Comments on: Stealth TV-B-Gone in a jacket http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: BethNOLA http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129287 BethNOLA Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129287 I, too, have a clever trick for when I walk into a bar or restaurant with televisions playing that I don't want to watch. I walk out and find a bar or restaurant without televisions, and leave the people enjoying the game or the news or whatever it is they've chosen to get together and enjoy. I, too, have a clever trick for when I walk into a bar or restaurant with televisions playing that I don’t want to watch.

I walk out and find a bar or restaurant without televisions, and leave the people enjoying the game or the news or whatever it is they’ve chosen to get together and enjoy.

]]> By: Nettdata http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129293 Nettdata Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129293 m th nly n thnkng, "wht btch"? m th nly n thnkng, “wht btch”?

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129295 nixiebunny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129295 This will go together well with the wearable TV set that I'm building. This will go together well with the wearable TV set that I’m building.

]]> By: pinehead http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129296 pinehead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129296 Now all we need are cheap IR goggles, so bar & restaurant managers can easily spot the passive-aggressive human garbage using TV-B-Gone devices in their establishments. Now all we need are cheap IR goggles, so bar & restaurant managers can easily spot the passive-aggressive human garbage using TV-B-Gone devices in their establishments.

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129298 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129298 yep, nettdata you are the only one thinking that. I'm going "what a ninja" yep, nettdata you are the only one thinking that. I’m going “what a ninja”

]]> By: GrymRpr http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129302 GrymRpr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129302 No you are not. Least now we know what she look's like. No you are not.
Least now we know what she look’s like.

]]> By: brbrbrad http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129303 brbrbrad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129303 My smartphone (Nokia N900) has an IR port and a TVBGone app. Nobody thinks twice when I pull it out, point it straight at the TV, and activate the app. They just think I'm texting someone. My smartphone (Nokia N900) has an IR port and a TVBGone app. Nobody thinks twice when I pull it out, point it straight at the TV, and activate the app. They just think I’m texting someone.

]]> By: Bubba http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129310 Bubba Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129310 My jacket has a built-in Entitleometer which buzzes whenever I'm being a complete prick and dictating how others must behave. My jacket has a built-in Entitleometer which buzzes whenever I’m being a complete prick and dictating how others must behave.

]]> By: shonnarchy http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129314 shonnarchy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129314 Phew! I didn't want to be the lone dissenter thinking to myself "if you don't want to watch tv when you go to a restaurant, choose a restaurant that doesn't have a television on". TV-B-Gone is a prank gadget. It's funny and amusing in certain situations. But using it to dominate environments (or feeling the need to dominate an environment) is fucking stupid. Phew! I didn’t want to be the lone dissenter thinking to myself “if you don’t want to watch tv when you go to a restaurant, choose a restaurant that doesn’t have a television on”. TV-B-Gone is a prank gadget. It’s funny and amusing in certain situations. But using it to dominate environments (or feeling the need to dominate an environment) is fucking stupid.

]]> By: jenjen http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129327 jenjen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129327 When my Pacemaker-B-Gone arrives from Amazon, I will look at sewing it into a sweater. Now that Kevorkian's gone, someone's gotta step up. When my Pacemaker-B-Gone arrives from Amazon, I will look at sewing it into a sweater. Now that Kevorkian’s gone, someone’s gotta step up.

]]> By: von Bobo http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129328 von Bobo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129328 but what if your outfit doesn't work with the coat? but what if your outfit doesn’t work with the coat?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129330 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129330 My, what a lot of self-righteousness here. It's a wonder there's room for you all on that pedestal. My, what a lot of self-righteousness here.

It’s a wonder there’s room for you all on that pedestal.

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129331 millie fink Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129331 Want! But only for the row of TVs in our campus exercise center. And only for one of them, actually, the one with Faux News on it. It's the only "news" station playing. I've left several requests for MSNBC on another TV to balance things out a bit, but alas. The center's manager must be a True Believer. Want! But only for the row of TVs in our campus exercise center. And only for one of them, actually, the one with Faux News on it. It’s the only “news” station playing.

I’ve left several requests for MSNBC on another TV to balance things out a bit, but alas. The center’s manager must be a True Believer.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129333 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129333 brbrbrad gets the points, so far. But once the TV is off, it will be quiet enough for the patrons to hear you snickering about turning off the TV. brbrbrad gets the points, so far.

But once the TV is off, it will be quiet enough for the patrons to hear you snickering about turning off the TV.

]]> By: Jenn2D2 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129334 Jenn2D2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129334 While her ingenuity and DIY spirit are great, why exactly would I want to celebrate someone going into a private place of business and screwing with their electronics? If anything, she's demonstrating a lack of respect for other people's preferences and space (both the owners and the other customers). She has many options if she doesn't like the televisions on at a restaurant, including requesting for them to be turned off, moving to a different table, or just leaving. While her ingenuity and DIY spirit are great, why exactly would I want to celebrate someone going into a private place of business and screwing with their electronics? If anything, she’s demonstrating a lack of respect for other people’s preferences and space (both the owners and the other customers). She has many options if she doesn’t like the televisions on at a restaurant, including requesting for them to be turned off, moving to a different table, or just leaving.

]]> By: oxrs http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129335 oxrs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129335 Yeah, like others, I don't enjoy watching tv while out and about, but this idea and course of action just proves how much of a self entitled control freak you are. If you don't like it, go find something else that you do like. What makes you think it's ok to dictate how others enjoy themselves, just so you can be comfortable in that exact place and time? Yeah, like others, I don’t enjoy watching tv while out and about, but this idea and course of action just proves how much of a self entitled control freak you are. If you don’t like it, go find something else that you do like. What makes you think it’s ok to dictate how others enjoy themselves, just so you can be comfortable in that exact place and time?

]]> By: mordicai http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129342 mordicai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129342 It is awesome because I'm selfish & passive aggressive! Ha ha ha lol, so counter culture. Nothing says iconoclast like wrecking things for other people out of a misplaced sense of entitlement! It is awesome because I’m selfish & passive aggressive! Ha ha ha lol, so counter culture. Nothing says iconoclast like wrecking things for other people out of a misplaced sense of entitlement!

]]> By: gwit http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/stealth-tv-b-gone-in.html#comment-1129344 gwit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129344 Low tech way to defeat it is just cover the IR receiver with tape. The fun way to defeat it is deploy an IR jamming device. Something like this: http://www.redferret.net/?p=26706 Low tech way to defeat it is just cover the IR receiver with tape. The fun way to defeat it is deploy an IR jamming device. Something like this: http://www.redferret.net/?p=26706

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