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From: mwm@VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike  Meyer, I'll think of something yet)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Electronic media
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Date: 23 May 89 19:46:47 GMT
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>> The trick would be getting it to listen to you, rather than the
>> people on TV.  Accidental stuff would be bad enough, but imagine
>> what happens when commercials start instructing your set to turn
>> up the volume!

From Gallagher:

TV is stupid. Just watch it sometime, and see. It's got a brightness
knob, but it doesn't work. No matter how high I turn it, the stuff on
the TV stays stupid.

	<mike