "not obvious" criteria -- it makes you wonder why Microsoft is even bothering with a
patent.
Just wonder how tested against little children and preying fingers they are.
Just how many children do you know with preying fingers ?
G'day Rod. do you need a couple of whooooooshers to use?
Fraid not, Joyce.
I'm praying some of those prying fingers aren't preying on the unfortunate.
Down, fart.
How the fuck are you Rod, long time no speak.
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Cheers
Oldus Fartus
Andrew Smallshaw
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Sun Jul 04, 2010 3:59 pm
On 2010-07-03, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer_at_cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
Quote:
Andrew Smallshaw <andrews_at_sdf.lonestar.org> writes:
No I can see why people never thought to do it - it depends on the
batteries themselves having the proprietrary ends. If you were
sat there considering a housign for a particular battery this would
not occur to you since it is not applicable.
From a brief read, this doesn't look like proprietary ends. It seems to
just depend on the standard geometry of normal cylindrical batteries.
Good point. On re-reading the article I see you're right.
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Andrew Smallshaw
andrews_at_sdf.lonestar.org
bigbrownbeastie
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Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:16 pm
isn't this a solution to a non-problem. How many people see the
embossed image and still get it wrong?
The cost of the royalty could be as much as a lossless rectification,
if one really cared about such a feature.
Jon Kirwan
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Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:42 pm
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 09:16:11 -0700 (PDT), bigbrownbeastie
<bigbrownbeastiebigbrownface_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
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isn't this a solution to a non-problem. How many people see the
embossed image and still get it wrong?
My wife. Despite knowing well and trying hard, still gets it
wrong at times. Not every device has symbology that is
entirely legible, either. A few have given me a struggle
just to find them.
Quote:
The cost of the royalty could be as much as a lossless rectification,
if one really cared about such a feature.
From the OP's post: "The InstaLoad technology will be
licensed on a royalty-free basis, Microsoft said."
Jon
Jon Kirwan
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Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:53 pm
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:17:28 -0700 (PDT), rich12345
<aiiadict_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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On Jul 2, 3:36 pm, Don McKenzie <5...@2.5A> wrote:
it allows batteries to be inserted into any gear either way around.
all done in the connection contacts, no circuitry involved.
People who don't understand how to read the clearly imprinted battery
insertion diagrams on electronic devices shouldn't be using electronic
devices!
Despite knowing well and trying hard, my wife still gets it
wrong at times. As one gets older, eyesight changes.
Besides, not every device has symbology that is entirely
legible, either. A few have given me a struggle just to find
them. Some are quite easy to read. But not all by any
means.
Not that I'm arguing for or against, here. I just don't find
the above a particularly good argument against it.
Quote:
Like putting an automatic choke and electric start on a chainsaw.
Watch how many people cut their limbs off.
I lost a limb (finger tip) using a device I'd been using
safely for more than 12 years of routine and regular use and
knew extremely well.
I'm not supporting automoatic chokes and electric starts on
chainsaws, either. But your argument here is non sequitur.
Jon
Joe Pfeiffer
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Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:54 pm
bigbrownbeastie <bigbrownbeastiebigbrownface_at_googlemail.com> writes:
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isn't this a solution to a non-problem. How many people see the
embossed image and still get it wrong?
I've hit the age (53) where my near-vision is going. Seeing that
embossed image (especially when its only embossed and there's no
black-on-white or white-on-black outline) is getting more and more
difficult. So yes, there are a bunch of us to whom that embossed image
is becoming less and less of a useful guide...
While I think this idea is pretty cool, it isn't clear to me
that, in practical terms, it's actually better than the various holder
designs that make it hard to put the batter in backwards or that won't
make contact if you do.
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As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should
be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours;
and this we should do freely and generously. (Benjamin Franklin)
rich12345
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Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:17 pm
On Jul 2, 3:36 pm, Don McKenzie <5...@2.5A> wrote:
Quote:
it allows batteries to be inserted into any gear either way around.
all done in the connection contacts, no circuitry involved.
People who don't understand how to read the clearly imprinted battery
insertion diagrams on electronic devices shouldn't be using electronic
devices!
