Comments on: How elderly people see television remotes http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: sk2134 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-164336 sk2134 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:04:58 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-164336 yeah just imagine what a safari window looks like.... yeah just imagine what a safari window looks like….

]]> By: Buk http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-163875 Buk Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:15:52 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-163875 @ Angus, @ Chicken man I was just trying to make a point. I do however realize that some readers here are quite young and their brains haven't fully developed yet. So I understand why it may seem like rambling to you. I'll attempt to keep any further posts down to a couple of sentences to make it easier to comprehend. @ Angus, @ Chicken man
I was just trying to make a point. I do however realize that some readers here are quite young and their brains haven’t fully developed yet. So I understand why it may seem like rambling to you. I’ll attempt to keep any further posts down to a couple of sentences to make it easier to comprehend.

]]> By: Chicken man http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-163648 Chicken man Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:13:53 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-163648 HAHAHAHA! I agree completely with you Angus, while I read that I thought of only two things; 1. This guy is rambling, just like my grandpa does. 2. Unlike him and my grandpa, my grandma actually LIKES her cellphone, she uses it all the time and we some time's text even! HAHAHAHA! I agree completely with you Angus, while I read that I thought of only two things; 1. This guy is rambling, just like my grandpa does. 2. Unlike him and my grandpa, my grandma actually LIKES her cellphone, she uses it all the time and we some time’s text even!

]]> By: Angus http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-163126 Angus Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:05:12 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-163126 Your response had absolutely nothing to do with what the other dude said. You just kind of ranted about cell phones. btw, I'm probably never coming back to this site, so if anyone responds to me, I'll never read it. Your response had absolutely nothing to do with what the other dude said. You just kind of ranted about cell phones.

btw, I’m probably never coming back to this site, so if anyone responds to me, I’ll never read it.

]]> By: Buk http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-162723 Buk Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:08:40 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-162723 I don't believe it is necessarily about "F* learning". It's that you have no desire or need to use certain technology. Kinda like cell phones and all their features. I didn't even want a cell phone but had to get one about 6 months ago. Now I no longer require it but am locked into a 2 year contract. Point being though, I don't need the technology. My home phone works perfectly and at a fraction of the cost. I don't really see the need in caller ID. If I want to know who's calling I simply answer the phone. I don't see the need in text messaging. I can call and verbalize my message and if know one answers, I leave a message. I have a 10 mega pixel camera so what's the big deal about a camera in the phone. And before you answer that with "you may not have the camera with you but you will probably have the phone". I've been to graduations with people taking pictures with their cell phones. Her they are at a one in a lifetime event and they came equipped with only a cell phone? Here's another aspect of technology you may not have considered as you get older, eyesight. Don't know about your eyes but I can't even read the dinky little screen on a cell phone. Same goes with the TV remote. I can't read those buttons either (without my reading glasses). As you get older, it isn't all about not wanting to learn or keep up with the technology. You may be just physically challenged to use it. Ever watch retirees drive? Wouldn't you say that they may be physically challenged to operate the technology? And they been driving for 50 or 60 years! I don’t believe it is necessarily about “F* learning”. It’s that you have no desire or need to use certain technology. Kinda like cell phones and all their features. I didn’t even want a cell phone but had to get one about 6 months ago. Now I no longer require it but am locked into a 2 year contract. Point being though, I don’t need the technology. My home phone works perfectly and at a fraction of the cost. I don’t really see the need in caller ID. If I want to know who’s calling I simply answer the phone. I don’t see the need in text messaging. I can call and verbalize my message and if know one answers, I leave a message. I have a 10 mega pixel camera so what’s the big deal about a camera in the phone. And before you answer that with “you may not have the camera with you but you will probably have the phone”. I’ve been to graduations with people taking pictures with their cell phones. Her they are at a one in a lifetime event and they came equipped with only a cell phone?
Here’s another aspect of technology you may not have considered as you get older, eyesight. Don’t know about your eyes but I can’t even read the dinky little screen on a cell phone. Same goes with the TV remote. I can’t read those buttons either (without my reading glasses). As you get older, it isn’t all about not wanting to learn or keep up with the technology. You may be just physically challenged to use it. Ever watch retirees drive? Wouldn’t you say that they may be physically challenged to operate the technology? And they been driving for 50 or 60 years!

]]> By: Nerf Jihad http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-162481 Nerf Jihad Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:28:54 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-162481 Use it or lose it. If you decide to remain behind the curve after an arbitrary age where you choose to say "F* learning anything new", that's your perogative. In my lifetime, people will probably develop implantable computers, find medical techniques to make living to 100 years old effortless, and invent new drugs that'll make a fistful of cocaine look like a fistful of sugar. This is the world you choose to live in. Adapt or die. Use it or lose it. If you decide to remain behind the curve after an arbitrary age where you choose to say “F* learning anything new”, that’s your perogative. In my lifetime, people will probably develop implantable computers, find medical techniques to make living to 100 years old effortless, and invent new drugs that’ll make a fistful of cocaine look like a fistful of sugar. This is the world you choose to live in. Adapt or die.

]]> By: Buk http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-162474 Buk Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:07:44 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-162474 The old were young once and on the top of their game with gadgets that their parents where baffled with. And one day you to will experience old age and wonder how your kids can so easily manipulate the latest technologies. I hope you keep a copy of this blog for them to laugh at 40 or 50 years from now. Your kids will probably be using devices controlled purely by their mind. Your mind will be lucky to remember if you took your daily medication and know what year it is. The old were young once and on the top of their game with gadgets that their parents where baffled with. And one day you to will experience old age and wonder how your kids can so easily manipulate the latest technologies. I hope you keep a copy of this blog for them to laugh at 40 or 50 years from now. Your kids will probably be using devices controlled purely by their mind. Your mind will be lucky to remember if you took your daily medication and know what year it is.

]]> By: Steve http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-162405 Steve Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:19:41 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-162405 My mother had no such anxieties. She would push buttons at random until the TV either did what she wanted or got into some strange mode where no button did anything. In the latter case, she would call me to perform the magic "Unplug it, wait a minute and plug it back in" ritual, which she could never remember. My mother had no such anxieties. She would push buttons at random until the TV either did what she wanted or got into some strange mode where no button did anything. In the latter case, she would call me to perform the magic “Unplug it, wait a minute and plug it back in” ritual, which she could never remember.

]]> By: ButtChamber http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-131238 ButtChamber Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:43:03 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-131238 Now thats Bamboon Tampoon for sure.! Now thats Bamboon Tampoon for sure.!

]]> By: 300baud http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-97998 300baud Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:42:22 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-97998 Good prose there, comic was a let-down. Good prose there, comic was a let-down.

]]> By: library_chic http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-97976 library_chic Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:04:57 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-97976 Old people? Heck, give me a remote with that many buttons and that's what it looks like to *me*! Old people? Heck, give me a remote with that many buttons and that’s what it looks like to *me*!

]]> By: Binary Assassin http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/13/how-elderly-people-see-television-remotes/#comment-97946 Binary Assassin Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:51:53 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4143#comment-97946 oups.... I mean, SEND. oups…. I mean, SEND.

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