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- Spamcan, on 02/17/2008, -3/+232Laugh now, cry in 50 years when that's you.
- inactive, on 02/17/2008, -4/+226I still remember the days when my technophobe grandma would ask me how to rewind DVDs.
She then didn't understand how something wouldn't have to be rewound, and threw the entire player away. I don't know why old people can't grasp new concepts... like convenience. - Lane, on 02/17/2008, -8/+180id like to purchase this remote!
- mrferg, on 02/17/2008, -1/+110Should have just told her that it's like an old fashioned record player, like an old Victrola.
- joegibes, on 02/17/2008, -13/+82No, you'd like to purchase an apostrophe.
- melonade, on 02/17/2008, -1/+70My great-grandmother is 95, and has similar trouble with her remote. The thing that scares me is that she still drives a car.
- inactive, on 02/17/2008, -4/+71Cause they're old and cannot grasp new concepts?
- diggB, on 02/17/2008, -2/+58My 77 year old dad wraps all of his TV remotes in Saran wrap to keep them new, but then has a difficult time reading the buttons through all the layers of plastic. Go figure.
- arunforce, on 02/17/2008, -6/+61Too bad I'm a man! HAHAHAHA!
- blankman, on 02/17/2008, -1/+52I know, I've never understood why old people can't grasp new concepts either. I can't imagine not keeping up with new technologies, even when I'm 80 years old.
- inactive, on 02/17/2008, -3/+52We actually bought my grandpa one of these: http://www.greatbigstuff.com/prodpics/remotecontro ... as his eyesite has gotten bad.
- nymphetamine, on 02/17/2008, -1/+45You're trying to sell me something...
- rolf, on 02/17/2008, -2/+34Not just old people. The old TVs and cable/antenna TV.... you just used to hook up your TV and change channels.
Half the problems my parents get is when the change the channel on the TV instead of the cable box just because the remote was configured to the TV at the time. Getting just the right input has been a problem for normal non-techy people since the NES/VHS days for some people. It's 2008 and this should have been fixed into a dead simple solution already 5 years ago at the latest.
They should take a hint from Apple here. Make it dead simple and do the work in the background. HDMI was a step in the right direction but the TV/home theatre people need to collaborate even more. - cygnus2112, on 02/17/2008, -4/+33Notice how technology keeps making life easier by making things more difficult?
- inactive, on 02/17/2008, -1/+29Drop the big one?
- SpongeBad, on 02/17/2008, -0/+27The fact that she drives a car scares ME too.
- Xinareiaz, on 02/17/2008, -0/+24heh.. one of my friends got that because he kept losing his remotes. You don't lose something bigger than your couch.
- Klisk, on 02/17/2008, -0/+21That's also a notable difference. You're always keeping up with technology. Back in 'the day', there wasn't much technology to keep up with at all, not like we know it at least.... So people of those generations never learned to adapt to new things, since things tended to stay the same for so long (And nowadays things are changing, what, every 6 months? Jeez.)
- xkorbin, on 02/17/2008, -2/+23Old people and technology is like pulling teeth. No matter how many times they scribble your instructions down onto paper, they can never learn or execute them right.
- Klisk, on 02/17/2008, -2/+22Depends. Their generations didn't grow up learning to constantly adapt and evolve with new technology. They thought everything would stay the same. They never learned new things for years and years.
Younger people, our generations? We're constantly learning new techs. It's a part of our culture now. We may be a generation of elderly people who actually can grasp and deal with new stuff, since we grew up with that very mentality. - Nougat, on 02/17/2008, -1/+19Perhaps it's his caveman-esque id that wants to buy it, as opposed to his ego or superego.
- escheppa, on 02/17/2008, -2/+19I just dealt with this today with my parents, the TV was in demo mode for god knows why.
- strikerK, on 02/17/2008, -3/+19My grandma takes pride in the fact that she stays technologically up to date... until the wii came out.
Let me tell you, she can throw a good fast ball in Wiisports... it's just too bad my 32 inch lcd didn't make for a good catcher's mitt. - EchoAlpha, on 02/17/2008, -1/+16This is a Gizmodo link, not a Gizmondo link.
- antdude, on 02/17/2008, -0/+15Get this then: http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_nov2004/DVDRewind.j ...
- berrray, on 02/17/2008, -4/+18EPIC NAP.
- zaxroom, on 02/17/2008, -2/+15hmmm, they forgot the key button that tricks you into thinking it is a phone
- Syujinkou, on 02/17/2008, -0/+13My learning chip in my brain is gonna do the learning for me in 50 years.
