Long Term Effects of Gizmodo CES Prank 426
theodp noted that someone from Gizmodo brought a TV-B-Gone to CES and used it to turn off a wall of monitors during demos. Funny yes, it earned him a ban for life and may have repercussions to other bloggers struggling to be treated as equals with traditional journalists in the future. But also this might lead to a future with encryption on remotes.
Encryption in remotes? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Electrical tape (Score:4, Funny)
Let me guess -- you're not in sales, marketing, or management . . .
Re:Encryption on remotes? (Score:5, Funny)
Oooo, you just gave me an idea (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I love my Spy Remote (Score:5, Funny)
Not to mention dangerous to one's health.
Re:First Post! (Score:1, Funny)
That magnetizes the aperture mask, causing a rainbow of tie-dye like color shifts.
No harm done, it goes away after a monitor is shut down long enough to cool the thermistor and then restarted doing a warm-up deguass cycle.
Try moving strong magnets across your c.r.t. displays, its fun!
Re:Lifetime ban? (Score:2, Funny)
affect, damn it, affect, you ignorant turd; unless this is some weird creation myth [biblegateway.com].
Re:Encryption on remotes? (Score:5, Funny)
noo (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Encryption on remotes? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I love my Spy Remote (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I love my Spy Remote (Score:3, Funny)
Looks like... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A desperate attempt at relevance (Score:3, Funny)
Do a google search, I'm sure you'll find spanking of adults is alive and well...
CES is so popular... (Score:0, Funny)
Have the union toss the guy out (Score:3, Funny)
That'll show him. It'll probably bankrupt him.