The bit in the early Tom Holt book about Ceefax (were you around for Ceefax?) which revealed that the secret was to press a random number while thinking really hard of the page you really wanted, or alternately throw it against the floor or a wall, always seemed the only possible explanation for what actually happened.
(There was a page counter in the top corner, and so you could be on page 100 and type in “400” and it would cheerfully cycle right past 400 without stopping on it, eventually arriving there by entirely mysterious means. It was one of the most infuriating bits of tech, and I never *did* find out what it was actually doing / trying to do.)
I knew OF Ceefax, but my parents didn't have a TV when I was growing up. (And still don't.)
My father is a civil engineer & works with computers, but I was never interested in learning beyond what I needed. Partly because a lot of it was weird and illogical...
I agree with Mummy: that is a ridiculous amount of remotes. Why do they have both a Firestick AND Apple TV??? And a PS4 is most certainly for girls as well. :PPP
I agree with Mummy: that is a ridiculous amount of remotes. Why do they have both a Firestick AND Apple TV??? We have the regular TV (which doesn't work very well, EXTREMELY glitchy), Now TV (which is rather good, but has its own remote etc - it has BBC, ITV, Channel 4 + all the catch ups for those) and a Wii (through which we can also access iPlayer as well as Netflix, or just watch youtube if needed). So that's three remotes. Plus the DVD remote of course. There is no such thing as 'just' watching TV...
And a PS4 is most certainly for girls as well. :PPP In Mummy's case, probably not. Although I think the Girl Child definitely likes it. But then she can probably operate it too.
I have three remotes as well, I suppose. The TV remote, the Virgin TiVO remote (records TV, has all the catch ups, plus IPlayer, Netflix and YouTube) and the DVD/Blu-Ray remote. However, now I've tuned the Virgin remote to the TV, the TV remote is kept by the TV purely to switch between the TV and the DVD/Blu-Ray player. Similarly, the DVD/Blu-Ray remote is kept on top of the player unless I'm watching a DVD/Blu-Ray so basically I only use the Virgin remote. Simplifies things.
In Mummy's case, probably not. Although I think the Girl Child definitely likes it. But then she can probably operate it too.
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(There was a page counter in the top corner, and so you could be on page 100 and type in “400” and it would cheerfully cycle right past 400 without stopping on it, eventually arriving there by entirely mysterious means. It was one of the most infuriating bits of tech, and I never *did* find out what it was actually doing / trying to do.)
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My father is a civil engineer & works with computers, but I was never interested in learning beyond what I needed. Partly because a lot of it was weird and illogical...
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We have the regular TV (which doesn't work very well, EXTREMELY glitchy), Now TV (which is rather good, but has its own remote etc - it has BBC, ITV, Channel 4 + all the catch ups for those) and a Wii (through which we can also access iPlayer as well as Netflix, or just watch youtube if needed). So that's three remotes. Plus the DVD remote of course. There is no such thing as 'just' watching TV...
And a PS4 is most certainly for girls as well. :PPP
In Mummy's case, probably not. Although I think the Girl Child definitely likes it. But then she can probably operate it too.
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In Mummy's case, probably not. Although I think the Girl Child definitely likes it. But then she can probably operate it too.
Haha true.
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But then they get lost and NOTHING works.