valleywag.com— Richard Blakeley, the scamp behind Gizmodo's TV-turnoff stunt at CES, has been banned from attending the show. Here's the CEA's official response to the Gizmodo TV-B-Gone prank.
Jan 12, 2008View in Crawl 4
i knew this was going to happen. you can imagine them at the macworld keynote:"your from gizmodo?.. right this way"it will be "roto-rooter, don't stop till you hit the back of this teeth"
Oh please, it was a funny real world hack.If anything, the CES folk might want to ask why TV-B-Gone was handing those things out at a tradeshow floor filled with TVs.
only a bad person would not feel guilty about keeping people from doing their jobs. big tv banks are ok to screw with, but ruining presentations is too much. as if public speaking isnt already a hard enough job.
tejas57Jan 12, 2008
i knew this was going to happen. you can imagine them at the macworld keynote:"your from gizmodo?.. right this way"it will be "roto-rooter, don't stop till you hit the back of this teeth"
docholiday22Jan 12, 2008
"...CES is over, we've got a year for this to all blow over. And Blakeley has a year to think up another stunt" - Spoken like a true assh**e.
digital56kJan 12, 2008
Oh please, it was a funny real world hack.If anything, the CES folk might want to ask why TV-B-Gone was handing those things out at a tradeshow floor filled with TVs.
charlie55Jan 12, 2008
only a bad person would not feel guilty about keeping people from doing their jobs. big tv banks are ok to screw with, but ruining presentations is too much. as if public speaking isnt already a hard enough job.
darkismJan 12, 2008
Gizmodo did it for the lulz.And it was hilarious.