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Cell Phone Is The Most Hated Invention
Romeo Elias Cabrera writes "The most hated invention in America -although also one of the most used- is the cell phone, according a
recent survey. The Lemelson-MIT Invention Index, an annual survey by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found that among adults asked what invention they hate most but can't live without, 30 percent said the cell phone."
Cell Phone Is The Most Hated Invention
My, how short our collective memories are. Have we already forgotten about astroturf? How about the rubber-chicken-with-the-pully-in-the-middle? Michael Jackson's nose? Umkay?
A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
Second on the list: "Marriage"
I was going to put a sig here, but I had already submitted the message.
What other invention can disrupt virtually any event, almost always at the worst time? (Besides CmdrTaco bringing out nude Natalie Portman pictures...)
Speaking of which, I welcome our new Annoying Cellphone Overlords.
Most hated invention: SCO Unixware
Can you hear me now? GOOOD! ;)
Maybe cell phones wouldn't have gotten such a bad rap in this survey if they hadn't done it by y'know... calling people on the phone. :)
I noticed that they didn't include the other most-hated technical innovations in the article, so here is a link to the other ones...can't believe they list Linux in there as well.
..must annoy
From the article, " Alarm clocks were a close second..."
You need it, but damn do you want to break it sometimes.
"where words meet intent, lies rhetoric's lament"
I thought it would of been the condom.
And why did you staple the trout to the RAM?
Did you ever notice that things have gotten way more stressful in the past few decades? We're getting all this advanced technology, and for what? So that we can get in touch with anyone anywhere? So that we can have our bosses bother us at any time with useless BS work that "can't wait until tomorrow?" I say the cell phone is the biggest stress-causer ever, and anyone who has one should eliminate it from their lives.
Linux obviously is the most hated thing that I can't live without. Wait, that's Windows. Wait, I can live without it. Lousy Microsoft.
And the day came when the risk to remain closed in a bud, became more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
I hate the SUV.
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I've long thought that television was both the best and worst invention of the twentieth century.
..on the road ..in the theater ..in the restaurant ..in line at the supermarket ..at the office ..at school
Yep. Plenty of Hate.
Email?
Television?
Oops people do hate TVs and computers. I sometimes hate computers but the article says people hate razors? Dang - i love my Gillette Mach III. The only thing i would really hate is the battery - i need it really bad but hate the short life and the need to keep hunting for an electrical socket after a few hours - this thing called the battery is present in everything i kinda hate - cellphone, mp3 player, gameboy, laptop - a good part of the hate being that the battery life isn't great.
Just my 0.02$
"The interconnectedness you get from the cell phone is a very positive thing, ... The downside of that is that you sometimes want to be alone," said Lemelson Center Director Merton C. Flemings.
So turn it off.
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Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
I rather like my phone as it saved me from a flat tire once and is less likely to kill people that a stupid list.
obvious: slashdot
It's not the cell phone itself, it's the asshole who is too busy talking on it to realize there is a world going on around them that is hated.
seriously, dood
The cell phone is nothing but a tool... When you need one, they're very handy. When you don't want to be bothered by it, you use the OFF button. Have people forgotten that these things can be turned off? Or that the ringer can be silenced?
The total inability to properly use a piece of technology shouldn't make it a "bad" piece of technology...
The interconnectedness you get from the cell phone is a very positive thing
Yes, except when you're with someone in person and all they want to do is talk on their cell phone: then it makes people rude and unconnected. How many times have I been talking to someone and they have to take a call on their cell phone?
And maybe it's just that I'm in college and not working, but I'm pretty sure 90% of calls are:
"Sup"
"where ya at?"
"Driving. sup with you"
"nothing"
"cant hear you..."
"nevermind talk to you later"
And that is why I hate cell phones.
Mark Twain is reputed to have said:
... with the sole exception of the inventor of the telephone."
"I wish everyone the absolute best in the afterlife
I'm sure I've managed to mangle the quote, and it may not even be Twain, but still...
John Roth
The downside of that is that you sometimes want to be alone,
But my phone has an off button.
would include picture phones, SMS, and PDA phones. Maybe it's time for a phone that has all the features of a modern high-end mobile phone (camera, mobile Web, SMS, organizer) just without the voice features?
I hate cell phones!! I hate people who use them while driving, while around lots of people in public places, and especially in...
Wait, I've got to take this call...
<Bows>
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Turn it off and the boss freaks out and fires you. The demand for instant contact has spoiled people somewhat.
Perhaps the questions should have been a little more precise. To my mind, I hate other peoples cell phones. My cell phone (when it is on), I like.
This is all really social engineering to some extent. Devices that are engineered to minimize their effects on others will not impinge on the "space" of others. For instance, boom boxes were commonly reviled in the 80's, but when Apple designed the iPod, there was no internal speaker to annoy others with personal choices in music. The audio was left to headphones. With cell phones now, we have people's damned MIDI tones broadcasting all sorts of loud invasive tones in theaters, bistros and lectures. What's worse it the social engineering that has not had negative feedback like getting smacked for actually answering said MIDI-toned cell phone call.
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None. They are convenient (at least when they work, but that's a limit of radio tech).
What I DO hate is how incredibly inconsiderate people are with them. How fucking hard is it to hit 'silence' and wait until the elevator ride is done???
"Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel." - A.B.
God that mobile is annoying, Im on call most of the time, and being caught in the middle of some intimate situation is the worst. hehe.
But my boss gets a good laugh, the prick. heh
Anyway, Ill tell him im abandoning the cell phone, he will now have to send smoke signals to contact me. Or send a pigon, but tape the note to him.
I say we go back to smoke signals, Who is with me? lol
I hate:
...
- super-annoying ring tones that people always seem to leave on, and at their loudest.
- people who don't turn off their cell phones (and actually answer them!) in lectures, movies, libraries,
- people who feel compelled to have conversations on their phones no matter the place: meetings, conservations, packed public places. Extra hate points for LOUD cell phone conversations.
- people who walk around talking on cell phones just because they think they look "cool". I've eavesdropped on some of these conversations - morons talking about cereal boxes at the store - is it really necessary to have conversations like that?
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Gross, I just hope they have goatse.cx stored there
- Kaos games and encryption systems developer
It did an excellent job explaining why people hate it...
#1 would be surveys
When I got my cell phone, I was a year into college, and I couldn't find housing-- I ended up couch surfing for six months, followed by living in places for between 1 and 6 months at a time for another two years. If I didn't have a cell phone, I would have had no phone number.
/ex
Now that I'm no longer in college, and I live 300 miles away from that area code, it's the number that everyone knows, and so I don't want to give it up.
Just because a lot of people are annoying on them (hang up and drive, and turn it off at dinner/movies/visiting with people), doesn't mean I hate the invention-- I hate it's uses...
Kinda like video games and dance dance revolution.
The least popular invention: bills.
I think cell phones are the most abused technology and are thus the most hated. I think some people associate telephones with being at home and as such act on a cell phone as they do at home. People talk loudly, stop paying attention to the world around them, and generally shut off the parts of their brain that don't involve chattering. If people using cell phones weren't jerks there'd be little reason to hate them as they're pretty damn useful.
I'm a loner Dottie, a Rebel.
