(One last gasp on the patents debates.) With all the other software patents, I'm sure it can't be too difficult to patent the annoying bleeps, pleeps and dinkly-bonks that get play on just about everything when you turn them on, even when the volume is turned off.
This first started to annoy me with our Sony TV, because I often turn the telly on after everyone has gone to bed and it has this really loud bong-bong-bong noise. The TV speakers are routed through the hi- fi, except for this fanfare which is played independent of any setting that I can find. Since then I've noticed that both my iMac and Android phone do this, too, and neither appear to have the ability to turn the noises off. This weekend I bought a GPS, opened the box and turned it on. Guess what? Bippity-boppity-donk. It's driving me mad. But there is a ray of hope; on the GPS it can be turned off. Ditto, on my camera. So why not Sony, Apple and Android? Arrrgh! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
