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So, I was waiting for a movie with my girlfriend. We had about an hour to kill before the thing started, and she was getting bored with my witty banter, so I whipped out my visor and tried to lay some tetris on her. I started a game, and handed my device to my girl. She said "I can't play it, it's going too fast."

Now, she rules at Tetris, so I knew something was up. I took the machine back, started a new game and it was working fine. Normal speed. I handed it too her, and watched the screen. The second she had the machine the blocks started zooming down the screen.

I figured, she's holding it by the down button, right? Pushing the down button and holding it as she takes the Visor from me. She assured me this was not the case, and we traded the machine back and forth a couple of times, it going normal speed for me, and really fast for her.

Finally, I said, "Ok, just hold you hand out flat." I put the device on her palm, and watched, amazed, as the blocks sped up to about 3 times speed.

We're sitting at a round table. I'm facing East. She's facing South. When I hand her the device, its orientation changes from pointing East to South. Could this be the problem?

Holding my palm flat, with the Visor on top of it, I turned it from East to South back and forth a couple of times. Facing East, normal speed. Facing South, Turbo Speed. Every time.

Since then, I have tried changing the orientation of the device while running Tetris. At the movies was the only place it did this. The theatres themselves were north of us. So, when I had the device, facing East, the IR port was pointed at them. Electrical field?

Anybody experienced anything like this?

Winkle

You'd better call Mulder and Scully. Maybe Assistant Director Skinner will release them to investigate for you. :-)

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Joe V. - Simi Valley, CA

See, I thought maybe paranormal forces were at play.

;-)

Could it be that she was 'charged' in some way? Maybe walking across the carpet 'charged' her?!?

If it ever happens again, try it with the BOTH of you touching it.

Just a guess.

../mk

I've seen my Visor go into turbo but usually it stays there until I soft reset. The only downside seems to be that games become unplayable...especially Neko who fairly appears where ever one taps without running at all.

I recommend you immediately perform an exorcism on the Visor. Sounds like trouble.

Cheers,
-Tears in Rain


[This message has been edited by Tears in Rain (edited 12-06-1999).]

Turn it on and run it under a gushing stream of lukewarm water, that should slow it down. :-)

P.S. Be sure to soak the buttons and the inside of the springboard slot really good, this will distribute the medication more evenly....

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Joe V. - Simi Valley, CA


[This message has been edited by Joe V (edited 12-06-1999).]

The only thing I can think of is that maybe the theater had something that the Ir port was receiving when your GF had the Visor.

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James Hromadka
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Alot of you will probably think I'm nuts, but it's possible that your GF has a stronger-than-average magnetic field which is causing this. Does it happen even when you're NOT in the theater?

For the record, I've met a couple people who couldn't handle floppy disks without scrambling them because their own fields were so strong.

My boyfriend can't wear a digital watch. The batteries drain within a couple of days. Weird.

Dave.

which movie were you going to see?

did she eat eggs for breakfast that day?

hmm can't think of anything else that would cause that??

Hey Theo: Is that why I get data corruptions galore on floppy disks? And I thought I just bought the biggest POS on the market.

BizEchilD:
It may well be the reason. (or you may just have a bad source of floppy disks)