I would've said cell phone as well. I got one a year ago, and now I just leave it off all the time. I'm on a family plan with my family. I just hated having a cell phone: people expected me to have it on me all the time and be at their beck and call. Kind of like how I hate telephones, but at least you can ignore calls and say "you weren't at home." With a cell phone there's no excuse. That's why I like e-mail: I can answer it at my convenience, and I don't have to read it the instant it comes in like I have to listen to calls the instance they come in. And don't even think answering machines are an option: when people call you, they expect to be answered immeidately, and having to leave a message is a pure annoyance. With e-mail there is no such expectation, so it's more relaxing for both parties involved.
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It's not the cell phone I mind so much as Push To Talk. You're in a public place, you shouldn't be broadcasting your personal business to the whole area! Hole the damned thing up to your ear and don't force the rest of us to listen to it! also, keep your voice down, the person on the other end can hear you fine without your shouting.
Edward Burr
Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool.
Now our kids stay home and play video games all day. Our daily socialization is now just emails. Instead of regular postcards we get ecards. Instead of going to flea market or yard sales, we use ebay. Instead of waiting every month for our playboy, we download images off usenet. Instead of phone sex, we have webcams and instant messenger. Those pictures of your mom at mardi gras no longer are confined to some guys wallet but are now for everyone in the world to see. That video of you pretending be a jedi master sword fighting is no longer local joke but a worldwise joke.
Have you ever been to a turkish prison?
When I was a tech at UPS I was forced to carry around an alphanumeric pager. My boss at the time once paged me at night just to see if I was answering my pages in a timely fashion. No more. The thought that someone could get in touch with me no matter where I am or what time of day is hideous in ways I cannot describe. Now, I love technology. I think cognitive assistive technology is really cool. I have dozens of PCs around my house. I compile kernels for fun and think that the Internet is as democratizing a force as the Guttenberg press. But not cell phones. I hate being interrupted in my moments of quiet reverie by these obnoxious alarum bells. I hate this new attitude that having a cell phone is necessary for all professions.
Leave your work at the office. Play with your kids. Turn off the phone.
People don't love their computers? I love my Mac.(tm)
Are you sure that is news, and not just someone talking tosh?
The technology I most hate but can't live without is automobiles. I seriously hate car problems.
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It's amazing at how many people have the things surgically attached to their ear. In just a 5 mile drive from my house to the train station, there were no less than six cell users yapping away on their phones ignoring the driving task. They were swerving in and out of their lanes, and going 10MPH under the speed limit.
It just seems crazy on how so many people are addicted to the things. But I am supprised that 30% of the people out there recognize them as an annoyance... but I wonder how many of them are hypocrites.
Mewyn Dy'ner
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(it's an old
maybe, but his sausages aren't as good!
Dude, you are so behind the times!
Here:
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Tue Jan 20,10:24 AM ET
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RICHMOND, Va. - Legendary country crooner Jimmy Dean says the Sara Lee Corp. has dropped him as spokesman for the sausage company he founded more than three decades ago.
In a statement Monday, the 75-year-old multimillionaire says the Chicago-based maker of food, apparel and household products told him last year he no longer meets the company's marketing needs.
"The company told me that they were trying to attract the younger housewife, and they didn't think I was the one to do that," Dean said in an interview. "I think it's the dumbest thing. But you know, what do I know?"
Julie Ketay, a spokeswoman for Sara Lee, said Monday that the company chose not to renew Dean's contract in May because the "brand was going in a new direction" that demanded a shift in marketing.
"We're focusing more on the product, not the person. Our consumers want convenience and great taste," Ketay said.
Sara Lee, Dean said, pays him an undisclosed amount for the use of his name, his likeness and his marketing participation in the Jimmy Dean product line. The company will still retain rights to his name and image, but it has reduced its payments to reflect its dismissal of Dean as the line's spokesman, Dean said.
I hate the car (well any vehicle like that) more - its such a bad design, just the idea of a clutch were bits of metal grind against eachother is bad engineering enough for me, but to see lots of them stuck in traffic is the worst. Sometimes you just want to get out and walk it seems so pointless to lug half a ton of metal around at an average of 2mph.
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The cell phone was also voted most likely to get shoved up someone's ass in arguments following minor traffic accidents.
Who would have imagined?
OTHER PEOPLE'S cell phones.
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people that hate the cell phone hate it for all the wrong reasons. Most wouldnt mind it if they bothred to learn how to use it. My father bitches that his battery dies.. but then if he would use the key lock he wouldnt have 90 minute calls to my answering machine becouse he sat on the phone in a pub. Another reason people hate it is so many people own them but dont leave it on or check voice mail reguarally. We are so conditioned that batter life is measured in nanoseconds that many of the luddites just leave it off. Thus turning the device into a one way communication tool. Also the haters bitch that they here ringngs in movies or other places, if people would put the thing on vibrate it solves this problem. Finally we dont people bitch that they are forced to listen to half a conversation as someone yells into the handset, the point here is that people with their voyerstic tendancies are just pissed they cant get the whole conversation. You want an gadgat that sucks, fax machines. They use technology to hold us into a 18th century paper world. Stop enabling the dead tree mearchants! Death to the FAX!
for the ultimate in pointless AND annoying behaviour.
uh, wait...
THAT'S WINDOWS, TOO!
I don't know about most of you, but I work consistent hours. 9ish-6ish every day. Sometimes my schedule changes, but when it does, it's for a long period. When I'm at home, I'm obviously at home. Can't people just call me at those places and be done w/ it?
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At least you can turn a cell phone off with a button. With a land line, you need to unplug every phone connected to the line.
So, with a cell, you can take it anywhere and easily turn it off anytime. With a land line, you can't take it anywhere, and it's a pain to turn off.
It's why when I moved in August, I kept my cell phone and decided not to get a land line.
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It's the duality of information. Faster information/knowledge is always power--but sometimes it is power for you, and sometimes it is power OVER you. The cellphone lets you call for help on the lonely stretch of highway when your car explodes. But it also lets your boss talk to you whenever he wants (or rather, it makes it physically possible for you to allow him to do that, which enables him to fire you if do not so allow it.) The cell phone is the Tyranny of the Possible.
Just like a cell phone, credit cards are a necessary part of anyone's modern life. But the more you use them (cell phones and credit cards) the more they take over your life. /.
Just keep everything in moderation. Even
I thought that the ability to email millions of people offers to extend their naughty bits (and to send them that offer 20 or 30 times a day EVERY FREAKING DAY) would be the most hated new technology.
the question was inventions you hate the most but can't live without. not inventions you hate the most.
You can always turn it off. Of course, you can't make the dumbass in the movie theater turn his off.
It's good to use your head, but not as a battering ram.
The best thing about cell phones is that people can get ahold of you no matter where you are.
The worst thing about cell phones is that people can get ahold of you no matter where you are.
I am not fond of cell phones. I don't like being interupted whenever someone wants to ask me something silly. I won't have a cell phone unless it comes with a signal blocking case. What bothers me even more is the fact that even if you don't have a cell phone, everyone else does. Barely a week goes by when some damn fool's phone goes off in one of my classes. I know that some people need cell phones (on call doctors, people with family in the hospital, Etc), but the only time in my life when I ever wanted a cell phone was when my weel fell off on the highway, and it was 14 degrees out, but if I had one, I just know I would be yapping away at it, and would have lost more than just a wheel.
and thus brain shall rule us!
