For some reason I assumed "extreme cave diving" was like base jumping, free falling down into the depths of a huge chasm. Took me quite a few comments to realise it meant diving as in scuba diving...

Until I installed click-to-flash (best plug in EVER) I never knew how many sites use flash to display.. wait for it... HEADINGS! That's right, why use html for TEXT (or god forbid an IMAGE like a jpeg or even gif if you want to have a fancy font) when you can use FLASH? Seriously!

hahahahahhaha best post of the day.

Well said. "We may change the terms of service at any time" is a clause that lets companies get away with whatever they want.

I recently noticed, purely by accident but thankfully in time, a bait-and-switch type terms and conditions change for the Woolworths/QANTAS frequent flyer program card. When signing up for the program I checked there was no selling of data to third party sources for advertising etc. Then they changed the conditions to add just that! I immediately rang and cancelled my account (I hate being sent advertising in the mail, not to mention the disgusting waste of resources it represents). But with no actual notification of such changes, via mail, email or otherwise, (I just happened to look at their website on that day) most people would not even know and would probably be shocked to realise the change of terms to include such a bastardly clause after the fact.

ha yeah it was pretty dead-pan humour (not that that's a bad thing...)

You know people who don't own a digital camera? Really? I don't know anyone who _doesn't_!

Is this not an instance where you should type out your presentation in the speaker notes and have those printed alongside each slide for the "take home" version? ie a report with pictures, rather than pictures of your report. That way you can still have effective slides and an effective presentation to those in attendance, and have adequate information for those who missed out. Or are you just too lazy to write the report, even though you are effectively giving it as a presentation?

Good description.

It also gives me a headache because my eyes try to focus on things in the 'background' that are out of focus and my brain can't figure out why. Eye strain ensures. At least in 2D, you just focus on what's fuzzy and you know it is in the background. Perhaps that comes from years of training (watching 2D pictures) but it's enough for me.

Me too. I watched a fair bit of it without the glasses as it was so much BRIGHTER in general, and this was at one of the premier IMAX cinemas in my city. The 3D added nothing to the story in the hatch locations, and since the rest was CG it made little difference to me then either.

All in all I thought the 3D was boring, and really just another annoyance in a long list for probably the worst movie I've ever seen, but that discussion is a slippery slope so I'll restrain myself :D

well that at least is the most credible explanation I've ever heard for the noise. my car instead prevents you from locking the drivers door without the key (unless you are inside with the door closed). prevents locking keys in in a far less annoying manner :D

Is it not the law where you live to have to wear a seatbelt in your car?!

I'm not sure why you said I was missing the point - I totally agree with you! The warnings are more annoying and distractive than helpful. That's what I said in my other post. This thread was criticising the guy who disabled the warning because he didn't want to wear his seatbelt, which really had nothing to do with the warning except to show that it doesn't even work in the intended way (which is to make people wear their seat belts).

You, sir, are proof as to why these systems don't work ANYWAY. You won't put your belt on for the right reasons (safety education) let alone the wrong reasons (annoying beeping).

  I think you SHOULD most definitely wear your seat belt!! I do always wear a seat belt and not because my car beeps - I do so because I feel the safety is worth it. My common sense tells me a seat belt can save me a lot of grief. Unfortunately my experience also tells me so, because I have been personally in an accident where a seatbelt would have saved me lot of pain and damage (though I wanted to put it on, I could not find the seat belt, it was tucked under the seat I think, unfort I was drunk and put my trust in the driver (who was not drunk, but was a douchebag)) FYI we were driving less than 2 km between two friends' houses.

Oooh it can be done? One reason I'm loathe to even consider buying a new car is the horrid torrent of beeps and sweeps and bleeps that seem to come at you from all angles. I drove my sister's car and it beeped at me to put the seatbelt on on the passenger side, because I had put my bag (with laptop) on the passenger seat!! And a lot of new cars beep when you open the door with the keys in - SO WHAT? I do this constantly (when security is not an issue, eg if you're sitting in the car waiting for someone, it's the best place to leave your keys!!)

So yes, if these beeps can be disabled I may actually buy a new car one day. For now I'll stick to my old and blessedly silent car. I've only accidently left the lights on (flat battery) once in four years - a small price to pay for peace and quiet!!