- bobbybobington, on 02/17/2008, -18/+31Grandma had Saddam's WMDs all along!
- inactive, on 02/17/2008, -2/+15Back in the day, my middle school purchased two DVD players for every classroom. When I asked about that, I was told the other one was to rewind the DVDs. Now you know where your tax dollars are going.
- Smills, on 02/17/2008, -0/+12For now...
- Rizzen, on 02/17/2008, -0/+11I'm going to train my children like a technological sith lord. The moment I show weakness they will kill me.
- melonade, on 02/17/2008, -2/+12Fail.
- Duncast, on 02/17/2008, -0/+10But she was dead? I'm glad she made a full recovery!
- melonade, on 02/17/2008, -0/+9I kind of like the word "Gizmondo."
- cygnus2112, on 02/17/2008, -2/+10At the risk of possibly ruining the original witty and slightly philosophical moment:
"Programming Your 5-Button UEI Remote - Auto Scanning Method
1. Turn ON your TV.
2. Press the TV button once. The TV button will flash once.
3. Press and hold the SETUP button until the TV button flashes twice, then release SETUP.
4. Press 9 9 1 on the number pad. The TV button will flash twice.
5. With the remote pointed TOWARDS your TV, press the PWR button once.
6. Repeatedly press the CH+ button until your TV turns off. The remote will cycle through all possible codes until a match is found. You may need to press the CH+ button many times before finding a match.
7. Once the TV turns off, press the SETUP button twice to lock the code. The TV button will flash twice.
8. Confirm the remote is programmed correctly by pressing the PWR button to turn on your TV.
TIP: To program the remote to control other devices, repeat the above instructions using the mode button for that device (DVD, AUX or AUD).
Programming Your 5-Button UEI Remote - Manual Method
1. Find the code for the device you wish to control in the UEI Remote Code Library.
2. Turn ON the device you wish to control.
3. Find the mode button for the device you wish to program (TV, VCR, DVD, etc.) Press it once. The button will blink once.
4. Press and hold the SETUP button until the selected mode button blinks twice.
5. Enter the 4-digit code for the device. The selected mode button blinks twice. (If the mode button shows a single long blink, the entry is invalid. Try steps 3 and 4 again using a different code if available.)
6. Point the remote at the device and press PWR. The device should turn off. If it does not, repeat steps 3 and 4, using a different code for your device, if available.
7. If you continue to experience problems, try the auto-scanning mode detailed above."
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"Hey son, go turn the knob to 5." - gettempapa, on 02/17/2008, -0/+8Who says smokin' on?
- Nougat, on 02/17/2008, -0/+8Your parents? My wife does that.
- makkaveli19, on 02/17/2008, -5/+13haha sadly that's how my 50 year old mother sees a computer. she can't even open my laptop without tweaking out.
- inactive, on 02/17/2008, -2/+9This is how my uncle sees the Internet. It's technology fear. They have a problem making a mental model of things.
- swrlyhrly, on 02/17/2008, -0/+7They went from radio to tv. big leap in knob turning technology!
- jsebrech, on 02/17/2008, -0/+7"My 77 year old dad wraps all of his TV remotes in Saran wrap to keep them new"
Hey, that's a wise investment. You've got to think about the resale value of your remote control. - fuzzybeard, on 02/17/2008, -0/+6Heh, you wish it were happening at such a leisurely pace!
- theodenking, on 02/17/2008, -1/+7Try and say that when you're 80.
- MLisa, on 02/17/2008, -2/+8Last week I was talking to my (elderly) friend in San Francisco. She had to set the phone down to put on a sweater. A minute later I could hear her talking in the background but was unable to understand anything she said. Finally she came back to the phone laughing. She had picked up the remote and had been talking into it.
- Memnochxx, on 02/17/2008, -4/+10Why is she so paranoid? That doesn't make sense. Not understanding something is different than thinking every button will blow up.
- Balk2K, on 02/17/2008, -0/+6I'd also like to buy your tiger-repelling rock
- mikinurbook, on 02/17/2008, -0/+6If you knew my 70+ year old mother, you'd know that somewhere in the depths of her mind, she harbors those same thoughts. Any electronic button she pushes is never without some sort of hesitation...which makes me feel rather cheated that my childhood didn't involve the internet, after all, I would've gotten away with SO MUCH more!
- diggerphelps, on 02/17/2008, -1/+7>> Give credit to the original poster of the original content.
You mean this?
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/issuecartoons/2008/ ... - antdude, on 02/17/2008, -0/+5This isn't Wheel of Fortune, and that's not possible. :P
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