23-05-2012, 09:37
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RIP Eugene Polley
Couch potato's across the world will be in mourning as the inventor of the TV remote control passes away
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18164200
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23-05-2012, 09:46
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
He's switched to the other side.
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23-05-2012, 09:55
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
He's not passed away, he just fell behind the sofa cushion.
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23-05-2012, 10:08
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
amazing invention.
flash-matic first used sonic before infrared technology.
He changed peoples lives some would say for the worse it made us lazy to change tv.
just read wikki worked on radar in us during the war. worked on car radio and video disks too.
RIP Eugene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Polley
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23-05-2012, 10:38
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
When I was at school in the late seventies/early eighties there was a TV that you could change the channel by rattling a piece of chain!
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23-05-2012, 10:46
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
He isn't dead. His batteries need replacing..... 
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23-05-2012, 12:33
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
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Nah, just take them out, rub them between your hands and then put them back in. Then press the buttons really hard.
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23-05-2012, 21:05
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
Always gets me about people who invented stuff. surely if they didn't invent it. then someone will have invented it anyway.
take the mobile phone. I'm sure someone would think we need a phone that we can carry around. I'll invent one.
take the motor vehicle too.
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23-05-2012, 21:11
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
RIP Eugene.
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23-05-2012, 21:17
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
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Originally Posted by Rob
Couch potato's across the world will be in mourning as the inventor of the TV remote control passes away
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only if they happen to flick onto the right channel at the right time to find out...
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23-05-2012, 22:48
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
I posted this some time ago on Twitter. It seems appropriate
http://twitpic.com/2z7w57
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24-05-2012, 08:45
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
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I posted this some time ago on Twitter. It seems appropriate |
I don't get it.
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24-05-2012, 17:16
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
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Originally Posted by Lew
Nah, just take them out, rub them between your hands and then put them back in. Then press the buttons really hard.
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" Nah, just take them out, rub them between your hands and then put them back in"
I do hope that you`re not suggesting that someone does that to him mate.! 
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24-05-2012, 17:33
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
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I don't get it.
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It's a HUGE remote control. What's not to get? 
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25-05-2012, 08:19
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Re: RIP Eugene Polley
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It's a HUGE remote control. What's not to get? |
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Just think, with new emerging technology, how small this will be in a few years time
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That bit.
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