Chaos Theory

Something horrible happened to me the other day.  The batteries for my Logitech Harmony 670 remote died and we were out of spares.  Trying to switch from the TV to the Xbox and back actually required my ass off the couch, a handful of remotes, and an Xbox controller…like in the cave man days.  Oh the humanity!

If you’ve never had the pleasure of a Harmony remote, then the above will sound like an over reaction.  If you have used one, you understand fully.  If you have one, but it’s a newer model with a recharging station, I hate you.

For the unknowing.  Imagine all 40 remotes in your house combined into one.  Imagine this one remote was intelligent enough to properly turn on all of your devices for any given activity and have them set to the appropriate inputs automatically.  Imagine you buy a new device, but you don’t have to worry about trying out various codes because the software which configures this remote has access to an always updated database of devices.

Now imagine an army of these “super remotes” and cringe in fear, while I for one welcome our new Remote Control Overlords.