I love my cell phone. I don't have to be stuck at home when I'm waiting for an important phone call. I can get directions when I get lost trying to find someone's house. I can move from one state to another without changing my phone number. I don't get telemarketing calls. I don't pay for long distance, or caller ID, or voice mail. I can go on trips without being hard to reach. There's an off button. I have instant access to my personal phone book at any time. I get a portable phone which isn't affected by power failures. If I get a flat tire, or find an unconscious person lying in the middle of the street in the middle of nowhere (it's happened) I can use the phone to get help. Cell phones are great. I don't know how I ever lived without them.
Yea, the whole article can be summed up with that quote, but I think they are WAY off on data interpretation. I know, for me, I don't hate my cell phone; I hate other people's cell phones. I hate when people in front of me at a checkout line take 3 times longer because they're boyfriend/girlfriend is having an emotional crisis. I hate stupid drivers who can't multitast nearly run me off the road while trying to conduct a business meeting in their car. I hate when I'm in a quiet relaxing environment like the library and I suddenly start hearing the "O Danny Boy" at full volume (not that I don't like all the songs that are played, I just want to choose when to listen to them). Anyway, people like being able to call people and being connected to the world. They just don't like other people being connected.
It's not only the beeping of alarm clocks, or the fact that they wake you up in the middle of your threesome with Brittney Spears and Christina Aguilera.
Alarm clocks have some of the worst human interfaces around. Many make it far too easy to set the wrong time (the AM/PM dot hell), and many are a true pain in the ass to set, forcing one to take up to a minute just to cycle to the time you want.
Given that your typical alarm clock possesses a fraction of the technology of a simple PDA and designing the technology of one shouldn't be that complex, it's kind of pathetic that after all these years the design of your typical alarm lock user interface still sucks.
Sure, some people will probably laugh and blow off this criticism mere nitpicking, but I wouldn't be surprised if employees' difficulty setting alarm clocks has cost businesses as much per year as the common cold .
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If you think about it, anything that becomes omni present in our daily life causes hatred. Remember when computers first became popular? The t.v. backlash in the '80's? The snarls answering machines sparked? When a new invention is placed on the open market there is a slow gradual acceptence. As the items become more popular, they start appearing in our media, movies, t.v., music, etc. When a certain saturation occurs, suddenly, everyone notices the downside to the items. Usually the most hated quality of the item is lack of privacy. Just don't sit there fellow geeks, get out there and invent something new for us to hate!
There's no shortage of plausible excuses...
You were driving.
You weren't in the coverage area.
You were in a restaurant/theater/etc.
You were talking on your other phone.
The phone ran out of batteries.
You left it on vibrate and took it out of your pocket.
You didn't hear it ringing.
You were in a meeting.
You were taking a leak.
The service provider sucks; call must not have gone through.
etc.
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Dosn't SPAM count as an invention?
And what about Nuclear weapons? The machine gun? Bio-weapons? VX-gas? Surely there have been greater technological catastrophies then people yacking in the theater
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Cellphones suck?
I'll believe it when you shut the fuck up on the bus, the train, and every other fuckin public space you invade while yammering on and on about your pitiful life.
'nuff said.
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How about when some is looking at you and they say "Hello" and start talking.. then you say hello, only to relize that they are talking on a handless set fot their cell phone, and not to you.
Intrestingly, I usualy use my cell phone as an alarm clock when I need to. But the thing is, I haven't needed to in years. I noticed I was already awake when the alarm went off pretty much all the time, so I just gave up on it. Since then, I've never overslept.
Getting out of bed, on the other hand...
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
The normal state of my cell phone's ringer is off. I turn it on when I'm not doing anything, in a place where it won't be a nuisance. So I don't think my cell phone bugs other people all that much.
Most people view the telephone as an inherently invasive device. Here's this thing that sits there doing nothing most of the time, and then it makes this grating noise, and you have to drop whatever you're doing and talk to it. When you're eating dinner, telemarketers call. Which a lot of people view as a TREMENDOUS inconvenience. I think that's because most people are conditioned to answer the phone every time it rings. That's why it's invasive. It's immediate.
But why? If I'm at home, reading a book, and the phone rings, and I don't want to talk on the phone, I just don't answer it. The conclusion of all that diatribe is that my cell phone isn't annoying to me because I don't allow it to be.
The cellular phone is a relatively new device. We haven't fully integrated it into our system of etiquette, yet. But I think with a combination of technology and common sense, we'll eventually be happy with it.
Actually there is a function called "clicker" in the iPod firmware that's turned on by default. What it does is make multiple loud clicking sounds while the scrollwheel is in use.
The purpose of this is a method of feedback or confirmation to the user that the input is being recognised by the iPod and gives them a sense of satisfaction.
However, most of the owners of the iPods ive seen have this feature off.
god, you still dont get it at all...
will burn karma, really, but all the mentions about 'you know, when you pay per SMS received' and 'who needs a cell', etc etc, read to the rest of (the world) Europe like 'no-one needs any more than 64k RAM' or 'who needs a PC on yr desktop.' etc, etc
It's just pure luddism and anger that you have, what, how many un-inter-operable providers? When roaming means 'roam from LA to SF!!!!' whilst the rest of us have > 1000 mins/ month outgoing (at least per territory and sometimes per (EMEA) region), , really, really nice terminals, free WAP, free incoming minutes (!), free 3G video calls, free SMTP/ SMS push, blah, blah, for, like what 15USD/ month (http://www.o2.co.uk)
Should bother to look up urls for the above quotes, but hey - *you* don't 'get' cells, just like Iraq didn't 'get' a free Internet.
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-1 for massive propagandistic cut and paste. It's nice that he even copied the misspellings!
A few months ago we went over our minutes and wracked up a $250 bill. We decided to disconnect our service. Besides a few minor occasions when it would have been a convenience, we have found we can survive without a cell phone quite well. I am an amateur radio operator, as well as an active member of the local rescue squad, so I have other (better) methods of communication in the case of an emergency.
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Amongst my friends, when we're in the pub, the only permitted uses of a mobile phone are:
The vast majority of SUVs go to people who will never take them off road, or drive through foot-thick snow. You think people drive Cadillac Escalades with 20" chrome rims are rugged outdoorsmen?
Also, most SUVs are front wheel drive, not 4wd. And you can get 4wd cars as well, such as the most Audis, the Mitsubishi Lancer, etc.
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
State of the Union Drinking Game suggestions:
... 1 drink...
...2 drinks...
.... 1 drink...
...Look wistfully towards the heavens; then finish your drink...
...1 tequila shot, or 1 gulp of cerveza
1. Whenever George W mentions the liberation of the freedom-loivng Iraqi people, the last person to grab his throat in a choking motion has to drink four shots of beer...
4. Whenever George W metnions the phrase "sanctity of marriage," take a shot of beer. The first time this happens, the last person to finish has to drink two more shots of beer and do the dishes during the Democratic Response...
