Comments on: Remote Thoughts http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Matt http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-40111 Matt Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:03:13 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-40111 Let's fast-forward this thing and see how it turns out. Let’s fast-forward this thing and see how it turns out.

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39955 spyder Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:10:29 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39955 <i>Have you ever considered that even as an adult, you pretty much know what texture almost anything you look at would have in your mouth, and pretty much what it would taste like?</i> As in a Blackberry wouldn't taste or feel like a blackberry? Have you ever considered that even as an adult, you pretty much know what texture almost anything you look at would have in your mouth, and pretty much what it would taste like?

As in a Blackberry wouldn’t taste or feel like a blackberry?

]]> By: donna http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39954 donna Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:00:14 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39954 Have you ever considered that even as an adult, you pretty much know what texture almost anything you look at would have in your mouth, and pretty much what it would taste like? Have you ever considered that even as an adult, you pretty much know what texture almost anything you look at would have in your mouth, and pretty much what it would taste like?

]]> By: Bee http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39841 Bee Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:17:12 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39841 Dear Aaron F., <i>Bee — I wish my life had an “undo” button ALL THE TIME. ^_^ </i> Yeah, it's funny isn't it, how irreversibility is such an essential part of our lives? One might say it's the source for all our trouble. Best, B. Dear Aaron F.,

Bee — I wish my life had an “undo” button ALL THE TIME. ^_^

Yeah, it’s funny isn’t it, how irreversibility is such an essential part of our lives? One might say it’s the source for all our trouble. Best,

B.

]]> By: Mary Cole http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39830 Mary Cole Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:44:09 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39830 Sometimes my husband tries to use the TV remote to turn my volume down! I doesn't work... Sometimes my husband tries to use the TV remote to turn my volume down! I doesn’t work…

]]> By: astromcnaught http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39811 astromcnaught Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:05:32 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39811 When evening falls tonight, please have a look at the crescent moon with Venus. Lovely. I'd like a Pause button for this!! When evening falls tonight, please have a look at the crescent moon with Venus. Lovely. I’d like a Pause button for this!!

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39798 spyder Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:15:33 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39798 Personally i love those universal remote on/off gadgets, that you can use in bars, airports, service stations, public transit hubs, corporate lobbys, etc.. There is nothing like being able to silence all that incessant stupid noise without anyone so much as realizing it had occurred. Personally i love those universal remote on/off gadgets, that you can use in bars, airports, service stations, public transit hubs, corporate lobbys, etc.. There is nothing like being able to silence all that incessant stupid noise without anyone so much as realizing it had occurred.

]]> By: Plato http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39786 Plato Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:11:29 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39786 For some reason Adam Sadler's movie with "the remote" came to mind. With microphones or wireless mouses why wouldn't that device work without being connected to the USB port? For some reason Adam Sadler’s movie with “the remote” came to mind.

With microphones or wireless mouses why wouldn’t that device work without being connected to the USB port?

]]> By: Aaron F. http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39773 Aaron F. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:10:13 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39773 Hahahahahaha! It's a bit sad that you didn't come across anything you wanted to "record." :) Bee -- I wish my life had an "undo" button ALL THE TIME. ^_^ Hahahahahaha! It’s a bit sad that you didn’t come across anything you wanted to “record.” :)

Bee — I wish my life had an “undo” button ALL THE TIME. ^_^

]]> By: Bee http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39757 Bee Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:33:03 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39757 Hey Clifford, looks as if I have exactly the same remote control ;-) Kind of funny, since I bought it in Germany. The guy told me that thing is called a 'presenter'. You are totally right, it makes a talk go much more smoothly, since one doesn't have to hang in front of the laptop to hit space all the time. (So far it has worked with literally every laptop I have plugged it in.) Regarding you hitting the back button... when I do too much editing of pictures, like late in the night, I have repeatedly had a really weird distortion of reality. At one point I accidentally spilled my coffee and my first thought was 'UNDO'. Best, B. Hey Clifford,

looks as if I have exactly the same remote control ;-) Kind of funny, since I bought it in Germany. The guy told me that thing is called a ‘presenter’. You are totally right, it makes a talk go much more smoothly, since one doesn’t have to hang in front of the laptop to hit space all the time. (So far it has worked with literally every laptop I have plugged it in.)

Regarding you hitting the back button… when I do too much editing of pictures, like late in the night, I have repeatedly had a really weird distortion of reality. At one point I accidentally spilled my coffee and my first thought was ‘UNDO’.

Best,

B.

]]> By: astromcnaught http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39750 astromcnaught Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:52:45 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39750 If everyone had a 'back' button for the bus, would it ever reach the end terminus? If everyone had back and forward buttons, would it ever get anywhere, perpetually oscillating up and down the street erratically? As far as hand rails go, wallpaper is much more flavoursome, in my opinion. Especially wallpaper covered in little stars, like mine (was). Never been the same since :) If everyone had a ‘back’ button for the bus, would it ever reach the end terminus?
If everyone had back and forward buttons, would it ever get anywhere, perpetually oscillating up and down the street erratically?

As far as hand rails go, wallpaper is much more flavoursome, in my opinion. Especially wallpaper covered in little stars, like mine (was). Never been the same since :)

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39748 Lab Lemming Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:34:00 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39748 There are worse things than handrails. I once knew a toddler who licked urinals... There are worse things than handrails.

I once knew a toddler who licked urinals…

]]> By: Robert http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39723 Robert Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:46:09 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39723 Why give a remote only to the seminar speaker? Not only once I have wished to have a remote when sitting in the audience to fast forward the seminar. I tried to draw remote control buttons (play, especially if the seminar doesn't start because of projector problems, stop, pause fast forward and rewind for obvious reasons but also eject for really bad cases) so I drew them on the back cover of the book in which I take notes from seminars. Why give a remote only to the seminar speaker? Not only once I have wished to have a remote when sitting in the audience to fast forward the seminar. I tried to draw remote control buttons (play, especially if the seminar doesn’t start because of projector problems, stop, pause fast forward and rewind for obvious reasons but also eject for really bad cases) so I drew them on the back cover of the book in which I take notes from seminars.

]]> By: Jude http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39722 Jude Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:38:13 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/18/remote-thoughts/#comment-39722 Ah, the control the world fantasy. As I recall from toddlerhood, hand rails taste good. I remember chewing on the vinyl dashboard of my parents' car during a drive-in movie (this was a while ago), and it tasted good too. They didn't appreciate the tiny tooth marks I left in the vinyl. The joys of hand-rail licking are lost to us adults, all in the name of sanitation. Ah, the control the world fantasy.

As I recall from toddlerhood, hand rails taste good. I remember chewing on the vinyl dashboard of my parents’ car during a drive-in movie (this was a while ago), and it tasted good too. They didn’t appreciate the tiny tooth marks I left in the vinyl. The joys of hand-rail licking are lost to us adults, all in the name of sanitation.

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