Timeshifting: Cram More Into Life 432
jimharris writes "The VCR started it - and then the DVR improved it, so now I want to apply the concept of timeshifting in other ways. I've always wanted an audio cassette player that worked like a VCR so I could listen to more radio talk shows. This morning's NY Times stirred my interest with After TiVo, Radio Rewound about a MP3 device that does just that. Better yet, is Replay Radio - software that is more flexible and you can download the results to a portable player.
I already use Audible.com to squeeze in more books in my life, by listening, rather than reading. I've completed 8 unabridged books in two months just by carrying around my Otis player when I get dressed in the morning, driving to and from work, doing housework, or when I exercise.
Now I'm wondering how I can timeshift even more."
I hope this trend doesn't continue... (Score:3, Funny)
forget timeshift. (Score:2, Funny)
Just figure out how to live forever and this will not be and issue.
I wanna watch... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I hope this trend doesn't continue... (Score:5, Funny)
I know... it might actually last longer than a minute, *gasp*
Personally... (Score:5, Funny)
More Yuck (Score:4, Funny)
There is something very, very wrong about this.
Re:College students: timeshifting lectures (Score:5, Funny)
Whoa. Tell me how you plan to do that! I have a test coming up I could use some advance info on...
Simple: (Score:5, Funny)
Step 2:: Invent Flux Capacitor.
Step 3: Timeshift.
One word (Score:5, Funny)
Once you get rid of that annoying sleep habit, you find the possibilities are limitless. I finished the entire "A la recherche du temps perdu" in 18 hours in the original and I don't even speak French. I think. Except for these damn spiders crawling up my arms, this is great. Just great!
Re:Oh boy (Score:5, Funny)
Yep. Glad to see you're avoiding this profound philosophical problem by keeping yourself busy posting about it on Slashdot...
Cheers,
Ian
Re:College students: timeshifting lectures (Score:3, Funny)
Eventually the lecturer came to the lecture, left his dictaphone on play and came back later to pick that up.
Re:Me - cynical? (Score:5, Funny)
No. It isn't disguised.
Re:One word (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Tivo2 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Damn, Unplug and take a walk (Score:5, Funny)
I think what you are looking for is the power switch.
Timeshifting dinner (Score:5, Funny)
Reply Scheduled (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Oh boy (Score:3, Funny)
Bartender, I'll have what he's having.
OB: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Score:0, Funny)
Dirk reacted to this revelation with horror.
"You have a time machine and you use it for
Re:Other ways to timeshift (not just audio) (Score:5, Funny)
This phrase doesn't belong within a mile of a topic about saving time. Ever.
Re:why timeshift? (Score:1, Funny)
Drugs will let you Cram More into Life (Score:1, Funny)
Of course I'm of the rather backward opinion that cramming more into life has to do with how much you can do or give rather then absorb. By spending every waking moment reading/listening/watching new things, you lose the ability to effectively create new things yourself.
Re:Damn, Unplug and take a walk (Score:5, Funny)
isnt going to the park one of the advantages of having a laptop?
Re:Time compression (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, do this. Speed everything up, chew less and swallow more. When someone is talking, encourage them to talk faster by making a fast winding motion with your hands. Leave cinemas as soon as the first credit appears (and slip the projectionist a sawski to crank the handle faster).
Actually, someone made a nice speed-reading version of Cory Doctorow's Creative Commons-released novel, Eastern Standard Tribe [craphound.com]. The speedreader applet, with adjustable speed, is here. [smith.name] You could use this to gauge your aptitude for the compressed life - and your limits. It's surprising how fast you can comprehend, although at higher speeds you're a bit like a rocket-powered train that's easily derailed...
Re:Oh boy (Score:1, Funny)
Depressed? Hell. Here's a particularly sick and depraved way to enjoy life: prolong your life as long as possible, run it out to the max, don't smoke or drink, screw prostitutes or shoot dope -- that might make it too easy, too quick. Naw, go for the ultimate slow dive, it's better than a grenade in the headrest I mean your friends can film this long cruel process WITH IMPUNITY and what's more it's COMPLETELY UNSTOPPABLE. Historically this method has had a 100% success rate so you never feel embarassed or stupid hanging out with your arms taped up. Best part is the moralizing buttheads cant stop you.
Life is pointless,
Death is pointless,
only SPAM has meaning.
Re:Time compression (Score:5, Funny)
Until you concider that not watching it would have saved you, an additional 22 hours.
Re:Other ways to timeshift (not just audio) (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Tivo2 (Score:5, Funny)
Does that mean "can't" can be changed to "kill?"
Re:Alvin Toffler: Future Shock (Score:3, Funny)
Time shifting your whole life? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Time compression (Score:5, Funny)
He'srightitworksfortexttoo!!! LookatthebandwidthIsaved!
Next... (Score:2, Funny)
Next you will be asking what to do about all of the information overload that you got yourself into...
Re:Other ways to timeshift (not just audio) (Score:2, Funny)
You are one early riser.
Re:Other ways to timeshift (not just audio) (Score:3, Funny)