Techno ghosts!
I have reason to belive I am technologically haunted, so to speak. This happened all in one day by the way:

1) I'm watching TV in my room, it turns off for no apparent reason. The remote is 3 ft away from me. Puzzled more than freaked.

2) Later on, I'm sitting at my main computer. My laptop is a few feet away from me, on the dining table. Suddenly MSN disconnects. That sometimes happens, so I ignore it. Then the big one. My laptop turns itself on. From around 4-5 feet away. And it's closed. And unplugged. By now I'm thinking "what the fuck?!.

3) Just to rub salt in the wound, my Freeview box (yeah I'm cheap so what) kept losing most channels. Even though the reception showed up as almost perfect.

There may have been more, I cannot remember as it was more than a week ago.

So there's my story.
(TMAce needs to enter another image challenge sometime, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 13:39, 4 replies)

Your laptop
isn't a Mac by any chance?

My Mac pro turns itself on at 00:00 GMT every night. It's a bug related to Elgato's EyeTV software.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 13:41, closed)

They should make a TV programme of this...
"When highly complex electronics go bad..."

Really, it's only interesting if these devices turn themselves on with no battery or mains power.
(JohabMorelli is spenging merrily away, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 14:33, closed)

Yeah,
Still kinda creepy though! It was obviously your mind power doing it, TMAce :D
(ShortPurple is still trying to think of a decent board sig on, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 17:26, closed)

laptop
I have an acer laptop. If i turn it off properly, there is no problem, but if I just close the lid so it hibernates or if i put it on standby, then it randomly turns itself back on at odd times.
(dave likes cheese, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 8:52, closed)