Comments on: Stop freaking out over the TV-B-Gone prank at CES http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/ Official happenings from Eddie Codel Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Larry Edelstein http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-383262 Larry Edelstein Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:29:47 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-383262 The guy did it and the conf reacted by banning him, and I don't have much of a problem with it. I don't see the specific hyperventilating you're talking about, but assuming it's out there, OK, perhaps I agree to a degree. But it sounds like posturing, and your post here is posturing, and that's fine, but I want to note it to justify my own posturing, which is coming up in the next paragraph. When I hear about TV-B-Gone and people who use it, I usually think: fuck you, busybody! Probably because I hate when people get up on their high horse about other people's personal preferences. Usually the complainer is making a tacit assumption that they're smarter than all those other people out there. Naturally I would never try to use the coercive power of the law to try to stop someone from expressing their viewpoint, but I might kick someone in the shins if I caught them fucking with my TV. The guy did it and the conf reacted by banning him, and I don’t have much of a problem with it. I don’t see the specific hyperventilating you’re talking about, but assuming it’s out there, OK, perhaps I agree to a degree.

But it sounds like posturing, and your post here is posturing, and that’s fine, but I want to note it to justify my own posturing, which is coming up in the next paragraph.

When I hear about TV-B-Gone and people who use it, I usually think: fuck you, busybody! Probably because I hate when people get up on their high horse about other people’s personal preferences. Usually the complainer is making a tacit assumption that they’re smarter than all those other people out there.

Naturally I would never try to use the coercive power of the law to try to stop someone from expressing their viewpoint, but I might kick someone in the shins if I caught them fucking with my TV.

]]> By: Larry Edelstein http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857035 Larry Edelstein Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:29:00 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857035 The guy did it and the conf reacted by banning him, and I don't have much of a problem with it. I don't see the specific hyperventilating you're talking about, but assuming it's out there, OK, perhaps I agree to a degree. But it sounds like posturing, and your post here is posturing, and that's fine, but I want to note it to justify my own posturing, which is coming up in the next paragraph. When I hear about TV-B-Gone and people who use it, I usually think: fuck you, busybody! Probably because I hate when people get up on their high horse about other people's personal preferences. Usually the complainer is making a tacit assumption that they're smarter than all those other people out there. Naturally I would never try to use the coercive power of the law to try to stop someone from expressing their viewpoint, but I might kick someone in the shins if I caught them fucking with my TV. The guy did it and the conf reacted by banning him, and I don’t have much of a problem with it. I don’t see the specific hyperventilating you’re talking about, but assuming it’s out there, OK, perhaps I agree to a degree.

But it sounds like posturing, and your post here is posturing, and that’s fine, but I want to note it to justify my own posturing, which is coming up in the next paragraph.

When I hear about TV-B-Gone and people who use it, I usually think: fuck you, busybody! Probably because I hate when people get up on their high horse about other people’s personal preferences. Usually the complainer is making a tacit assumption that they’re smarter than all those other people out there.

Naturally I would never try to use the coercive power of the law to try to stop someone from expressing their viewpoint, but I might kick someone in the shins if I caught them fucking with my TV.

]]> By: Nicole Lee http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-382426 Nicole Lee Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:35:49 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-382426 Not to mention it's giving a ton of press to Gizmodo right now. Not to mention it’s giving a ton of press to Gizmodo right now.

]]> By: Nicole Lee http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857039 Nicole Lee Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:35:00 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857039 Not to mention it's giving a ton of press to Gizmodo right now. Not to mention it’s giving a ton of press to Gizmodo right now.

]]> By: Gizmodo Pranks CES By Turning Off Displays Using TV-B-Gone | Laughing Squid http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-382412 Gizmodo Pranks CES By Turning Off Displays Using TV-B-Gone | Laughing Squid Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:21:48 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-382412 [...] Blakeley, ended up getting him banned from the conference. Eddie Codel suggests that everyone stop freaking out about it. CES has no shortage of displays. And when MAKE offered us some TV-B-Gone clickers to bring to the [...] [...] Blakeley, ended up getting him banned from the conference. Eddie Codel suggests that everyone stop freaking out about it. CES has no shortage of displays. And when MAKE offered us some TV-B-Gone clickers to bring to the [...]

]]> By: cindy http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857038 cindy Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:12:00 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857038 turning tv's of is not as bad as the apple store getting goatse on thier monitors. now that was unruly! memorable, but unruly. no one should be surprised with that photo. without warning of course. turning tv’s of is not as bad as the apple store getting goatse on thier monitors. now that was unruly! memorable, but unruly. no one should be surprised with that photo. without warning of course.

]]> By: Justin Simonsen http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857036 Justin Simonsen Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:37:00 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857036 Thanks for this response. It is exactly how I feel about the entire thing. Just chill out people. You’d think it was illegal to turn off the TV like out of the movie 1984 or something. Thanks for this response. It is exactly how I feel about the entire thing. Just chill out people. You’d think it was illegal to turn off the TV like out of the movie 1984 or something.

]]> By: pava http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857034 pava Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:22:00 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857034 In true 'net justice,' if any of the big phat CES companies wanted to take prank revenge on Gizmodo. . . what would they do? What could a small company like Motorola or Panasonic POSSIBLY do prank Gizmodo back? I mean. . . that was a pretty damn mean and random act -- the remoting. Not a mugging, but certainly a random wedgie to the nerd kid with the highwater pants. In true ‘net justice,’ if any of the big phat CES companies wanted to take prank revenge on Gizmodo. . . what would they do?

What could a small company like Motorola or Panasonic POSSIBLY do prank Gizmodo back?

I mean. . . that was a pretty damn mean and random act — the remoting. Not a mugging, but certainly a random wedgie to the nerd kid with the highwater pants.

]]> By: Eddie Codel http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857037 Eddie Codel Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:09:00 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/2008/01/11/stop-freaking-out-over-the-tv-b-gone-prank-at-ces/#comment-857037 Kevin: I totally get your point, but I don't think the prank quite rises to the level of denial of service. The room is still full of people, the presenter still has the ability to address the crowd (and from what I saw the Motorola guy did pretty well under the circumstances) and the ensuing controversy and press coverage drives more attention and traffic to all those involved. I am now actually curious about what Motorola was demoing. I probably wouldn't have been otherwise. Kevin:

I totally get your point, but I don’t think the prank quite rises to the level of denial of service. The room is still full of people, the presenter still has the ability to address the crowd (and from what I saw the Motorola guy did pretty well under the circumstances) and the ensuing controversy and press coverage drives more attention and traffic to all those involved. I am now actually curious about what Motorola was demoing. I probably wouldn’t have been otherwise.

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