Use case for std.bind

[Christopher Wright]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Jason House wrote:
>> I'd give better examples/details if I wasn't typing this with my thumb 
>> into a cell phone...
> 
> You do caps, quotes, special characters, correct grammar with your thumb 
> on a cell phone?! I'm impressed! I can't bother with that without a full 
> keyboard. Doing text on a phone keypad is agony for me.
> 
> <rant>
> I have several devices, like a dvd recorder, game box, etc., that need 
> text entry. Each has their own kludge-o-matic way of doing it with the 
> remote. They're all horrible and agonizingly slow.
> 
> Can't any of them put a gawd-dammed USB port on so I can plug in a 
> keyboard? Or a PS/2 keyboard port?
> 
> Or even, dare I say it, a morse key? 
> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6418323.html
> </rant>

Playstation 3 (and possibly Playstation 2) has USB ports and USB HID 
support. I've hooked up an IBM Model M to one (using a ps/2 -> usb 
adapter). Playstation 3 is also a reasonably-priced bluray player.