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[challenge entry] did this for all the blind board members
which is very nice of me.

From the Portents of the apocalypse challenge. See all 399 entries (closed)

(psausage76, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 0:59, archived)
# One day...
...thay'll invent a monitor made out of pins for blind people.

Like those things you can get, that are made out of pins. You know the ones.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:01, archived)
# They do
The pins are applied dynamically to 'scroll' text
(I helped save b3ta! xian, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:02, archived)
# See...
...I would have been great at inventing things, if I lived in the past.

They should also come up with some kind of self propelled carraige... one that doesn't need horses.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:03, archived)
# I saw DareDevil the other day
(poor me) and he had a blind computer. Instead of
a monitor, it instantly printed braille. Seemed feasible. A friend of mine was designing one a few years back, they probably have them by now.
(Monkeypuppet, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:03, archived)
# At the end of that film...
...the journalist has written the article exposing Ben Affleck and his finger is hovering over the keyboard, where the print and delete buttons are right next to each other.

Do they really make keyboards like that? Surely that's just asking for trouble.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:05, archived)
# on my keyboard
printscreen is right next to both delete and backspace
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:10, archived)
# Eeeek.
Hollywood + computers.
Don't get me started.
I just got past the whole "noises in space" thing
when they started putting PCs in films.

The geek in me is crying.
(Monkeypuppet, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:19, archived)
# You want...
...to go and watch Tron.

mwa ha ha ha ha ha!
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:27, archived)
# i guess theres no
Daredevil equivilent of the bat signal, eh?
"Look its the Daredevil Sign" 'where?' "over there" 'i don't see it' "its right in front of you" 'i still don't see anything' "you're hopeless"
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:08, archived)
# oh let me slap you.
;)
(Monkeypuppet, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:10, archived)
# Ha ha ha
Ow, laughed til it hurt
(I helped save b3ta! xian, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:11, archived)
# Braille
Where I used to work (4-5 years ago) there was a blind guy. His PC told him what was on the screen and he used a braille keyboard that constantly chattered away making words for him to read with his fingers. I was always self-conscious about saying "See you later" - like I was rubbing his nose in his disability.
(straightfromthetoppamadome, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:14, archived)
# What's for supper tonight mother?
Pins?
(Braindeadleper, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:03, archived)
# would they
double up as an interesting torture device?
please say yes :)
(I helped save b3ta! Kallus speaks for the Spores, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:03, archived)
# Oh yeah... that's it...
....type in bold capitals, oh yeah!
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:06, archived)
# Here's an early plate from the b3ta magazine's 1st test run.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:09, archived)
# Feels like
stonehenge
(Baj does Minecraft - http://www.youtube.com/w92baj, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:13, archived)
# mr pedantic says
the printing plate needs to be reversed, or it would all appear backwards on the paper.
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:18, archived)
# it's an 'early' plate
Plus I flipped it to make it easier to read ;)

Or did I?
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:25, archived)
# that
might be the view from the back?
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:25, archived)
# there was a blind guy in a couple of my courses last year
he had a braille reader, which is basically a monitor made out of pins for blind people.

it doesn't work with flash though. and the javascript support is a bit naff.
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:08, archived)
# porn
must have been interesting though??
(psausage76, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:10, archived)
# good point
i want one of these braille things!
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:19, archived)
# hehehe
you deserve a

for such excellent use of "spells"
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:05, archived)
# thats twice
you've slapped that steak on me.
leave the garnish next time, im 93.6% carnivore, and corn scares me.
(psausage76, Sat 8 Mar 2003, 1:07, archived)