Due to a weird pricing situation it made sense at the time to sign up for cable tv when we got internet at the house. I must say, this is the first time I have had cable in my life, and it is quite an odd experience. I grew accustomed to controlling my media, movies were at my whim, and I could pee whenever I felt the need. Now, when I make the talking box be quiet it keeps right on talking without me and I miss stuff. Very strange.
I know some of you might say that I could get a TiVo or some such device and fix that problem, as well as the commercial interruption situation, but that seems like a bit of a strange solution. One piece of technology made my life more complicated, so I’ll add another layer of technology to sort that out. I don’t like it. Where will it end? Will I soon need a special timer to tell me when to turn on the Tivo and watch my saved programs because my hard drive is full and it’s going to start deleting stuff? Why don’t I just watch things on disc, like I used to and be done with the whole bloody mess.
Well, I’m stuck with the talking box for about another 9 months, when the promotional period ends it goes away and order is restored to the universe.
Tune in tomorrow for adventures about town with me and Mrs. Pyro.
Amanda | 27-Aug-07 at 4:20 pm | Permalink
Reminds me of this bit from Carlin:
Originally, humans were cold so they built a warm enclosure. A house. Everything was fine until they realized that inside the warm enclosure, the meat tended to spoil. So they built a cold enclosure- a refrigerator- inside the warm enclosure. Then everything was fine until they realized that the butter got to hard to spread. So they built an even ]smaller warm enclosure - a butter warmer - inside the cold enclosure, which is already inside the larger warm enclosure. Strange