lat-puzz.com

by **Balin** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:26 pm

Quentin wanted to avoid a minor annoyance. The world has never been the same since. Why?

BOATS, and I suspect some of you may know this one. Caveat earlispoilor.

by **Doriana** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:02 pm

Did his trying to avoid the minor annoyance lead to a world-changing invention? to a world-changing disaster?

by **JenBurdoo** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:14 pm

Title relevant? Media?

by **GalFisk** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:10 pm

Did the world get worse? Better? Both? Neither? Did it change for all humans? Most humans? Non-humans? Did this happen in the 21st century? 20th? 19th? 18th? BC? In prehistoric times?

by **gregoryuconn** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:41 am

Did he invent a product? An idea? A form of communication? A sport? Did he bring about some disaster? A war? A pandemic? (COVID?) Atomic bomb relevant? Moon landing? Other space missions?

by **Balin** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:15 pm

Did his trying to avoid the minor annoyance lead to a world-changing invention? Yes to a world-changing disaster? No

Title relevant? Vaguely Media? No

Did the world get worse? Better? I'd call this a positive invention Both? Neither?
Did it change for all humans? Most humans? This Non-humans?
Did this happen in the 21st century? 20th? This 19th? 18th? BC? In prehistoric times?

Did he invent a product? An idea? A form of communication? This (with a bit of an -ish) A sport? Did he bring about some disaster? A war? A pandemic? (COVID?) Atomic bomb relevant? Moon landing? Other space missions? No to these

by **Doriana** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:43 pm

Phones relevant? If so, landline? mobile phones? calling? texting? Letters relevant? E-mail? Chatrooms? Other forms of online communication? Computers relevant at all?

by **Balin** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:06 pm

Phones relevant? No If so, landline? mobile phones? calling? texting?
Letters relevant? E-mail? Chatrooms? Other forms of online communication? Yope
Computers relevant at all? Yes

by **CoffeeBean** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:44 pm

Can it be said that Quentin himself created something? Motivated someone else to create something? Indirectly led to an existing product being improved? Or directly? Indirectly or directly led to a product coming into existence? Inspired someone else to create or improve something that did or didn't already exist?

by **Balin** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:36 pm

Can it be said that Quentin himself created something? Yes Motivated someone else to create something? Indirectly led to an existing product being improved? Or directly? Indirectly or directly led to a product coming into existence? Inspired someone else to create or improve something that did or didn't already exist?

by **Doriana** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:39 pm

Social networks relevant? Forums? Online shopping?
Typing relevant? Keyboards? Passwords?

Did he create a tangible object? a website? a service?

by **Balin** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:41 pm

Social networks relevant? Forums? Online shopping?
Typing relevant? Keyboards? Passwords? For what he created, No to these

Did he create a tangible object? a website? a service? I'll call it a web service or function

by **JenBurdoo** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:57 pm

Was he a programmer?

by **Balin** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:01 pm

Was he a programmer? Yes (among other things for his job, but programming is the only heavily relevant one)

by **Doriana** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:03 pm

Did he create something that makes using the web safer? easier? faster? more fun?

Chat bots relevant? Tabbed browsing? Ad blockers?

by **Balin** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:05 pm

Did he create something that makes using the web safer? easier? faster? No to these more fun? Arguably

Chat bots relevant? Tabbed browsing? Ad blockers? None of these

by **Doriana** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:14 pm

Plug-ins/add-ins relevant?

Gifs relevant? Videos? Emoji? Memes?

by **Balin** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:21 pm

Plug-ins/add-ins relevant? Gifs relevant? Videos? This Emoji? Memes?

by **Doriana** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:28 pm

Is Youtube relevant? If so, a specific feature of Youtube? Autoplay? Looping videos? Playlists? Subtitles? Transcripts? Embedding videos? Speeding up or slowing down videos? Uploading videos?

by **Balin** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:30 pm

Is Youtube relevant? No If so, a specific feature of Youtube? Autoplay? Looping videos? Playlists? Subtitles? Transcripts? Embedding videos? Speeding up or slowing down videos? Uploading videos?

by **Doriana** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:36 pm

Is the annoyance related to recording videos? editing videos? saving videos? uploading videos? sharing videos? watching videos? downloading videos? searching for videos? not related to videos? Same questions for what Quentin created.

