---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote :
I've been thinking about creating a TV series or movie called "10 AC". AC stands for "After Computers". Being the arts/tech field I've been watching the trends and the research. The series would be about society 10 years after an EMP blast from the Sun renders most electronic useless. Not an original idea by any means but it would still be a functioning society just people are happy to not be "connected" so much. Two films that explore this are "Rover" where you see the technology but it no longer works and "Automata" where there is limited technology like no cellphones but pagers. Sometimes I wonder about EMPs though because I recall helping my dad install insulation back in the 1960s and it was fiberglass with foil lining. When I drilled a hole through the wall in this 60's vintage house it had some foil particles. So the whole house might be one big Faraday cage. And that would also explain why my phone signal is weak in the house and 4 bars outside. I should explain that the BD players were Ethernet only and I've long had a CAT 5 cable going into the living room. Chromecasts are wifi only. The technology race is because people need to find something that makes money. Leads to all kinds of crazy things. But it was kinda fun to hangout at Google a week ago. There was a row of Chevy Spark vehicles parked right behind where I parked. Speaking of EMP, how about that blast in the Ukraine the other day? People are reporting their electronics were knocked out. Seems we're waiting for the other shoe to drop. I've got a Hi-Fi amp that uses valves made in Russia in the cold war. They were specially designed to resist EMP's! So at least I'll have music, except the CD player won't work.... I didn't hear about any EMP in Ukraine, sounds sinister but maybe the least of their worries if Uncle Sam arm's the government against Putin's rebels. Another big threat to our electrical is solar flares. they can be powerful enough to wreck satellites and computers on Earth. We haven't had a really big flare up since we started relying on electricity, I think there was one that knocked out the telegraph system 1890 or thereabouts. Think of the chaos of the stock market went down! But at least we'd know it was coming these days. On 02/11/2015 09:45 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> mailto:noozguru@... wrote : This is why I bought a "dumb TV". First off, I figured the apps on a Smart TV would be updated for about 2 years and then they'd stop updating them. That's what they do with BD players. I have a Chromecast though I haven't used it in a while because the U-Verse gateway wifi is too weak to get a strong signal to it so it can lose the connection. But I have an access point coming today and some found it powerful enough to just turn off the wifi on the U-Verse gateway and use it to cover the house. Back in December my Sony S480 BD player started crashing so I ordered up an Sony S1200. Both players were free from "rewards." The S1200 has the latest apps on it. Secondly, apps add about $200 to a TV. The dumb TV was a blow-out or loss leader at the local electronics candy store but is a damn good set for the price. I've never felt the need for "apps" on a TV, or on a phone come to think of it. I've got a really dumb TV and plug a Panasonic PVR in to watch stuff. The old ways suit me, too much technology these days. It's like they do things because they can not because it's a good idea. Or maybe some people love and expect this stuff? On 02/11/2015 09:11 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> mailto:noozguru@... wrote : Guess what else those Samsung Smart TVs are doing? Playing ads during the movies you own while watching. Guess who created the service? Most of you are looking at them right now: Yahoo. They insert ads into movies!!!! If I'd bought one of them it'd be on the dump by now... ..actually we'd be back at the shop getting a refund. http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/11/8017771/samsung-smart-tvs-inserting-unwanted-ads http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/11/8017771/samsung-smart-tvs-inserting-unwanted-ads On 02/10/2015 10:06 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... mailto:turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: This was the subject of some paranoid teeth-gnashing on another forum, which made me kinda laugh and ask what made the people worried about being overheard by their own TV think THEY were important enough that anyone wanted to hear what they said. No answer. :-) From: "s3raphita@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 1:53 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] What are you saying? Your Samsung TV might be listening! http://rt.com/uk/230699-samsung-tv-listens-privacy/ http://rt.com/uk/230699-samsung-tv-listens-privacy/
