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The Universal Off Button
jcr13 writes "Wired news is running a story about TV-B-Gone, a new weapon in the fight against the pervasiveness of television in our society. With this device, which takes the form of a keychain fob with a single button, you can turn off virtually any TV set. How does it work? By rolling through all known IR power-off codes, one by one, trying codes from the most popular brands first. Personally, I am terribly annoyed by TVs in restaurants and airports: they grab my attention over and over, no matter how hard I try to ignore them, and they distract me from the conversations that I should be having with my human companions. Unfortunately, the TV-B-Gone website seems to have already been swamped by the Wired coverage, so we cannot order these just yet. In the mean time, those of you with DIY proclivities may want to think about wiring one of these up yourself using a PIC chip or other micro-controller." An anonymous reader adds links to mentions at CNET, TV station KESQ and Ananova.
Instead of ruining the experience for everyone else, why not just try reigning in that raging ADD before someone invents the Retard-Be-Gone
No. What we need is a self centered prick remote fibrillator to turn off all these people that think they have a right to tell other people how to live their lives.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Oh sure. I bet the owner of the bar really wanted customers to come by with their own remote controllers. After all he didn't put black tape right?
And hey, since he put the salt on the table without any kind of chain attaching it to the table he probably wanted you to take it home when you're finished. How sweet!
diegoT
Don't be such a sensitive fucking pussy. If you are so riddled with ADD that you can't just ignore a TV when it is on then go get your self some ritalin.