Comments on: 05/01/2012 – Remote Viewing http://yehudamoon.com/20120501/ Wed, 22 May 2013 13:53:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Dale in Indy http://yehudamoon.com/20120501/#comment-50729 Dale in Indy Wed, 02 May 2012 14:25:25 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05012012/#comment-50729 Well, some us sort of like to be in touch with reality. At some time in the past, I'm sure someone once said proudly that they'd given up those newfangled books because it interferred with their plowing and grubbing. Well, some us sort of like to be in touch with reality.

At some time in the past, I’m sure someone once said proudly that they’d given up those newfangled books because it interferred with their plowing and grubbing.

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/20120501/#comment-50724 Tencon Wed, 02 May 2012 06:04:19 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05012012/#comment-50724 I suppose I am sad - After my heart-attack left me with no memories, all I could do was watch TV. My OCD kicked up a notch so I started recording 'series'. McGyver etc. I got the whole set before I recovered my memories... I once used to repair TVs and other electronic stuff but have difficulty remembering how these days! By my chair downstairs I have: Denon amplifier remote for sound source and volume (recebtly stopped working), Panasonic remote for the TV, Panasonic remote for the DVD Recorder/burner, TiVo remote for the (new) 1Tb TiVo box, Old Sky HD remote (for Sky Atlantic as we are addicted to 'Game of Thrones'! The latter will be pensioned off, along with the expense, as soon as the program is available on the TiVo (Virgin TV) I once tried a programmable remote but found them too complicated to program and use. We find the TV a good way to relax after a day's work... I suppose I am sad – After my heart-attack left me with no memories, all I could do was watch TV.
My OCD kicked up a notch so I started recording ‘series’. McGyver etc. I got the whole set before I recovered my memories…
I once used to repair TVs and other electronic stuff but have difficulty remembering how these days!
By my chair downstairs I have: Denon amplifier remote for sound source and volume (recebtly stopped working), Panasonic remote for the TV, Panasonic remote for the DVD Recorder/burner, TiVo remote for the (new) 1Tb TiVo box, Old Sky HD remote (for Sky Atlantic as we are addicted to ‘Game of Thrones’!

The latter will be pensioned off, along with the expense, as soon as the program is available on the TiVo (Virgin TV)
I once tried a programmable remote but found them too complicated to program and use.

We find the TV a good way to relax after a day’s work…

]]> By: Syke http://yehudamoon.com/20120501/#comment-50733 Syke Tue, 01 May 2012 21:55:48 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05012012/#comment-50733 Plus there are malcontents like me who will not buy anything with the Apple logo on it.  And to think we used to panic about Microsoft taking over . . . . . . . Plus there are malcontents like me who will not buy anything with the Apple logo on it.  And to think we used to panic about Microsoft taking over . . . . . . .

]]> By: Anonymous http://yehudamoon.com/20120501/#comment-50725 Anonymous Tue, 01 May 2012 19:17:45 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05012012/#comment-50725 After riding 10,000+ miles a year and doing the required bike maintenance, I don't have any time left for TV. After riding 10,000+ miles a year and doing the required bike maintenance, I don’t have any time left for TV.

]]> By: Widsith http://yehudamoon.com/20120501/#comment-50728 Widsith Tue, 01 May 2012 17:40:52 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05012012/#comment-50728 The remote that came with my AT&T U-verse system controls the receiver/DVR, VCR, DVD player/recorder, and TV.  When I used to have a Playstation 2 hooked up, it controlled that too. The remote that came with my AT&T U-verse system controls the receiver/DVR, VCR, DVD player/recorder, and TV.  When I used to have a Playstation 2 hooked up, it controlled that too.