Portrait vs landscape orientation relevant?

Are specific types of videos relevant?

by **Balin** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:12 am

Is the annoyance related to recording videos? editing videos? saving videos? uploading videos? sharing videos? watching videos? downloading videos? searching for videos? not related to videos? This
Same questions for what Quentin created. Recording/sharing/watching. No to rest, and I think you have an underlying FA

Portrait vs landscape orientation relevant? No

Are specific types of videos relevant? Yes

by **AlbatrossLover** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:27 am

Did he create a specific video format? Livestreaming relevant?

by **Doriana** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:47 am

Video chat relevant?

by **GalFisk** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:49 am

Did he invent digital video? A video compression? Animated GIF? A video sharing system? A website? Flash or similar? HTML5?

by **trebor** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:37 am

If we split all of time into pre-invention and post-invention, would pre-invention people have been able to watch the same videos but in another online format? Or another context (via renting from Blockbuster vs. streaming, for example)? Not have been able to watch the vids at all?

Was the annoyance related to videos? To having to leave the house to watch them? Or pay for a certain service?

by **Doriana** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:46 am

PM sent with possible $poiler

by **Balin** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:36 pm

If we split all of time into pre-invention and post-invention, would pre-invention people have been able to watch the same videos but in another online format? No, FA (and FA lingers throughout) Or another context (via renting from Blockbuster vs. streaming, for example)? No Not have been able to watch the vids at all? Yes

Was the annoyance related to videos? To having to leave the house to watch them? Or pay for a certain service? None of these

PM sent with possible $poiler Received & responded.

by **GalFisk** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:39 pm

Did you miss AlbatrossLover, Doriana's first one, and me?

by **Balin** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:49 pm

Did you miss AlbatrossLover, Doriana's first one, and me? Yes!

Wait... my bad. I'll get those now.

Did he create a specific video format? Yope Livestreaming relevant? Yes/Yope

Video chat relevant? No, but OTRT; see above/below

Did he invent digital video? A video compression? Animated GIF? A video sharing system? Yes/Yope, No to rest A website? Flash or similar? HTML5?

by **GalFisk** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:05 pm

Video calls? Streaming? Some other real time viewing technology? Video storage? Recording? Transmission? Color? Film? Digital video? Was he annoyed by an existing system? The lack of something? Is his invention related to the internet? Computer networks? Broadcasting? Phone networks?

by **biograd** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:21 pm

Was his invention, itself, a means of transmitting video over the Internet? or was it a more basic piece of software that only later was used to send video? If so, maybe it (the invention) even happened before the Internet itself existed?

Is the title relevant? If so, is Javascript relevant? Something like it? Maybe he invented a programming language that evolved into ActionScript in Flash, which was used for most web animations until HTML5 took over?

by **Balin** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:35 pm

Video calls? Streaming? Some other real time viewing technology? This Video storage? Recording? Transmission? It involved recording & transmitting video Color? Film? Digital video?
Was he annoyed by an existing system? No The lack of something? Yes
Is his invention related to the internet? This, a bit Computer networks? Broadcasting? But this, primarily Phone networks?

Was his invention, itself, a means of transmitting video over the Internet? Yes or was it a more basic piece of software that only later was used to send video? If so, maybe it (the invention) even happened before the Internet itself existed?

Is the title relevant? Only in that programming was involved in the invention If so, is Javascript relevant? No Something like it? No Maybe he invented a programming language that evolved into ActionScript in Flash, which was used for most web animations until HTML5 took over? No; programming languages are irrel

by **wolfier** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:41 pm

are video compression codecs relevant?

by **Balin** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:47 pm

are video compression codecs relevant? No

by **GalFisk** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 12:13 pm

Webcast relevant? Livestreaming? Multicast or broadcast internet protocols? Analog video? Digital? Digitizing analog video? Broadcasting digital video through analog means? BitTorrent relevant? Other filesharing systems?

