Nov 01, 2007 07:17 am peeps have been funny lately. the wired remote is ridiculous. another great post on the heels of the vista commercial.
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Posted on Nov 01, 2007 07:11 am
Bleak
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Nov 01, 2007 07:17 am peeps have been funny lately. the wired remote is ridiculous. another great post on the heels of the vista commercial.
Nov 01, 2007 07:59 am A wired remote. Now that's gotta be the best one.
Nov 01, 2007 08:02 am hahaha, my old BetaMax had one of those.
Nov 01, 2007 08:40 am I have an old 1984 Magnavox VCR with a wired remote. And it still works.
Not the VCR. Just the remote.
Nov 01, 2007 08:27 pm lazy *** nation:
www.vanityfair.com/cultur...0?currentPage=1
"The gold standard of dubious laborsaving devices is the Clapper, from Joseph Enterprises, in San Francisco. Since 1982, Clapper owners have been able to control their lights and appliances with a syncopated double clap of the hands. This fall, the company is launching the Clapper Plus. With its wireless remote, the new Clapper is a Clapper for people who can't even be bothered to clap. In its review of the product, even the technophilic Web site Gizmodo.com was moved to remark, "WTF?"
I had the exact same question, so I called up Clapper Plus inventor Mark Grossmeyer of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, and asked him what was on his mind. "I was in bed one night," he tells me, "and I was thinking, Why aren't I using the Clapper in my house? And I was thinking, Well, my wife's sleeping next to me. If I start clapping right now to turn off my light, she'd probably hit me. So I basically said maybe it would be nice to have a remote switch. You push the button and it'll work from inside or outside your house. You can also clap if you're not by your remote at the time."
The remote comes with double-stick tape, so that you can attach it to a wall. Sort of like … well, a light switch, which would make the Clapper Plus redundant, wouldn't you say?
Nov 02, 2007 04:06 pm You actually called him? Thats funny as hell if he really said that.
But ya, the clapper is a national institution. Were would all those old folks that forget to turn off the light before they go to bed be without that thing.
Nov 02, 2007 04:13 pm me? no--
all of that stuff above is pasted from the article, which is about all sorts of stupid american inventions and time saving devices if i remember correctly. (i read it last mmonth)
Nov 02, 2007 06:21 pm i bought my sister a clapper as a gag gift some years ago. clappers are dope.
Nov 03, 2007 04:05 am i'd get one and wire the whole studio to it! walk in, flip the light on, and clap...up and running!
Nov 03, 2007 12:05 pm Years ago, I had the idea to plug our guitarist's amp into a Clapper just to mess with him. Never did it, but it woulda been hilarious.
<Applause> on-off-on-off...
Nov 03, 2007 04:48 pm Quote:
i'd get one and wire the whole studio to it! walk in, flip the light on, and clap...up and running!
and two snare hits and for a quick and unexpected power down!
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