7. If Vice President Dick Cheney or First Lady Laura bush are caught on camera not paying attention and talking to somebody else while Puppet-Boy is still speaking, drink a whole beer.
ibya or Qaddafi
Any reference to the average family of 4
Aliens (as reference to immigrants)
Aliens (as reference to extraterrestrials)
Anything in Spanish (cualquiera cosa en espanol)
Even though it is a phone survey, I'm suspicious that a better title might be Most Hated Invention. Prehaps the study consisted of national phone calls, but the story gives the impression that it was based soley in Boston, a city with a very niche population.
f u. ck cell phones
What I don't understand is people who complain about being bothered by folks calling their cel, who don't TURN THE DAMN THINGS OFF.
Celphones have an OFF button damnit! If you're going to be busy for the next hour, or in a movie, etc., just turn it off! Anyone who calls can leave voice mail if they really need to contact you.
If your phone annoys you, turn it off for a while! Try it; it's amazing how liberating it can be.
This is something that most of the /. crowd would consider one of the best inventions, and why not, most of us use computers as a hobby or a way of making a living, and probably both, but when I look at the average person, they seem to feel almost as if computers were built specifically to annoy them. .dll files were, but my friend told me they were viruses so I deleted them all").
As technology becomes more pervasive in our society it is now nearly imossible for one to live without using a computer on a fairly regular basis (say once or twice a week for 30 minutes to an hour per session minimum), and yet most people are clueless enough to get in to a number of problems.
Perhaps my vision is skewed because the only time I hear my family and a majority of my friends mention the computer is when they seem to be having a problem with it, but from my own observations, people seem to think they can't live without a computer, and yet they are constantly having problems with viruses, bad drivers, or the consequences of some stupid thing they've done ("I didn't know what those
I don't know how many times I've heard something to extent of "I hate the damn thing and wish I could just get rid of it".
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You end up spending more money on one than it would cost you to built a moderate PC, spend hours upon hours assembling it, then wreck it 5 mintues into its maiden flight because you couldn't find anywhere where to fly the damn thing that had enough open tree-free space.
So then you swear off the whole model rc thing. But about 3 weeks later you decide you've got to do something with all the old radio equipment and servos from the last plane, so you buy a new model so the parts don't go to waste. Then you find out you need a new ESC and smaller/bigger servos so go spend more money. Then spend hours assembling it again just to crash it 5 minutes into its maiden flight.
This process repeats ad nausem.
And if you do manage to find a big enough open space that you can fly your plane for more than 5 minutes, you quickly learn that it is really fucking boring flying a model R/C plane.
"Oh look, I just flew another circle. Oooh, I did a barrel roll. Ooooh, I just did a loop. Now what?"
Given that most elevators are giant metal boxes, it probably won't be much of an issue.
But yeah. I can understand not wanting to hear someone in a library, or a movie theater. But an elevator? Would the above poster be upset about two people having a conversation in one?
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Its almost drinking time again. Why? Cos whenever Geo Bush speaks, its so depressing one must either get totally fucked up, or jump off the highest bridge in town.
Here are some suggestions for State of the Union drinking games:
Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:17 PM
The George W Bush State Of The Union Address Drinking Game
What You Need:
A group of four taxpayers: including 1 white guy wearing a suit, 2 wearing normal clothes and 1 in semi- shabby clothes.
A shot glass per person (all bought in a second hand store)
100 tiny toothpicks with American flags wrapped around them.
A slab of soft French cheese, ie: brie.
A large stash of beer. The one in the ragged clothing gets the cheapest crap you can find, like Milwaukee's Best; the white guy in the suit gets to drink whatever import he wants; and the other two pick between Bud and Miller Lite.
Rules of the Game:
1. Whenever George W mentions the liberation of the freedom loving Iraqi people, the last person to grab his throat in a choking motion has to drink four shots of beer.
2. Whenever George W uses the words: "God," "America" or "jobs," drink a shot of beer.
3. Whenever George W mispronounces the word "terrorism" the last person to knock on wood drinks two shots of beer.
4. Whenever George W mentions the phrase "sanctity of marriage," take a shot of beer. The first time this happens, the last person to finish has to drink two more shots of beer and do the dishes during the Democratic Response.
5. Whenever the speech is interrupted by applause, the last person to stick one of the American flag toothpicks into the soft French cheese from a distance of two feet drinks two shots of beer. The white guy in the suit gets an extra chance each round.
6. Whenever George W smirks during a standing ovation, take turns drinking shots of beer until the audience sits down. Do it double time if his shoulders shake with silent laughter.
7. If the Vice President Dick Cheney or First Lady Laura Bush are caught on camera not paying attention and talking to somebody else while Puppet- Boy is still speaking, drink a whole beer.
8. If George W Bush mentions Halliburton, his inability to find the Weapons of Mass Destruction or Osama bin Laden, the white guy in the suit has to drink a shot of everybody else's beer out of their shot glass, and they get to wipe their glass clean on his jacket.
9. If George W Bush attempts to make a joke, anybody who laughs drinks three shots of beer.
10. Whenever George W Bush quotes the Bible or uses the word "evildoers" in a sentence, the last person to fall to their knees drinks two shots of beer. If he pulls a quote from the Bible about "evildoers," the last person to get prostrate, drinks an entire beer.
Extras:
1. The white guy in the suit gets to kick the person wearing the shabby clothes if George W uses a heartfelt story of an individual's grace and or courage under pressure to illustrate a point. He gets 15 seconds to kick everybody if that person is in the audience sitting next to an astronaut.
2. Everybody gets to kick the crap out of the guy in the suit for 15 seconds, only if Bush's teleprompter goes out and he begins to flail about mumbling nonsense about his days with the Texas Rangers.
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Does anyone else here work with people who leave their phone on their desk with vibrate turned on and then go out to lunch? *beep* *grind* *beep* *grind* *beep* *grind* *pause* BEEP BEEP BEEP repeat.
This is not a turnip.
cell phones... IIRC, I believe (not sure about this, maybe its just a rumor) one can have a cell phone without a particular provider, but legal requirements (someone correct me if I am wrong) require that you still be able to use the phone to make emergency response (police, fire, etc.) phone calls even without a service plan through a particular provider. So, those of you with those nasty old Motorola analog 'bag' car phones, you might have a use for a cell phone with no service plan. If anyone has more info. or corrections, please post 'em.
You need it, but damn do you want to break it sometimes.
Where have I heard this phrase before?
You need it, but damn do you want to break it sometimes.
Ah--ha! You're talking about a virgin's vagina, the unpopped "cherry" region!
You need it, but damn do you want to break it sometimes.
I agree! Fuck her 'till the blood runs into her stool!
What's going to happen when Stephen King really does die? Nobody will believe it
In a statement Monday, the 75-year-old multimillionaire says the Chicago-based maker of food, apparel and household products told him last year he no longer meets the company's marketing needs.
I hear he's being replaced by Abe Froman.
That's the truth, alright, from my experience. I feel the same way about Windows XP, right about now, too. And VB.NET, come to think of it. Problem is, knowing this stuff and putting up with it are what drive the paycheck. I was just thinking a few hours ago how easy it used to be to do database programming until I got saddled with .NET, easily spend 5 to 10 times the hours doing something which used to be simple, though I'm trying to work toward developing my own toolkit, it's still a painful environment to work in. I need one big button that turns all this "user friendly" shit off so I can get work done.
