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Morse Code on Cell Phones?
An anonymous reader writes "In a recent showdown, veteran Morse coders were able to send SMS messages faster via Morse than the fastest thumb-typists. What about embedding support for Morse code directly into handsets? This article on O'Reilly Network floats the idea of using Morse code to compose text messages, as well as tapping commands (i.e. answer call, forward to voice mail, etc) in hands-free mode by tapping on the handset case."
Having already posted one dupe today, timothy pulls off the amazing feat of posting a dupe of a dupe!
It's a dupe followed by a dupe-dupe!
What do you call that?
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(hi lameness filter)
While trying to post the below, WITHOUT the text (dot,line) the lameness filter went into action ...
Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters.
So by slashdot.org definition morse code is junk.
dot dot line (..-)
dot dot dot (...)
dot (.)
dot line dot dot (.-..)
dot (.)
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learning curve would be steeper for morse but one can also have a smaller fone (one that have 8 keys less)
Hi Babe stop,
Sorry I didn't phone you.stop.But my phone only has one button for sending messages. SOS Stop.
"I used to have that really cool,funny sig
The Greatest Dupe Known To Man! (Score:-1, Redundant)
Hilarious. Good luck to the meta-moderator trying to judge this one.
On the learnmorsecode page (very useful, thanx), the all-important and recently added @ sign is missing.
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It's dit-dah-dah-dit-dah-dit
And the character to emphasize that there she was, she was walking down the street, is
do-wah-diddy-diddy-dum-diddy-do
I would also hasten to add it wasn't a bug that Chip used, but rather a Bencher iambic keyer, and they start around $100.
Straight-key morse is somewhat unintuative and I think would wear off quickly. Two-paddle or iambic, on the other hand, is much easier and faster (usually left for dits, right for dahs). I can bang out 40+ WPM in a contest or while DXing with paddles.
I seriously believe this would catch on in some segments of the cellphone-using population -- namely kids who want to send messages fast and those who see it as a cool thing to try, simply because you can.
And of course, it would serve one other function -- to fuel the inevitable war between those who would be pro-code on cellphones and those would be no-coders!
Cheers, Peter, W2IRT
in REALISTIC conditions a bike is often faster than a car. i guarantee i can get across london on my bike faster than you can in a car. even a taxi using the bus lanes. anyway, to fill this post with non-bragging content; was the kid using T9 or just mashing the buttons? the FA doesnt say. Either way, my phone is dead portable, it would ruin its appeal if i had to carry a 93 year old man and his morse machine around too...