]]> By: Rick http://yehudamoon.com/20120501/#comment-50727 Rick Tue, 01 May 2012 15:04:46 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05012012/#comment-50727 TV? Gave it up forty years ago. I do see it sometimes, when I go to friends' or relatives' houses. Some of them literally have TVs running during all waking hours. So I note with horror that just when you thought TV couldn't get any worse...it has. We download movies once in a while; that's it. I am bemused by the rage for texting too. (Which I have little choice but to indulge in, given my circle of friends). Tens of billions of investment in complex electronic systems...so we can thumb-type in baby talk! I took the computer off my bike long ago. Couldn't tell you how fast I go, but I sure know I enjoy the world as I'm passing through it. I do love email though, and much of the Web--anything that can get Americans writing & reading has gotta be worthwhile! TV? Gave it up forty years ago. I do see it sometimes, when I go to friends’ or relatives’ houses. Some of them literally have TVs running during all waking hours. So I note with horror that just when you thought TV couldn’t get any worse…it has. We download movies once in a while; that’s it.

I am bemused by the rage for texting too. (Which I have little choice but to indulge in, given my circle of friends). Tens of billions of investment in complex electronic systems…so we can thumb-type in baby talk!

I took the computer off my bike long ago. Couldn’t tell you how fast I go, but I sure know I enjoy the world as I’m passing through it.

I do love email though, and much of the Web–anything that can get Americans writing & reading has gotta be worthwhile!

]]> By: K'Tesh http://yehudamoon.com/20120501/#comment-50736 K'Tesh Tue, 01 May 2012 14:56:00 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05012012/#comment-50736 Wouldn't you like to see this next time he pulls that off at 2am in the morning... <a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/missile-balloons-for-your-car" rel="nofollow">http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/missile-balloons-for-your-car</a><span style="">  </span> Wouldn’t you like to see this next time he pulls that off at 2am in the morning…

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/missile-balloons-for-your-car  

]]> By: Dale in Indy http://yehudamoon.com/20120501/#comment-50726 Dale in Indy Tue, 01 May 2012 13:54:59 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05012012/#comment-50726 Totally grok Yehuda's problem; we have a TV remote, "smart" TV remote, VCR/DVD player remote, and a so-called "universal" remote -- all of which have to be used depending on venue and signal source. <i>The other day my wife had a group of friends over to watch some foreign film on Netflix. We'd lost signal for some reason and it took a half hour with four different tech reps in three different companies (ATT, Netflix, and LG) to figure out how to get signal back.</i> But, you know, technology makes our life so much simpler. Totally grok Yehuda’s problem; we have a TV remote, “smart” TV remote, VCR/DVD player remote, and a so-called “universal” remote — all of which have to be used depending on venue and signal source.

The other day my wife had a group of friends over to watch some foreign film on Netflix. We’d lost signal for some reason and it took a half hour with four different tech reps in three different companies (ATT, Netflix, and LG) to figure out how to get signal back. But, you know, technology makes our life so much simpler.

]]> By: Anonymous http://yehudamoon.com/20120501/#comment-50730 Anonymous Tue, 01 May 2012 13:17:54 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05012012/#comment-50730 Wow! Was there really something worth watching? Wow! Was there really something worth watching?

]]> By: Pierre http://yehudamoon.com/20120501/#comment-50732 Pierre Tue, 01 May 2012 13:12:28 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05012012/#comment-50732 One single TV unit, containing all the things you need. One unit containing everything that could possibly go wrong in one package. One unit that can't be changed, upgraded, amended or adapted. Can't see that working, and even if Apple managed to throw their massive marketing weight behind it and made it really pretty, they'd still find a weird anti-competitive way to screw other manufacturers over. People have been trying to market the "one box to rule them all" for decades, and it never works. One single TV unit, containing all the things you need.

One unit containing everything that could possibly go wrong in one package.

One unit that can’t be changed, upgraded, amended or adapted.

Can’t see that working, and even if Apple managed to throw their massive marketing weight behind it and made it really pretty, they’d still find a weird anti-competitive way to screw other manufacturers over.

People have been trying to market the “one box to rule them all” for decades, and it never works.

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