tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7640670345270714655..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Has this been thought all the way through?Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56581159143260462032010-02-21T23:37:35.747-05:002010-02-21T23:37:35.747-05:00Aside from the practicalities, a camera-equipped T...Aside from the practicalities, a camera-equipped TV is just too 1984-ish for my taste.markmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69813031819445805982010-02-19T09:25:05.502-05:002010-02-19T09:25:05.502-05:00I sure hope that we'll be able to record our o...I sure hope that we'll be able to record our own presets.<br /><br />...Although I'd be torn between whether I'd program a bird flip to change the channel to Fox or turn the TeeVee off....And dear god please don't let them hard-wire nutsack scratches.<br /><br />wv: ingpitch<br /><br />Newspeak for an Ingsoc ad campaign.monkeyfanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZkQiQ9rs94noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60478216363700611922010-02-19T00:14:05.113-05:002010-02-19T00:14:05.113-05:00100% snark!
I was already LOL and then I got to t...100% snark!<br /><br />I was already LOL and then I got to the Makarena! I laughed til I cried!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6658350863033451222010-02-18T18:17:49.627-05:002010-02-18T18:17:49.627-05:00Hmm, Kabuki-controlled TV? Hai!Hmm, Kabuki-controlled TV? Hai!/ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69416350595090251682010-02-18T11:42:29.108-05:002010-02-18T11:42:29.108-05:00"Didn't I read about this in HHGTG?"..."Didn't I read about this in HHGTG?"<br /><br />Yes you did. Adams said that space radios were so advanced that you channels by waving your hands in the direct of the components, saying a brief prayer, and then staying very still once you found something you liked.Jeff the Baptisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978930508610389584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-37756435420930619662010-02-18T10:45:10.635-05:002010-02-18T10:45:10.635-05:00That mental image -- I LOL'd and LOL'd.
...That mental image -- I LOL'd and LOL'd. <br /><br />Could this be classified as "hand-wavey" science?Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55974861578051869622010-02-18T09:49:05.393-05:002010-02-18T09:49:05.393-05:00*This must be done!* I want to see a poorly though...*This must be done!* I want to see a poorly thought out version of this device implemented, to be the bane of over-enthusiastic sports fans everywhere.<br /><br />Word Verfication - meatua. There's a joke in there somewhere, but reaching around to find it might be unwise.Dominiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326343386555215862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41686536774022593172010-02-18T09:14:20.558-05:002010-02-18T09:14:20.558-05:00No, the logical next step is to converge clapper t...No, the logical next step is to converge clapper technology with the Wii, then then you can help the avatars on your team actually score that come-from-behind score.<br /><br />Who really needs all those over-pumped, over-hyped, over-paid flesh and bones douchebags on the field anyway?<br /><br />Al TeregoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46096254319929898532010-02-18T08:26:13.916-05:002010-02-18T08:26:13.916-05:00This seems like a fine idea without any means of a...This seems like a fine idea without any means of abuse.<br /><br />Let's see, new TV's are already web enabled, so two way communication is a given.<br /><br />Add in a camera that the viewer needs to be in front of to control that communication device masquerading as a TV, and how far are we away from folks watching other folks watch TV?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60513178845925234462010-02-18T07:31:18.616-05:002010-02-18T07:31:18.616-05:00It's better than a flashlight, at any rate.
...It's better than a flashlight, at any rate. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75694075740104939192010-02-18T06:19:50.039-05:002010-02-18T06:19:50.039-05:00You would have to set it to rarely used movements ...You would have to set it to rarely used movements like the boogiedown finger-shake and "the worm".B_Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65673323225633560302010-02-18T02:27:58.143-05:002010-02-18T02:27:58.143-05:00Didn't I read about this in HHGTG? What is so...Didn't I read about this in HHGTG? What is so wrong with a wireless mouse, or a trackball integreated into the remote?<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com