So I’m deep into writing and revising a chapter in an MS that was requested. I’ve been stressing over it and putting in a lot of time. I brought my laptop out and was sitting on the end of the sofa, madly plucking away at it. Suddenly, my computer shuts off. Now, not only did I have full battery life, I was plugged into the wall!
Something is fishy.
I pull it back up and, having never had that happen to me before, I look through to assure I didn’t have "shut off" selected for power saving or some strange thing like that.
Nope. Nothing.
I begin working again. Suddenly, text moves to lower lines. ALL BY ITSELF.
Clearly, my laptop is haunted, right?
I get ticked and begin to curse any and all spirits who might be present. I fix the text and start again. Suddenly, my cursor begins moving at a rapid rate, scrolling through the text like someone is hitting the right arrow key when no one is there and no, nothing is stuck in the keyboard.
Yep. Haunted by spirits who are now super pissed that I cursed them, right?
Then, my computer shuts off again.
I shit you not.
I glance at my husband who is at the other end of a thirty-two foot long room, holding a remote, training it to control his XBOX 360 menu for the Netflix viewing things they only just added.
Yep. You guessed it.
Every time he hits the power button, he shuts off my computer. When he would scroll through the options on the menu, he’d make my cursor move.
Apparently, windows (on my multimedia PCs) recognizes the 360 when its on and my laptop and desktop PCs have remotes for multi media ease. This universal remote when used for the XBOX 360 operates on same frequency. (He went in and tested it on my desktop too) Keep in mind, doesn’t do a thing to my macs.
I figure the case is closed. The remote won’t be used and that he’ll just use the xbox controller like he always has (doesn’t bother my computers).
Hubby stands there and tells me "well, when you’re not in the room I can use this."
DUDE, my office is down here too. Its 3 feet from where he was sitting and using the remote to start with. If he can mess with my computer when I’m thirty feet from him, what does he think 3 feet is going to do?
Then, he suggests I find a way to shut off my computers ability to read/recognize the remote on the off chance (get ready) someone be walking by with a universal remote, programmed to control the menu on the XBOX 360.
Uh, yes. A scenario I see happening often– oy.
Then, he tells me again to find a way to override my computers from sensing it. I, of course, make a few suggestions of my own. I’ll randomly select one winner of a PDF download of Ambient Light out of those who make guesses as to what my suggestions were.
