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Phone Plus Sensory Deprivation Equals...
Solo-Malee writes "The BBC has an article about a new phone technology that isolates the user from all other sensory input. This in theory means the user is not distracted by other things occurring in their immediate surroundings. If these catch on, it looks like getting a Jacuzzi for the office could be easier than you might expect."
You don't want to be driving while using this phone...
Platform independent bug tracking software
Why should the driver be bothered by my horn, or the wrecked bus of burning nuns?
Phone Plus Sensory Deprivation Equals...
MY JOB.
Looks a lot like the "Cone of Silence" from Get Smart. Bet it works just as well. :)
From the story.
That is, you can't smell anything else if the swimming pool isn't chlorinated.
Hmmm. No, I guess that wouldn't actually help much either
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This sounds like a bad idea ... It's annoying enough talking listening to people on the phone when I can distract myself by doing other things. Imagine if I cound't read Slashdot while users where telling me their life stories? How tedious would that be?! ;-)
The idea that people would actively get into
... noone calls me. And I go to no
a swimming pool and put on a helmet to answer
a work phone call. The mental image... is
quite worrying in some cases.
Though I find the best thing about working from
home is that people dont have my phone number
here, so
meetings. Magical.
HELLO? I'M IN THE POOL!
On the plus side, it'll be easier to drown them...
I bet some fool will get it for his car...
"Yeah, officer, I was driving down the highway at 65mph when my phone rang. I have no idea how I ended up in this field! And why is the front of my car all covered in blood?"
There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
most of us won't be able to afford it.
-- Lemmy
Meanwhile, you interrupted my chicken salad sandwich.
I eat ham & cheese and this never happens to me. Maybe you should try switching sandwiches.
Yeah I am sure these will catch on. Not only that it should be a big boost to the pool industry. Don't worry about the fact that in many areas you will only be able to use your phone during the summer months. Hmmm, I can just see it now... "well, I am not going to call my mother/sister/brother during the winter, because I know she/she/he will not be paying attention to me.
Just some random thoughts:
Everytime I get in the pool I always have to pee, which would be a distraction in itself.
Other people would probably be swiming in the pool, there is nothing more irritating to me then someone splashing me while I am in the pool.
Do you have to sit in the pool all day waiting for a call, or do you answer a call and ask the person to hold while you put your bathing suit on.
What if there is an electrical storm while you are on the phone? You would not know and could die.
Do you think the ring tone should be the theme to Jaws?
10 PRINT "Hi, your number was on my caller ID."
20 PRINT "Yeah, I was calling because your number was on my caller ID."
30 PRINT "Oh."
40 PRINT "Yeah."
50 PRINT "So..."
60 PRINT "Yeah."
70 GOTO 50
My solution is to have two cell phones. I use one to call the other. That way I'm not the "big bad person calling." I know when I call myself i don't mind being called at that particular moment. Likewise, when my phone rings, it's conveniently always at a time I'm ready to answer. Then when I'm walking down the street or on the train or in an elevator I can conspicuiously talk about what important shit I'm working on or how cool I am.
The added bonus is I have a cell phone in each hand over each ear. I'm a total badass and this lets people know it! BTW, I tried this with those handsfree one-ear headsets. Unfortunately people just thought I was listening to an iPod and talking to myself. "I'm a badass, I'm not crazy," I would have to tell them. It got to be a pain.
"When it rains, it pours." --Morton's Salt