: Big post: updates on Shinywatch, Shinypad and Screechysongs
I sent an official complaint to the BBC regarding the lack of strobe warnings in the first Eurovision semi-final.
( The official complaint in full )
( The Beeb reply )
Should have complained separately about the second one, as Bulgaria was on another level altogether... whether that light show should even have been allowed is another issue, possibly one where the burden falls on the host broadcaster. And whether the song should have been allowed is yet another, but![[info]](http://www.iziblog.net/img/userinfo.gif)
daweaver has already pointed that one out.
The mentioning specifically of stripes is a sign that someone's learned a lesson from the Crass Spectacle video, which triggered three reported seizures. The fact this complaint was necessary is a sign that someone else has not.
If it were not a dangerous activity for me, I would go back and check the clips again...
(Of course, one should note that the regulations themselves are set up entirely for those with photosensitive epilepsy, and that leaves some omissions for the far larger minority who are photosensitive for some other reason, as my letter hinted at. That's why the flash frequency is capped at 3Hz; the vast majority of light-triggered epileptic seizures are triggered only at flash rates far above this. The triggers for my panic attacks are rather more varied than that, and a dim fast-flickering strobe can be less painful than a constant blazing light.)
Anyway, at least I got a proper reply, not sure what to make of it beyond that, but I'm at least slightly impressed.
( Shinypad update: I really am through with playing by the rules of someone else's game )
( ...and that links nicely on to the last part of my post, and a curious list which will be continually expanded upon )
I sent an official complaint to the BBC regarding the lack of strobe warnings in the first Eurovision semi-final.
( The official complaint in full )
( The Beeb reply )
Should have complained separately about the second one, as Bulgaria was on another level altogether... whether that light show should even have been allowed is another issue, possibly one where the burden falls on the host broadcaster. And whether the song should have been allowed is yet another, but
daweaver has already pointed that one out.The mentioning specifically of stripes is a sign that someone's learned a lesson from the Crass Spectacle video, which triggered three reported seizures. The fact this complaint was necessary is a sign that someone else has not.
If it were not a dangerous activity for me, I would go back and check the clips again...
(Of course, one should note that the regulations themselves are set up entirely for those with photosensitive epilepsy, and that leaves some omissions for the far larger minority who are photosensitive for some other reason, as my letter hinted at. That's why the flash frequency is capped at 3Hz; the vast majority of light-triggered epileptic seizures are triggered only at flash rates far above this. The triggers for my panic attacks are rather more varied than that, and a dim fast-flickering strobe can be less painful than a constant blazing light.)
Anyway, at least I got a proper reply, not sure what to make of it beyond that, but I'm at least slightly impressed.
( Shinypad update: I really am through with playing by the rules of someone else's game )
( ...and that links nicely on to the last part of my post, and a curious list which will be continually expanded upon )