And now for something completely different.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Why do we research and post articles about things we have made, but that we hate? Why not use that time and energy for something else? Seriously... write about stuff that helps, not stuff that hurts. As for cell phones, I agree with another poster here, who wonders aloud why people are annoyed at cell phones, but no one turns them off when they don't want to be bothered. My conclusion is that humans find humans annoying, and we all like to blame it on crap.
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heheh, tru dat.
Know why divorce is so expensive?
Because it's WORTH IT.
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Not to mention learning to talk in "interference." That is a basic strategy of simulating bad reception. As is:
"Hello, you s --- er is --- w --- che --- reboot, to see if --- a --- and --- te --- bi --- co --- as I told him wh --- b --- pek."
It's easy to train yourself to speak this way very convincingly. Then, the caller will claim a bad connection, and will hang up, so they can call again to get a better connection. Let that call go to voicemail.
If you get called to task later, you can always claim to have been driving through "a known dead area."
Then again, you can also just hit "cancel" (or the equivalent) on most phones when they're ringing, and it'll go to voicemail or give up.
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I agree -- I haven't turned mine on in weeks, but when I need to call someone on a whim or like you said in an emergency, it's there.
People are really suprised when I won't give them my cell phone number. Screw that -- if I'm alone, they can email me with their problems, and I'll deal with them on their time, not my free time.
Some people have nothing better to do than yap on the phone all the time it seems.
Really, the cell phone is just a continuation of other communication technology. I remember reading how bad even the telegraph was. People sending runners to your house at all hours of the night. The telephone was worse. A person could no longer leave work at work. With the telephone you could be disturbed at any time of the day or night, and it was so easy, that anyone who could afford it felt they had a right. I have heard some say that the telephone was a significant contributing factor to the end of doctors making house calls. The simple equation is that as communication becomes cheaper, the data transmitted becomes less information and more junk.
As far as the people who just say "turn it off", I have but one question. Do you turn off your phone at home? Do you value your family and friends enough to not answer the phone when they are present as guests in your house? Do you fight the social pressures to answer the phone? I do not worry about missing calls, and I deal with the social ridicule that results from my decision. I know that not everyone has the freedom to miss calls, and some just want to take the path of least resistance. Not mention that fact that some jobs will fire you if you are not available 24/7.
OTOH, there is a difference between the path of least resistance and purposefully antagonizing the people around you with silly ringtones and constant babbling. Therefore, my least favorite invention if the musical ringtone, and I can think of few punishments that would be too severe for their users. The constant babling, as I have said, is an inevitable result of the cheapness of the medium.
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Yes you can.
Simply deploy the Remote Cell Phone DeActivation Tool.
You can find these in many sporting goods stores. I recommend the 9mm version.
WARNING: Remote Cell Phone DeActivation Tools may be illegal in your jurisdiction. Using the tool against the person rather than the phone is generally frowned upon, unless your father happens to be a high-power dictator in the jurisdiction in question.
is not the phones in themselves, it's that people have no education and no respect for everyone else. It's a simple matter of not being annoying: don't use your cellphone when doing so turns you into a hazard for other people (driving), be smart when choosing the phone's alerts (don't select your loudest, most annoying ringtone when you're at a classical concert) and for god's freaking sake, DON'T YELL WHEN ON THE PHONE!!
Then turn it off, forchrissakes! That's what voice mail is for!
The PAGER is a thousand times worse then a cell phone.
"Who hasn't slipped into the break room for a quick nibble on a love Newton before?" - Mr. Peterman.
But then, does a fish realize that it's in water?
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it makes sense to me, my alarm clock have a 7 minute snooze
Okay, I admit I'd probably like it a lot better if I had more of it!
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I really think that cell phones are an integral part of ... umm ... hang on a sec, my cell is ringing...
... crap! I forgot the point I was trying to make.
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This must be a mistake. I love the cell phone... use it whenever I get lost to call a friend and find the directions... if my car breaks down, I can use it to call AAA to tow my car... while Windows allows my computer to crash and offer no towing to Bill's garage.
We have a cell phone, or rather my wife does. It sits in the kitchen in its cradle 99% of the time. We'll use it if we're going more than into town (we live way out in the country) and is really for emergancies.
The only person it annoyes is me when the bill comes ("golly aren't roaming charges large").
So, I RTFA and what do I see? Blinky blinky flashy flash flash flash blink blink ads strewn all over the page with wild abondon.
I can live with annoying cell phones; granted I don't live in those bastions of near infinite politeness such as New York or LA where they seem to be more obtrusive than they do in say Madoc or Belleville, but if I could go back in time and kill the clown that invented animated gifs and flash I probably would.
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Cellphones should ship on "vibrate" by default, requiring users to "opt-in" to audible rings. Ringing used to make sense when the phone was stationary, tethered somewhere in the privacy of a house/office. But now they are more often in earshot of many people, often with the same ring. Just defaulting to vibrate might not be a perfect solution, but its a lesser problem than the current cacophony.
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Most bosses I know of really do seem to think that all employees are potentially on call 24/7.
After all, "It's a bad economy hur hur hur do what I say or I get another monkey that only needs half your salary you bloated overpaid college hippy scum."
You went ahead and RE-married TWICE?
You deserve what you get.
My most hated invention is The Survey.
from Popular Science http://www.popsci.com/popsci/medicine/article/0,12 543,573349,00.html
(link contains rat brain slices photos)
The safety of cellphones has been called into question, again. This time the scientific community is paying very close attention.
Last summer neurosurgeon Leif Salford and colleagues at Lund University in Sweden published data showing for the first time an unambiguous link between microwave radiation emitted by GSM mobile phones (the most common type worldwide) and brain damage in rats. If Salford's results are confirmed by follow-up studies in the works at research facilities worldwide, including one run by the U.S. Air Force, the data could have serious implications for the one billion?plus people glued to their cellphones.
The findings have re-ignited a longstanding debate among scientists and cellphone manufacturers over cellphone safety.
Many of the hundreds of studies performed during the past decade suggest cellphone use may cause a host of adverse effects, including headaches and memory loss. Other studies, however, have shown no such effects, and no scientific consensus exists about the effect of long-term, low-level radiation on the brain and other organs. A comprehensive $12 million federal investigation of cellphone safety is currently under way but will take at least five years to complete.
Meanwhile, the research world is scrambling to replicate Salford's surprising results. His team exposed 32 rats to 2 hours of microwave radiation from GSM cellphones. Researchers attached the phones to the sides of the rats' small cages using coaxial cables -- allowing for intermittent direct exposure -- and varied the intensity of radiation in each treatment group to reflect the range of exposures a human cellphone user might experience over the same time period. Fifty days after the 2-hour exposure, the rat brains showed significant blood vessel leakage, as well as areas of shrunken, damaged neurons. The higher the radiation exposure level, the more damage was apparent. The controls, by contrast, showed little to no damage. If human brains are similarly affected, Salford says, the damage could produce measurable, long-term mental deficits.
