Use case for std.bind

[Daniel Keep]

Christopher Wright wrote:
> 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.

The XBox 360 supports keyboards as well, although not mice (I understand
the PS3 does support mice in some games.)  This sucks as it makes the
machine useless for first person shooters.  :P

The Wii also has support for keyboards, although I'm only aware of it
actually working in the web browser.

As an interesting side note, the 360 is the only current-gen console
that can't browse the web.  You'd think MS would have jumped at the
chance to put IE on yet another platform...

  -- Daniel