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From: Gothberg"@internet.co.is
On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 21:18:35 -0000, Rod Speed wrote:
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> "William Gothberg" <"William Gothberg"@internet.co.is> wrote in message
> news:op.zufy2bv8o5piw3@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...
>> On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 02:55:55 -0000, Rod Speed
>> wrote:
>>
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>>>
>>> "William Gothberg" <"William Gothberg"@internet.co.is> wrote in message
>>> news:op.zueh1ynoo5piw3@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...
>>>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 23:07:42 -0000, Rod Speed
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "William Gothberg" <"William Gothberg"@internet.co.is> wrote in message
>>>>> news:op.zud6dhovo5piw3@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...
>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 19:25:49 -0000, Rod Speed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "William Gothberg" <"William Gothberg"@internet.co.is> wrote in
>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>> news:op.zubpuunso5piw3@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:27:41 -0000, Clare Snyder
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:39:50 -0000, "William Gothberg" <"William
>>>>>>>>> Gothberg"@internet.co.is> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:34:11 -0000, whisky-dave
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:21:43 UTC, Mark Lloyd wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/19/18 6:01 AM, William Gothberg wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> > They probably are fairly crude. I know they flicker, for
>>>>>>>>>>>> > example
>>>>>>>>>>>> > if
>>>>>>>>>>>> > I
>>>>>>>>>>>> > use my cordless drill, the chuck appears to spin the wrong way
>>>>>>>>>>>> > under
>>>>>>>>>>>> > the
>>>>>>>>>>>> > LED lighting.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I remember seeing that with a washing machine (under fluorescent
>>>>>>>>>>>> lights). As the tub was slowing down, the row of holes around
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> tub
>>>>>>>>>>>> would appear to reverse direction. Same thing with (spoked)
>>>>>>>>>>>> wagon
>>>>>>>>>>>> wheels
>>>>>>>>>>>> in movies.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You can also observe such things using a smartphone that has a
>>>>>>>>>>> high
>>>>>>>>>>> FPS
>>>>>>>>>>> rate for recodring movie.
>>>>>>>>>>> I can see the labs lights flicker when I film at 240FPS standard
>>>>>>>>>>> 60
>>>>>>>>>>> and everything seems fine.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Everybody seems to constantly cut corners. Lights should just be
>>>>>>>>>> on,
>>>>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>>>>> flicker at all. Fucking annoying if you have decent eyesight, I
>>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>>> see
>>>>>>>>>> the flicker from almost everyone's LED tail lights.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is sounding more and more like our "engineer friend" who
>>>>>>>>> needs
>>>>>>>>> to do his own tire repairs and alignments and clutch repairs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Don't know who you're referring to, but what's wrong with striving
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> perfection?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It increases costs for everyone who isnt a freak.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There's perfection and there's perfection. You for example like LEDs
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> can control the colour of, nothing wrong with that. But OCD folk take
>>>>>> things too far, like washing their car every day because of two specks
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> dust.
>>>>>
>>>>> All irrelevant to whether it makes any sense to design
>>>>> all car lights so that no freak ever sees any flicker at all.
>>>>
>>>> When "freak" is half the population,
>>>
>>> Half the population don't see car lights flicker.
>>
>> Agreed, and the other half do.
>
> Bullshit they do.
>
>>>> you need to account for them.
>>>
>>> Nope.
>>>
>>>> If you think they're a minority,
>>>
>>> I know there are.
>>>
>>>> why does google have 4.5 million results for the car light flicker?
>>>
>>> Just a few mindlessly ranting freaks, like you.
>>
>> I must have asked about 30 people I know about it, and about half agreed
>> it was irritating.
>
> The technical term for that is 'pathetically inadequate sample'
I've done statistics at uni, I know what an adequate sample is.
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