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Lockdown
The coming war on general-purpose computing
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My son handed me down a computer that is connected to the TV to watch programs on the hard drive and available over the internet. I am currently using Boxee that goes to various places on the internet to get stuff you either pay for or that has adds.
The computer is old but has a plug in that allows wireless connection to the internet. It came with a clicker that operates the computer and thus the programming. It is clunky and I can’t make it work well.
Last night i learned that the solution to the problem was by my side........ my I Phone. The I Phone has an Ap, actually many, that permit me to sit on the couch and operate the computer across the room to make it serve up the program or movie I want to watch.
As best I can tell we now have a convergence of many technologies. The I phone is in reality a computer tht is a radio that can transmit instructions governed by the Ap software to another wireless connected computer that provides the signal and thus the content to the TV.
It’s is almost beyond my cpacity