Monday, May 01, 2006

My Tivo Thinks I'm Gay

My team at work has recently received a Tivo for evaluation. One of the features of the Tivo is 'profiling' where it extrapolates your viewing history and automatically records show it predicts you will like. Playing with the Tivo the other day, I noticed that it had recorded and suggested several gay shows in it's menu. First thing that came to mind was this is strange but it could be that someone in my group is gay and I just don't know it... not that there is anything wrong with that. However, after doing a simple search on Google, I found out that this problem is quite common and there are numerous articles on what to do if your Tivo thinks your gay. (BTW: no one on my team is gay.) I would say the most embarrasing part of having your Tivo think your gay is when you show other groups at work the features of the Tivo. Unaware of the Tivo problem, they often give you strange looks as they see a list of gay programming that one has to see to appreciate. The only solution I can think of to fix this problem is to record lots and lots of heterosexual porn. However, since that is not appropriate for work, this problem will probably be around for some time.

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