by **Balin** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 8:34 pm

Webcast relevant? Basically. He invented the webcam. Livestreaming? Multicast or broadcast internet protocols? Analog video? Digital? Digitizing analog video? Broadcasting digital video through analog means? BitTorrent relevant? Other filesharing systems?

by **GalFisk** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:23 pm

Do we need to find out more about the annoyance? About the inventor? About the changes to the world? Did he invent it for his own use? For a specific person or group? A company? As part of his job? Was he annoyed with another type of camera? The lack of a camera? Complications with getting moving images from a camera into a computer? Onto the web? Edit: was he exchanging video messages with someone, but wanted to talk in real time? Was he speaking with someone but wanted to see them as well?

by **Balin** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:30 pm

Do we need to find out more about the annoyance? Yes About the inventor? A little, but I think everything you need you've already figured out or got below About the changes to the world? No, now that you know what the invention was
Did he invent it for his own use? Yes, among others For a specific person or group? Yes A company? For his coworkers, but not specifically for the company As part of his job? See previous
Was he annoyed with another type of camera? No The lack of a camera? No Complications with getting moving images from a camera into a computer? No Onto the web? No Edit: was he exchanging video messages with someone, but wanted to talk in real time? No Was he speaking with someone but wanted to see them as well? No

by **Doriana** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:41 pm

Doriana wrote:PM sent with possible $poiler

Turns out my first guess was wrong, but I thiiiiink I have it now - PMed!

by **GalFisk** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:06 pm

Was he annoyed with in-person meetings? Telecommuting?

by **trebor** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:37 pm

Was he annoyed with having to bring computers to in-person meetings? With conference calls? With not being able to read the full intent of what people were saying without seeing their expressions? With not being able to verify whether people were actually paying attention during phone calls?

by **Balin** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:01 pm

Turns out my first guess was wrong, but I thiiiiink I have it now - PMed! Guess #2 is correct!

Was he annoyed with in-person meetings? Telecommuting? Neither

Was he annoyed with having to bring computers to in-person meetings? With conference calls? With not being able to read the full intent of what people were saying without seeing their expressions? With not being able to verify whether people were actually paying attention during phone calls? None of these

by **AlbatrossLover** » Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:34 am

Did he use it for calls at all? Did he use it to give his coworkers a live feed of something? To check on a project? See if someone or something was near a PC remotely?

by **GalFisk** » Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:04 am

Did he use it to see? Be seen? See a computer user? A person? His home while at work? Some other location where he wasn't present? See objects? Perform surveillance?

by **Balin** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:37 am

Did he use it for calls at all? No Did he use it to give his coworkers a live feed of something? Yes To check on a project? No See if someone or something was near a PC remotely? No

Did he use it to see? Yes Be seen? No See a computer user? No A person? No His home while at work? No Some other location where he wasn't present? Yes See objects? Yes Perform surveillance? Only by the loosest definition of "surveillance," so No

by **Vagary** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:46 pm

Is he using it to check quantities of consumable parts? or serial or model numbers of something? is this only because he's too lazy to walk somewhere? or is he somewhere else and checking his workspace isn't being messed with? Is it business-related? or is he using it to check if there's donuts and coffee in the break room? quantities of snacks in the vending machine?

by **Balin** » Sun Aug 09, 2020 6:31 pm

Is he using it to check quantities of consumable parts? or serial or model numbers of something? Neither is this only because he's too lazy to walk somewhere? Yes or is he somewhere else and checking his workspace isn't being messed with? No Is it business-related? No or is he using it to check if there's donuts and coffee in the break room? Yes! quantities of snacks in the vending machine?

****SPOILER****

Tired of heading to the break room for a cup of coffee only to find the pot empty, Drs. Quentin Stafford-Fraser and Paul Jardetzky set up a camera, accessible on the company server, that would monitor how much (if any) was left. Thus they invented the webcam, all because they wanted to make sure there was coffee in the pot.

by **trebor** » Mon Aug 10, 2020 3:24 am

Yet another way coffee has benefitted the universe.

by **JenBurdoo** » Mon Aug 10, 2020 1:56 pm

This is one I'll tell around the coffee machine at work...! Well done.