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Black Hole
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The secret of Roman concrete was lost, I'm not sure they've worked it out even now, but I'm pretty sure it would have been based on lime. The modern cement is known as Portland. I can't vouch for who invented it.
Ada Lovelace invented the computer? What's all that about??! Lovelace is known as the first programmer (and immortalised in the programming language Ada), as she collaborated with Babbage.
Issac Newton invented the telescope? I think not. He invented the reflecting telescope, the refracting telescope having been in use for decades (notably by Galileo to discover the moons of Jupiter, and IIRC Galileo died the year Newton was born).
John Logie Baird did not invent colour TV.
The problem is not so much that the article is wrong, but it leaves out detail which makes it a misrepresentation.
And as for the cat flap, well...
EEPhil
Number 28
Beat me to it.
He supposedly demonstrated it before anyone else. But Baird's version of TV was so clumsy that it's debatable whether he invented TV as we know it.
Looks like the whole article has not been researched properly. No wonder it's credited to a Daily Mail reporter. Accuracy and the Daily Mail - hmm
Black Hole
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I gave everyone a day.
Sure, a mechanically scanned monochrome system – but not colour. How many times do I need to emphasise the word colour?
Black Hole
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The survey is credited to Netflix.
Back when typesetting was a skill, there would have been a limited range and number of characters. This is still evident today when online versions of long-established rags use 'pc' instead of a % symbol which is naturally available on any journalist's keyboard.
EEPhil
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The history of colour TV in the UK | National Science and Media Museum
Find out about the history of colour TV in the UK, including the inventions that led to its introduction, the first broadcasts in Britain, and how people watched early colour television programmes.
"Colour television was first demonstrated publicly by John Logie Baird on 3 July 1928"
Black Hole
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Well, I never knew that! I've seen plenty about early TV, but no mention of alternating filters. Heck, the refresh rate was low enough in mono, so I can't imagine persistence of vision working well enough for colour rendition!The history of colour TV in the UK | National Science and Media Museum
Find out about the history of colour TV in the UK, including the inventions that led to its introduction, the first broadcasts in Britain, and how people watched early colour television programmes.www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
"Colour television was first demonstrated publicly by John Logie Baird on 3 July 1928"
prpr
Well-Known Member
DId you hear the one about the dyslexic Yorkshireman?
I believe it was Ted Lowe who said "For those of you watching in Black and White, the pink is behind the green". It's not as daft as it sounds when the green ball is on its designated spot.
(I see the BBC have gone retro with the music, back to 1977 (or whenever it was).)
EEPhil
Number 28
There was something lurking in the hidden depths of my memory that made me think Baird demonstrated colour TV. (Back in my school days I had an interest in TV history). I had to do a web search to confirm it.
EEPhil
Number 28
I never thought it was daft. It's perfectly reasonable to describe the position of the balls like that for b&w viewers - if you know where the green is.
gomezz
Well-Known Member
In those days the viewers would (mostly) have known where the colours where spotted and it was only when a colour was knocked well away from its spot that extra info was useful.
Climber
Member
It was Robert William Thomson from Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire that invent it. He also invented the refillable fountain pen.
There's plenty of info on the net.
EEPhil
Number 28
"intendified"
Identified makes more sense!Now that's what I call dyslexic typing. I do that myself and often catch it.
Apart from one letter, a mis-quote of a famous Eric Morecambe observation applies: "I typed all the right letters, but not necessarily in the right order".
antipodean
Active Member
I believe this goes back to the days of the movies, where makeup worn by actors (and actresses) was done in weird colours to get suitable looking makeup on B&W film, which at the time was badly lacking in spectral response. It probably continued into monochrome TV times as well.
But then there was a the son of a work friend of my father. The lad was totally colour blind, and when NZ went to introduce colour TV, wanted to know why, because he already saw the pictures in full colour anyway.
Black Hole
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Just seen a clip from the Call The Midwife xmas special, set in the (judging by the looks) early '60s. A woman turns the TV on and the picture & sound appear immediately. TVs don't boot immediately now, let alone in the '60s when all the valves and the tube had to warm up!
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EEPhil
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Quite often one valve (pcf80?) failed and we had to call out the repair person. Less than immediate start.
EEPhil
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Not so much a mistake, but a deliberate annoyance by the BBC. A slide up message at the end of "Strike" telling you to press red for the next episode. 
What if your TV isn't connected to the internet? I'm against screen junk so you can imagine how much this development p's me off!
What if your TV isn't connected to the internet? I'm against screen junk so you can imagine how much this development p's me off!