The cellphone industry so far has been quick to dismiss the data, saying emissions from current mobiles fall well within the range of radiation levels the FCC deems safe (body-tissue absorption rates of under 1.6 watts per kilogram). "Expert reviews of studies done over the past 30 years have found no reason to believe that there are any health hazards whatsoever," says Mays Swicord, scientific director of Motorola's Electromagnetic Energy Programs. Dr. Marvin Ziskin, chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Committee on Man and Radiation, is similarly skeptical. "The levels of radiation they used seem way too low to be producing the kinds of effects they're claiming."
Salford is the first to admit that it's too early to draw any conclusions, but contends the unusual results deserve a closer look. "The cellphone is a marvelous invention; it has probably saved thousands of lives," he says. "But governments and suppliers should be supporting more autonomous research." Meanwhile, Salford advises users to invest in hands-free headsets to reduce radiation exposure to the brain.
; )
Uh, like phone surveys such as this one...
I hate the computer. Without the invention of the computer, I wouldn't have a dead-end job while waiting for the economy to recover right now. I'd be turning dirt black like my proud ancestors.
I'd have to say that EverCrack is pretty high up there on the list.
Alright, I had this great idea. I live in Providence, we have a lot of bike and pedestrian traffic and really shitty downtown and campus parking. I think they should paint ALL parking spaces the size of small cars and give $50 tickets to violators. Of course the city would have to put up a few more garages for SUVs and trucks, but the revenue from tose operations could go straight to the city.
Overall, driving expenditures, be it buying the car or paying gas just removes money from the local economy here. We'd be doing ourselves a huge favor here if we implemented strict laws to reduce dumb consumer spending.
"Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie." -Tori Amos on Nine Inch Nails
I have a cell phone, unfortunately. It is understood that it is nothing personal if I do not answer, I will get back to you. I leave it on vibrate in any potentially sensitive situation (movie, dinner, etc). I also use it in case *extreme* emergency situations at work, only when I can not be reached by land line phone, or e-mail, this is understood by the brass. It is my personal phone so I am not on a ball and chain. If it rings while I am in traffic, I do not answer. I call back when I come to a permanent stop. Yeah it is the worst invention, if used irresponsibly, as are guns and knives.
I hate sigs.
Windows is not an invention !
It comes by default on every computer...
It's like spam: it's everywhere, it's annoying and it costs money...
"Hell hath no fury like a hippo with a machine gun."
I didn't have it. I was rounding a freeway loop when the cord going from the gas pedal to the engine decided to detach itself from the pedal. I drive a 74 VW.
After rolling to a stop at the side of the freeway I had exactly one option. Get out and start walking. A mile and a half later (1 mile of it walking along the freeway) I made it to a church where a wedding rehersal happened to be going on and borrowed a phone. Fortunatly the freeway was designed to have things planted along side of it so I wasn't walking a couple feet from traffic going 70 miles per hour. I was walking in dirt about 8 feet above and off to the side of traffic.
I use AT&T and just use their $20 per month plan. I actually got paid $80 to take a Nokia phone through Amazon.com. They're definitly worth the cost. If you don't want to be annoyed by people calling you, don't give your number to people who will annoy you. Give them your home number.
It's also great to have when you go places with a group and want to break off.
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... my cell phone? No way.
:P
I can't live without toilet paper.
Now for the bad part. I only have one USB port, and the mouse is plugged into that. I need to put a USB memory key in apparently to be able to save MozillaFirebird IMHO. I've got my wvdial saved on floppy, there is a DSL utility to do that once you have mounted the floppy.
So, this installation of Firebird will probably disappear once I turn the machine off. I could leave it on. Sorry for getting off the cellphone thread, but I couldn't help myself.
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maybe this has been asked already but i'm too lazy to go look through all the comments. would it not be cheaper for the bells to move the phone system to an all wireless solution? what sort of limitations would there be to doing this? i would imagine you could cut costs by having to hire less people for the up keep of equipment and for repairs since you'd have a small amount of towers to work with in a given area. less people also means smaller fleet of vehicles and tools need to keep on hand and office space is reduced.
am i wrong in my reasoning?
I wonder if they called people on their cell phones to survey them!!! No wonder it's hated!
So your car's broken down and you're in the middle of nowhere. It's not the end of the world. Just sit back and relax until someone takes you to the nearest gas-station so you can get it fixed. At least that way you have a neet story to tell about your otherwise booring and uneventfull roadtrip.
Maybe these people just have the wrong cell phones... I have a treo 600 and it is by far my most favorite gadget! :-)
If the-most-hated-invention equals the-most-indispensable-invention, that's a completely different thing from determining the-invention-you-hate-most-but-find-indispensable . The former would be really surprising, the latter is just an odd factoid.
Well according to most nerds at least. Doesn't everyone love to debug their software for hourse to find a missing semi-colon? Okay, so maybe the government can keep tabs on you and you are bombarded with tons of spam in your email box, but still?
The most hated invention in America.
That's kind of like a bold statement! How can people know what people think throughout the continent of America? Has these folks polled folks throughout the Caribean and throughout South and Central America.
What definition of America is this guy using? Does anyone understand that the name America was originally given to the three islands discovered by Cristobal Colon (aka Christopher Columbus): Cuba, La Espaniola and Puerto Rico. Does anyone realized that the name America is based from the Spanish translation of Colon's navigator, Amerigo Vespucci, which was Americo Vespuzio. Does anyone know that there is something known as history?
Nobody said nuclear weapons? If you think cellphones ring loud.....
Table-ized A.I.
I was going to say more or less this, but you put it far more succinctly than I could have.
Consider this post an "I second that!"
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Microsoft Office is not an invention, though. "The office suite" could be. The automobile is an invention. Ford Taurus is not.
As we're wandering further offtopic, I note that if she can get the guy's ringtone, she has access to his private data, which would be even more annoying than just hearing the tip of that iceberg ringing.
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I see a *lot* of women that put their cell in a purse. Not only does this mean that the vibrate function is useless, but it means that when the audible rings start, they start fumbling around in their bag. Extremely annoying.
May we never see th
They were, I thought, at one time the most hated thing of all time. And we can't live without magazines, right?
I'm very happy with mine. I can read books on it, surf the web, send email... and yes, this DOES come in handy.
I'm not annoyed by people who receive calls in public any more than I would be annoyed by someone conversing with a present human being.
The days of people gabbing on the flip-phone as a status symbol are over. So quit feeling inferior.
The same goes for driving. Talking to a passenger is no less distracting than talking on a cell phone. There are a lot of bad drivers in America. Yell at them. Flip them off. Honk your horn.
But don't ban my cell phone.
The most hated invention in America -although also one of the most used- is the cell phone
I bet that's what people were saying about "the woman", when she first popped up in the Garden of Eden.
The questions is formed so that the outcome is pretty much evident.
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I refuse to carry a cell phone. Thankfully, I have that option.
Cocksuckers. Show me someone with a cell phone plastered to their ear; I'll show you a cocksucker. Have you seen the people who have cell phones these days? Janitors. Maids. Etc.
But yet, the cocksuckers go around looking like jackasses, making like they are Gordon Gekko because they have a cell phone. News flash, pinheads... the cell phone USED to be a status symbol. Now, the only status it shows is what an unthinking, mindless, conformist jackass you are.
