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How the Camera Phone Changed the World
theodp writes "Ten years after the amazing Philippe Kahn married a cell phone and a digital camera to capture the birth of daughter Sophie, Slate takes a look at the impact of the camera phone, the gadget that perverts, vigilantes, and celebrity stalkers can all agree on. 'With this kind of device,' Kahn told Wired, 'you're going to see the best and the worst of things.'"
I wrote a few stories about Sophie, see here.
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Why aren't they used for video conferencing? I was expecting that to be the main feature of the iPhone, but it has no camera at all.
If my cell phone impacts something, usually it breaks. I don't know about camera phones, perhaps they are sturdier? I guess I'll have to RTFA to see if Slate's camera phone has a higher g-rating and can survive an impact.
Oh, he didn't smash his camera phone? I think he meant to "take a look at the effect of the camera phone". Yes, that makes much more sense.
I'm sorry (and will probably get modded down as a troll) this is one invention I could certainly do without.
The unfortunate difference between an Internet martyr and a real martyr is that the real martyrs end up dead. Although, maybe Internet martyrs are just real ones posting from beyond the grave.
And since liberals control academia, doesn't that make you worry about how they will screw up everything else if you give them a chance?
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