Comments for Ignorance Unlimited at http://www.rivierareporter.com , comment 1 to 16 out of 16 comments http://www.rivierareporter.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:05:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-424 Pas de chance Mike! en France on appelle ce genre de personnes " lourdeau". - alain Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:49:18 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-417 I would have stuffed my programme into his yob. Surely he knew he was coming to hear someone sing in English! I saw Brel in London once. No one expected him not to sing in French. - Treats Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:10:41 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-415 No, not on his 'phone, but loudly to his companion, who seemed embarrassed, and anyone else who was near enough to hear. I suspect that he realised that my companion and I were English speakers and that he was trying to provoke a reaction. Apart from a couple of pitying looks I ignored him. - MikeP Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:39:11 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-414 I didn't quite understand MikeP. Was this person saying this on their mobile phone during the concert? If so, it is indeed uncouth. - Treats Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:19:54 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-411 "Quelle dommage qu'elle parle et chante en Anglais et que je ne comprends pas un mot" This was the man whom I was unfortunate enough to be sat next to at the Katie Melua concert in Nice a couple of weeks ago. He moaned the whole way through, talking while she was singing and introducing her songs. Not just pig ignorant, but stupid and inconsiderate as well. "If I can't enjoy it I will make sure nobody else does either." - MikeP Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:25:00 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-369 It appears that the driver of yesterday's accidented California train was texting at the time and didn't see a red light. - Walgren Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:21:11 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-365 hmmm, as a total Luddite with technology even I can see the benefit sometimes of text messages and Doug has summed it up very concisely. I do hate it though when people send long text messages and expect the same in reply, I don't see why they can't use the 'phone or email. I also h8 z stpd txt lngge, CUL8r b gud etc. I refuse to answer those! - Mike P Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:33:26 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-363 We're all ignorant. Just about different things! Some people are ignorant about running a business and other people are ignorant about understanding the principle of the euro. Don't you think? - Walgren Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:11:33 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-362 All phones will blurt out some kind of bleep to tell you that a new message has arrived. Often the tone emitted will be different for a text than an incoming voice call. That means you can decide if you want to pick it up or read the message later. I switch mine to silent when a distraction's not welcome. I wholeheartedly support your comments about phone use and driving. I've seen far too many people doing that down here. It's sooooo dangerous. That neatly takes us back to the original theme of this thread: ignorance! - Doug Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:03:48 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-361 BTW, what happens when you get a texto? Does the phone tell you there's one waiting to be read or do you have to remember to check regularly? I never get texts. Maybe I'm too old for that young techie stuff! - Walgren Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:44:38 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-360 I'd never thought of it that way Doug. The only time I ever tried to send a texto I got horribly muddled. Small keys and big fingers just don't go together! But not interupting someone by calling them when all you want to do is leave a message has a lot going for it. There's nothing more distracting than hearing your mobile go off when you're driving even if you don't answer it (and if you're driving you shouldn't!). - Walgren Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:41:35 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-359 Slightly off-topic, but I'd like to respond to Walgren's question about texting: "Except in a few rare cases where a written record might be useful for consulting, I've never understood this texting phenomenon. What's it for? Just a more complicated and time-inefficient way to send a message?" It's often a less efficient way of communicating information for the sender, but not always. Anyone who's dictated a phone number knows it can be stressful and frustrating for both parties when background noise and pencil fumbling is involved. It can be simpler and certainly more accurate to use the 'text this number' function from the phone's address book. Some people may find that point debatable, but we should probably save the mobile phone usability can of worms for another discussion thread. I find that the main advantage of texting is not for the sender but for the recipient. Texting is a great way to be polite to the recipient if you don't need an immediate answer and you don't want to interrupt them. One could argue for using voicemail, but for the recipient, reading a text is quicker than navigating those horrid vocal menu systems - particularly if they're not in your first language. In addition, many people who bark their messages into another person's voicemail don't always consider the poor listener. Diction, background noise and that extra glass of rose can all conspire to make the final result unintelligible. Many won't agree with this view but some people are visually oriented and other aural. I'm visual and also grouch who dislikes interruptions, so texting wins for me! - Doug Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:38:12 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-353 Learning is a question of motivation in my opinion. Washing machines are neither fun nor essential (as long as there's someone else available to sort it) but flying is both a passion and a fabulous profession. - Walgren Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:36:53 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-352 I agree Walgren but we're not talking about technical issues here. We're talking common sense. Now on technical issues, I have two friends who are airline captains. One is a training captain on Boeing 777's, the other flies Airbus 340's all over the world. Neither of them can operate a dishwasher or a washing machine. Personally I find that very funny, but their wives don't! - Mike P Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:17:00 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-351 You can never overestimate the stupidity of the average human. But it should be said that not everyone has a grasp of technical subjects. I know a man (no fool in less technical areas) who is convinced that no one can leave him a message when his mobile phone is turned off. After all, where would it go? Except in a few rare cases where a written record might be useful for consulting, I've never understood this texting phenomenon. What's it for? Just a more complicated and time-inefficient way to send a message? - Walgren Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:45:58 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Ignornance-Unlimited.html/Itemid,157/#comment-349 Travel broadens the mind. That may be the case for some of us, but I often wonder if others leave their brains at home when they travel. My prize of the week goes to the ignorant loud-mouthed chavvy woman on this morning's FlyBe flight from Jersey to Nice, who as the plan was taxi-ing onto the stand, was sharing the benefit of her ignorance with the whole cabin on her mobile 'phone. "Yeah we just landed didn't we, eeeh, it's so exciting to be 'ere ..... I was trying to text you the whole way down but there was no coverage." I didn't really listen to the rest of the inane drivel she was spouting." So here's a woman who apparently sat on the 'plane, with her 'phone on, trying to send a text during the flight. Even if it's her first time on an aircraft, and she was acting as if this were the case, there's just no excuse. Not one I can think of anyway. - Mike P Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:48:16 +0100