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When Does Technolust Become An Addiction?

Posted by Zonk on from the right-about-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a CNet article, an incredible one in three people aged 16 to 24 in the UK would not give up their mobile phone for a million pounds. 'The phone-centric survey, called Mobile Life, was carried out across the UK and questioned 1,256 people aged 16 to 64 on a variety of topics ... So young people really like having a mobile phone and we all love buying gadgets. But before you dismiss this research as stating the bleeding obvious, think about this -- if someone had told you even ten years ago that people would be taking out second mortgages to buy flat screen TVs, would you have believed it?' Is this just the result of deliberately skewed marketing dressed up as research, or is this another indication of western culture's obsession with communication and technology? How much is too much tech?"

6 of 281 comments (clear)

  1. When? by mushupork · · Score: 5, Funny

    We'll find out June 29.

    Say it with me: it's only a phone...it's only a phone...

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  2. My mind reels by david_thornley · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Too much tech" - I can understand each word individually, but putting them together that way just doesn't seem to make sense.

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    "When you have eliminated the unacceptable, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truthiness" - Holmes
  3. I doubt it by localman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think it's pretty easy to say "no" to a million pounds when you know there's no chance you'll actually get it. If they really had a million pounds right there and the paperwork was ready I bet more than a few of the people who said "no" would say "yes".

    That said, I wouldn't give mine up ;)

  4. Because these idiots are trying to get karma. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you reply to a first post, the moderators are more likely to see it as they are lazy and don't bother scrolling down more than a page or two. The moderators are either too stupid to notice that the reply has NOTHING to do with the parent, or they don't care, which is just as bad. Such is the way of Slashdot.

  5. DUH by llZENll · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, a million pounds is really heavy, and a mobile phone is really light, who wants to carry around 500 tons? And a million pounds of what?

  6. Re:My current phone is so crap by Refenestrator · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you are unable to discard the phone of your own will, it may be cursed. Look for a potion of holy water or a scroll of remove curse. Prayer may also work if you are in good standing with your god. If that fails, you should be able to get someone to steal it from you.