I believe at least some of Europe generally uses 24 hour time (and damned intelligent too -- AFAI can tell, the only reason for 12 hour clocks are analog clocks). Perhaps a Euro-Slashdotter could clear me up on this.
Anyway, if this is the case, a European alarm clock should be 24-hour.
Of course, you might need a voltage adapter.
As a suggestion -- you might consider setting up your computer as an alarm clock. I did so for a while. There are some caveats to consider. If you ever mute your system or plug in headphones, you may end up inadvertently muting your alarm as well. I avoided this by using a Linux box with two soundcards -- one hooked up to the speakers that woke me up. This also let me implement my *other* alarm-clock-most-wanted-feature -- the ability to disable an alarm before it goes off. Nothing pisses me off more than waking up five minutes before my alarm goes off and having the choice of either sitting and waiting for it to go off so that I can flick it off and on again to reset it for the next day, or simply turning it off and hoping that I remember to re-enable it before going to sleep the next day. Very annoying. Oh, and I also had the thing set up to not ring on weekends. God, I hate alarm clocks waking me up on weekends. Perl can make your sleep experience much, much better.
Another feature that you might find useful is kicking the thing off after a minute. If I'm not up after a minute of beeping, I'm not getting up, and it's really annoying to have someone's alarm clock going off because they didn't clear it when away.
May we never see th
Disrupting religious events is always a good thing. So the girl wasn't really to blame. Had it been at the theatre or the opera...
that was the worst news story i have ever read.
Cellphones are a matter of maturity. Here's why:
Here in Germany, I am an avid hater of cellphones. You can't drive on a train or bus without someones damn phone ringing, and every second business meeting is interrupted by calls.
But then I travelled to Tokio last year. Everyone there has a cell phone. Nevertheless, during my entire week I heard two rings, and both were from foreigners' phones.
I also had to look very closely before I noticed people actually using them.
The difference is that the japanese extend basic courtesy towards other people. You keep your cellphone on silent, and you leave the room before you take a call. That and maybe 2-3 other basic rules make cellphones a non-problem.
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Hum hum. I've had and actively used a cellphone for half a decade now, and it's taken away much stress. Sure, I very seldom have my boss call me, and I try not to mind hearing a tune during a lecture. Sometimes a lecturer makes a joke about "killing the bird", which wakes me up nicely during morning lectures ;).
Then again, I've noticed my phone has taken away much stress from meeting people. I never have to be too specific about meeting people anymore ("Lets meet about five o'clock in city centre" - "Where are you?" - "In the library" - "OK I'll be there"). Also telling people that I'll be late (and receiving such info), getting invitations etc through SMS.. I just love the thing. I do what I want more because I don't have to plan it beforehand, or be at home to wait for a call.
And, wherever I go, I can always chat with my girlfriend till the sunrise, not disturbing others because I can go outside/basement/wherever to talk :).
Ah, yes. I also use my cell phone as an alarm clock =), and it has a VERY good interface ;)
I offer them this for a company jingle...
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
Just curious.
Oh, and without the evil computer, there wouldn't be cell phones!
As well as using lyrical turns of phrase, I think you're also on to something.
-FL
wouldn't it be more logical to allow people to rate things on a scale, -10 ... 10 say, because of the listed things in the article, my detestation would be -10 for all except the alarm clock, I'd go -3 say I like it but a lot less than the others.
in my life God comes first.... but Linux is pretty high after that
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Brain slice examples.
People hate cell phones because they're like electronic dog collars, because of talking and driving, and because of people gabbing to machines on the subway. The part I hate about them, however, is that people gabbing on the subway, or WIFI in coffee shops and public places, means that people who are smart enough not to be using a cell phone are still getting exposed to harmful radiation. The deletrious effects happen within a two meter radius of a given device.
Of course, there are still a few pockets of people who stubbornly cling to the public relations spew of the telecom giants. --Apparently, (I am told), because big corporations would never lie to us, and highschool science texts were written to inform us rather than program people for endentured slavery.
People deserve what they get. Knowledge protects.
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We don't hate cell phones, we hate other people's cell phones.
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My biggest pet peeve with cell phones is "custom" ringtones. You know what I mean -- "Sign up for service with $COMPANY and you will receive a new phone with colour display and 300 custom ringtomes!".
That would be all fine and dandy if there were only 300 phones in existence. But there aren't. Every single little high school teeny bopper has one. And they all pick the same ringtone. And it sounds like ass. *Twitch*
Probably, IMHO, it is the general belief that once you have a cell phone you'll be always available to answer it and if you don't (or leave it off) that you're being selectively rude with the caller.
"... when Apple designed the iPod, there was no internal speaker to annoy others with personal choices in music ..."
Ever heard of Sony ? The Walkman ? That was only 20 years before Apple's iPod.
whether it can used or misused? People are just referring to the fact that they hate the cell phone, contact me when I'm anywhere, world, but they understand that they need to have one because all of their friends do, and can setup last minute things involving 10 different people at once. Normally, half of the people could be away and eating dinner, but you can bang contact them on the cell phone and get a YES/No to some event going on two hours later. People hate it and love it. What is hard to understand?
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When people say "hate" they don't mean they detest something, they just imply that "omg look what our world turned into" but they can see the important uses of it. Clearly, understanding social skills is above your head. (no, don't look up, "above your head" is another figurative speech term in society.)
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The easiest solution, methinks, would have been not dragging her to church if she didn't want to go. Trying to force church on the actively disliking is a waste of time and effort.
Easiest solution, maybe, but not the best.
Children are born "actively disliking" anything but eating, sleeping, eliminating, and being entertained. They need to be "forced" to do things, to gain an appreciation of anything else.
Those who aren't ever "forced" to do things are eventually "forced" anyway, into the back of a cruiser, into a cell, etc.
I always thought the most hated invention was Linux
I'm looking at the aricle, and something seemed a bit off to me. The picture. For one, the bottom slide is far more anterior then the top. For one, look at the shape of piriform and the optic bundle (it's what is optic nerve closer to the eyes.)
Beyond that, just look at the shape of the hippocampus, these slides are at least 2 mm seperated, if not more. I don't have a rat brain atlas in front of me. But the point I'm trying to make is it's not a direct comparison, and there are more blood ventricals in the second slide.
Second, this looks like a map2 stain, and if that is the case, dark brown signifies apoptosis, or quick sudden death of a neuron. But dark brown also comes from over freezing of the tissue, which is often cut at -40 C or below and can crack if flash frozen.
Furthermore, I'm skeptical that this sort of microwave radiation does much of anything to brain tissue over that sort of exposure periods, even at high doses. For some brain analysis, to freeze necrosis at the time of death and prevent breakdown of some neurotransmitters, rats are given a high dose of microwave radion to cook thier brain inside the head, which also makes it easier to disect, and I've never seen this sort of blood leakage.....but that's just me. I'd like to see the actual article though, because MAP2 staining here makes no sense....
