[mythtv-users] DPMS and televisions; some useful ideas and a
question
Mark L. Cukier
mark at pemicro.com
Tue Mar 8 19:12:07 UTC 2005
Isn't this topic better suited to the child-rearing list? :-) I find 300
on-topic messages per day is enough for me....
- Mark
Brian J. Murrell wrote:
>On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 12:01 -0700, Shawn Willden wrote:
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>>I responded privately to this in some detail. Publicly I'll just say
>>that while this suggestion is good in theory, and certainly something we
>>attempt to do, anyone who has raised a few children understands that
>>teaching them responsibility is a long, arduous process, and that
>>they'll fail at it innumerable times along the way.
>>
>>
>
>You don't need to tell me and my children that. :-) But you have to
>attempt at every possible chance. Consistency is the secret. Teaching
>them responsibility only some of the time only confuses them.
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>>I prefer not to have my new TV a casualty of their failures,
>>
>>
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>Fair enough, but it's also inconsistent to let them fall back on "well
>it will turn itself off in a few minutes".
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>b.
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