Geeks with a remote

[shadowpr]

This was in the latest news letter, but I just felt the need to share with those that didn't catch it.

http://gizmodo.com/343348/confessions-the-meanest-thing-gizmodo-did-at-ces

It's so wrong, but so funny.

[HAL9000]

Sure, funny once, but now every dork on the internet has seen this and will attempt the same thing all over the place.

[Panama Red]

I fail to see the humor in disrupting someone else's livelihood. That's right up there with spamming and hacking someone else's pc. I hope the show labels these guys as persona-non-grata next year and they aren't allowed in the door. They can do their reporting from outside on the sidewalk.

[HAL9000]

Now that I agree with.

[doubledragon5]

I agree that was soooooo not right...

[Petef56]

For anyone wanting to understand the technology behind this prank, see the llink below.
http://www.tvbgone.com/cfe_tvbg_main.php

I would think that the person who performed this prank could be sued
for damages quite easily. I image it costs thousands of dollars to rent a
CES booth which can be translated to to a dollar figure per minute which
could be used as a basis for a minimal monetary damages, not to mention
lost potential for new business.

Very foolish to play this prank and extremely foolish to
make a video of it admitting they did it.

---pete---