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I have something like this... A 400 watt high-pressure sodium light over my bed that lights 30 minutes before the alarm clock goes off. 50000 lumens of "simulated sunrise". It's a must during the winter on the 60th latitude. Only negative side is that it produces some UV. I have been thinking of putting on some sunscreen before going to sleep.
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, where does the road paved with evil intentions lead to?
a) It's not an 'invention'
b) You're a pathetic karma whore
c) The mods are simpletons
Man would have to be the worst invention out there. Nothing good has come from man. Ask yourself this would this planet be better off with or without man?
Yep, you heard me. I'm a childless couple that REFUSES to comply with societal standards by NOT BREEDING. I don't want a crying, sniviling, little devil sucking the life out of me. They are FAR worse than cell phones in restaurants or elsewhere.
Remember that episode of The Simpsons a few weeks ago when the childless in Springfield rise up and take back the town from kids?! That was GREAT!!
The random telephone survey of 1,023 adults and 500 teenagers ...
They wanted to interview adults only, but they were only using 10 bits to store ID numbers, so they had to move on to teenagers...
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1. Be sure to talk loudly in restaurants. Laugh raucously. People will be impressed by how much you enjoy your cell phone.
2. In addition to the above, be sure your conversations include intimate, private details about your life. People love hearing about your lanced boil while standing in line to order their food.
3. Even though you talk loudly about the most confidential aspects of your life, be sure to complain often about invasion of privacy.
4. Find the most annoying ring tone available for your phone, then crank it up! Your ring tone says a lot about you, and everyone is keenly interested in your personal tastes. Best places to crank up your ring tone: Waiting rooms, church, funerals.
5. Don't turn your phone off when entering the movie theater or your child's music recital. You're an important person, and cannot be out of touch for any period of time. After all, they can catch that movie later on DVD, and it's not like they haven't heard their kid play that stupid song a million times.
6. When possible, always talk while driving. Multitask if possible: If you're female put on your makeup and chat on the cellphone. If you're male, cradle your teensy cellphone in the crook of your neck while making notes. Don't worry about concentrating on your driving. Signaling for lane changes and looking out for pedestrians are over-rated activities anyway.
7. Always choose a plan with "walkie-talkie" mode, if available. Nothing impresses the boss and your coworkers more than to have your wife loudly blurt "What are you doing?" in the middle of a business meeting.
8. Lastly, be sure to get a phone with a built-in digital camera. People love having their pictures taken and plastered all over the internet.
Proverbs 21:19
I'm surprised more people haven't voted in car alarms as most hated technology. Hardly a night passes in San Jose when I'm not serenaded by the warbling songs of at least four car alarms. I think some of the stupid neighbor kids turned them on just to be funny.
You can protect yourself from the dangerous radiation by wearing a tin-foil hat.
Quite typical, and certainly not terribly useful in that it throws a doubtful light upon the whole study, at least as represented in this 'journal'.
As for leakage across the blood-brain barrier. . . You seem to know what you're talking about. How long does it normally take? I have read numerous studies which strongly suggest that the effect is quite immediate, by way of a mechanism called, 'cyclotronic resonance'.
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Most of our problems with technology aren't in the technology itself, but that society has failed to evolve with it.
I don't have a cell phone, and refuse to get one for several reasons, all related to social norms. First, I enjoy moments of solitude in the day. I don't want to be reachable 24/7. I might consider a cellphone for emergencies but too many people can't seem to understand a reasonable definition of emergency.
I could get one and only turn it on when I have an emergency, but it seems that people actually EXPECT to be able to call you when you're on the can and get angry if you turn the phone off. If I don't have one at all, they think I'm odd, but they don't get angry.
People who call a cellphone forget that you're not sitting in a dark corner just waiting for the phone to ring. It's impossible to talk to someone face to face if their phone is ringing every other word. I make it a practice to avoid talking to people who can't ignore their phone for 5 minutes.
This will remain a problem until society's expectations mature enough to be able to hear 'I don't want to have a phone conversation right now' and not get all hacked off about it (as if they've never claimed 'breaking up' to get out of a cell call themselves).
I might re-consider if there was a phone that would play my voice too chopped up to understand for 10 seconds then hang up on command.
In a similar way, the alarm clock, once a handy way to avoid sleeping the whole day away now acts as a chronic (pun intended) sleep deprivation device. It is mis-used by the sleeper who refuses to realize that they would wake up fine if they went to bed at a decent hour, and by the rest of society which now feels that being tired is no excuse for being 30 minutes late.
I don't hold out too much hope for society catching up with technology. We still haven't caught up with ubiquitous accurate wrist watches.
Consider how much less stressed people were about appointments, meetings, and the start of the workday when nobody could really be called late unless it was by more than 15-30 minutes (based on the town clock chiming). While many people have adjusted, there are far too many anal people who start burning spots in the face of their watch if someone is 5 seconds late.
It doesn't actually save any time, since it just forces people to be 15 minutes early and waste their time waiting rather than risking being a minute or two late.
Of course, that is all reletive, and has been going on over 2000 years:
"The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BCE
I was having lunch with a business associate, and he answered his damn phone no fewer than four times, interrupting the conversation, the train of thought, etc. Who was it calling each time? His wife.
In terms of annoyance, this ranks right up there with another most hated invention (at least in my book)....CALL WAITING.
I am sorry, but you forgot to mention any facts. I am aware of nonconformities to the latest CSS standards.
However, as a browser, it is one of the browsers that will render even partially received information (or broken HTML) correctly. Apart from efficiency issues (memory footprint when accessing complex documents in several windows and/or instances), which are not necessarily directly related to web developers (GUI designers and (D)HTML kiddies), there are very few Web-developer-unfriendly issues with IE.
You haven't bothered to mention any, so enlighten us.
I have had 2 cells.. the thing I hate most about them is the battery life. Thankfully my 2nd cell has a lithium battery and can be charged any time, though once a week I let it discharge till the cell alarms it is at low battery and charge it again.
The cell I have unfortunately is put together quite badly. The mic, earphone and ringer peices are not soldered in, they are incased in the case plastic and hit the pcb with contacts except the ringer.
The freaking ringer is not mounted on anything! The ringer randomly fails to work. I have the thing set on vibrate-ring so it vibrates twice then rings, but i set the ring to a alternating 3 full notes and full note rests (quite easy to ignore during a live conversation). The funky ringer speaker wouldnt bother me so much if the clock alarms would vibrate, but the dont, they only ring through the ringer speaker.
The ultimate hated thing though would have to be batteries. I have had trouble out of batteries and chargers everywhere. My mother's SUV, my cell, the propane-forklift at work, flashlights, my PDA.
My computer's UPS battery blew up once when the controlling curcuits shorted the battery. Fortunately I heard the battery venting and investigated, disconnected power and ran the unit outside to disassemble and yank the battery cables.
Some idiot at work ran the electric forklift battery all the way down and popped the fuse on the internal charger requiring a service call, putting my most important indoor forklift out of commission for 2 days over a weekend before the holidays. The operators of our manlifts never put them back on charge when required.
If someone could port over that new 15 min charging AA technology to heavy lift equipment (probably not viable) they would be creating gold in my eyes possibly fixing all my battery troubles at work.
DRACO-
Consider yourself blessed if you are sneezed on by a dragon and only get wet, it could have been a fireball.