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Raise a glass for a legend
« on: February 16, 2007, 08:00:20 PM » |
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Co-inventor of the TV remote control in 1956 has passed away at age 93. Robert Adler had more than 180 patents. R.I.P. http://www.cnn.com/2007/U...ote.control.ap/index.html"People ask me all the time -- 'Don't you feel guilty for it?' And I say that's ridiculous," he said. "It seems reasonable and rational to control the TV from where you normally sit and watch television."
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Uisce Beatha
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Re: Raise a glass for a legend
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2007, 08:09:15 PM » |
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Yeah, the TV remote pretty much kicks arse. Alexander Fleming was pretty cool but I have to give Adler the nod.
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Re: Raise a glass for a legend
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2007, 08:11:11 PM » |
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hail and kill, real man of genius
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Uisce Beatha
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Re: Raise a glass for a legend
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2007, 08:13:57 PM » |
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hail and kill, real man of genius
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"If you're darker than a caramel, Reverend Al speaks for you." - Aasif Mandvi
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stroh
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Re: Raise a glass for a legend
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2007, 05:28:53 AM » |
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I'm too lazy to raise a glass.
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stegerman
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Re: Raise a glass for a legend
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2007, 05:59:47 AM » |
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He wasn't a half bad psychological theorist either.
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Re: Raise a glass for a legend
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2007, 10:48:19 AM » |
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I'm too lazy to raise a glass.
They need to make a remote for that. Course you'd spend half your life changing batteries...  |
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stroh
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Re: Raise a glass for a legend
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2007, 10:54:59 AM » |
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I'm too lazy to raise a glass.
They need to make a remote for that. Course you'd spend half your life changing batteries... LOL  And so it begins...... Karma +1  |
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Re: Raise a glass for a legend
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2007, 01:10:11 PM » |
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I'm too lazy to raise a glass.
They need to make a remote for that. Course you'd spend half your life changing batteries... jeff bridges, is that you? |
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stroh
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Re: Raise a glass for a legend
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2007, 01:51:13 PM » |
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I'm too lazy to raise a glass.
They need to make a remote for that. Course you'd spend half your life changing batteries... jeff bridges, is that you? No. Arthur. |
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Re: Raise a glass for a legend
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2007, 11:21:03 AM » |
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Robert Adler had more than 180 patents.
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