Pentium100

Game controllers use bluetooth, TV remotes use infrared. Bluetooth is radio waves, it can go a limited distance, but can go through some obstacles. IR needs line of sight. Howver, IR uses way less power than bluetooth, can go a longer distance and the line-of-sight requirement can be a good thing. For example, if you have multiple TVs in different rooms (or even the same room) made by the same manufacturer. Yes, you could pair the remote with the TV, but that would create a new problem - you wouldn't be able to use the same remote on different TVs. I have two AC units, both are made by the same manufacturer, so both respond to the same remote. However, while the remote is IR, the sensitivity is ridiculous - I can be pointing the remote away from the AC and it would still respond. Most of the time I only use one of the units, keeping the other off by turning off the circuit braker. Sometimes I need both of them on. When both are on it is really had to adjust only one of them without having the other one react. I need to put my hand on a specific spot on the unit I do not want to react (yeah, I need to cover the IR sensor, but it is not visible from outside, so usually it's just trial and error). My LG plasma TV has a remote that works using radio waves (I think) and while I can use it while it's still in my pocket, it drains the batteries much faster than the IR remotes.

Maybe a year ago, someone said I should try the bing bot in Skype, so I did ask it a few questions, that was it. When I search something on Google, it also gives me "AI result" that's usually nonsense, so I don't really pay attention to it.

A knockoff NES. It looked similar to this: But it was not this, I do not remember what the model was, but I remember that it had some numbers. Also, the controllers did not have the red buttons, though IIRC the controllers themselves were red. I only had a few cartridges, of the type "9999 in 1" where it pretends to have thousands of games, but they are modifications of a few real games. I played with it, but IIRC I preferred the PC when my parents finally bought one. It was fun using the two antennas that came with it to have a wireless connection to the TV and to turn on a TV in a different room and see the game.

Alicorn, if that's not possible then unicorn. Magic seems cool and can compensate for lack of hands.

I hate this as well, in fact I use a lot of old stuff. However, I can also understand the ISP. If they are upgrading the system to something incompatible, they cannot just leave you on the old one. If they wanted to, they would probably not only have to keep the old system online, but also keep your whole apartment building (or neighborhood) on the old system and some of your neighbors may want the faster speeds. Also, it sounds like the equipment is considered property of the ISP, so you don't have to pay for the upgrade anyway. I am more annoyed by various forced upgrades of things that do not force others to comply. The government would very much like me to get a newr car, even though my current car can use the exact same roads and exact same fuel as the newer ones. It's not like they have to maintain special roads or provide special fuel just for me. Other customers demanding higher speeds (just because you don't need a faster connection does not mean that nobody wants it) or the aggregte capacity (your and your neighbors use combined) was not enough anymore because of increated usage, more customers or both.

When I was a kid, we had a VHS player (not a recorder) and some tapes, some movies and some cartoons, though they were pirated copies and not factory made. They all were in Russian (the Western ones had Russian voiceovers) and I do not understand Russian, though for something like Nu Pgodi or Tom & Jerry it did not matter as there is very little talking in those cartoons. Later I got a TV tuner card for my PC, but had reliability issues where the recording would get corrupted or randomly stop or some other problem, so I bought a VHS VCR in 2006 or 2007 and started using it - video quality was somewhat lower, but it was way more reliable. Now I have multiple VCRs and still record VHS or SVHS tapes from time to time. Most of the tapes I have I recorded myself from TV and most of those are various concerts or music TV shows. A year ago I bought some tapes about steam locomotives and trains in general. While I am not using my VCRs as much as before, that is more due to the fact that I have a way to record/download from IPTV, so now I use a VCR to record from a channel I cannot get the other way or as a backup. If the provider ever stops me from doing it, I'll go back to using the VCRs more. My tape collection is not that big though, only a bit over 100.