Like putting an automatic choke and electric start on a chainsaw.
Watch how many people cut their limbs off.
R
Rod Speed
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 12:28 am
Oldus Fartus wrote:
Quote:
Rod Speed wrote:
Oldus Fartus wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Don McKenzie wrote
Tim Wescott wrote
Don McKenzie wrote
New Microsoft Tech Makes Battery Changes a Breeze
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365995,00.asp
On Thursday, Microsoft announced a technology called InstaLoad,
which will allow you to insert a battery into electronic devices
any way you please.
The InstaLoad technology will be licensed on a royalty-free
basis, Microsoft said. Duracell was named as a partner for the
technology, as well as several manaufacturers of electronic
devices, including ClearSound's hearing aids, NovaTac's LED
flashlights, and Black Diamond's headlamps for mountaineering.
It doesn't quite meet the "not obvious" criteria -- it makes you
wonder why Microsoft is even bothering with a patent.
Just wonder how tested against little children and preying
fingers they are.
Just how many children do you know with preying fingers ?
G'day Rod. do you need a couple of whooooooshers to use?
Fraid not, Joyce.
I'm praying some of those prying fingers aren't preying on the
unfortunate.
Down, fart.
How the fuck are you Rod, long time no speak.
Pretty good, apart from it being winter, my least favorite season.
Meindert Sprang
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:32 am
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isn't this a solution to a non-problem. How many people see the
embossed image and still get it wrong?
Well, if I have to replace the four batteries in my digital camera in a dim
environment, I really need my reading glasses to see where the + and -
markings are. Being able to just "throw" the batteries in the hole would be
a great thing.
Meindert
Meindert Sprang
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:39 am
"son of a bitch" <bitchin_2008_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Most Equip, works well below the Battery Volts.
Depending on the Power Req. can be .2 to .6 voltage drop X 2
Ehhhmm... a total drop of 1.2 - 1.4V on *each* battery voltage of 1.5V seems
quite a show stopper to me....
Meindert
tim....
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:09 am
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"bigbrownbeastie" <bigbrownbeastiebigbrownface_at_googlemail.com> wrote in
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isn't this a solution to a non-problem. How many people see the
embossed image and still get it wrong?
Well, if I have to replace the four batteries in my digital camera in a
dim
environment, I really need my reading glasses to see where the + and -
markings are. Being able to just "throw" the batteries in the hole would
be
a great thing.
If you are "replacing" batteries isn't it just simpler to remember how the
ones you have just taken out were positioned?
tim
Meindert Sprang
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 12:43 pm
"tim...." <tims_new_home_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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If you are "replacing" batteries isn't it just simpler to remember how the
ones you have just taken out were positioned?
Not if they're inserted vertically. I'd have to feel which ones have the +
on top without glasses....
Meindert
terryc
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:29 pm
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:32:10 +0200, Meindert Sprang wrote:
Quote:
Well, if I have to replace the four batteries in my digital camera in a
dim environment, I really need my reading glasses to see where the + and
- markings are. Being able to just "throw" the batteries in the hole
would be a great thing.
Could you work it out from the flats/bumps on the flap?
terryc
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:31 pm
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:09:06 +0100, tim.... wrote:
Quote:
If you are "replacing" batteries isn't it just simpler to remember how
the ones you have just taken out were positioned?
For my canon EOS, four batteries in pairs and the second one falls over
when you take the first out. Then it is a case of reading the +/- signs.
Joe Pfeiffer
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:55 pm
"tim...." <tims_new_home_at_yahoo.co.uk> writes:
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"bigbrownbeastie" <bigbrownbeastiebigbrownface_at_googlemail.com> wrote in
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isn't this a solution to a non-problem. How many people see the
embossed image and still get it wrong?
Well, if I have to replace the four batteries in my digital camera in a
dim
environment, I really need my reading glasses to see where the + and -
markings are. Being able to just "throw" the batteries in the hole would
be
a great thing.
If you are "replacing" batteries isn't it just simpler to remember how the
ones you have just taken out were positioned?
One would think. But in my experience... no.
--
As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should
be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours;
and this we should do freely and generously. (Benjamin Franklin)
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