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Ten Things Mobile Phones Will Make Obsolete
An anonymous reader writes "recombu.com has an article examining ten things mobile phones will make obsolete, including phone booths, wristwatches and handheld games consoles. It's interesting to see how many devices have been absorbed into mobile phone technology, and it raises the question: are we better off having everything in one device? The author poignantly concludes that while it's great to have so much power at our fingertips, it does mean that some of us will rely on mobile phones for even basic mental tasks, which is great until the battery runs out." See also Isaac Asimov's The Feeling of Power.
My phone keeps the time just fine when out of reception. Likely better than an old pocket watch. What kind of brick-phone do you have?
Asimov - "The Feeling Of Power"
Can be read here: http://downlode.org/Etext/power.html
Another thing you can do on most modern web enabled phones is look up phrases like Begs the Question and see what a fool you are making of yourself prior to posting on slashdot.
http://begthequestion.info/
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Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
Quantum doesn't mean small, and quantum leap is not meant to imply anything about the magnitude of the change. Rather, it refers to the discontinuous nature of the change
Beta is bad enough to make me go edit settings like this sig that haven't been touched since I joined
[X] Allowed: I work in a secure facility. I must leave my phone in a locker outside the facility. My watch goes everywhere I do.
[X] Real water resistant, mine goes scuba diving with me and it ain't an expensive dive watch, it's a $40 Timex.
[X] Battery life in excess of eight years and counting (it's only rated for seven).
I'm too lazy to compose a creative sig.
The main trigger was about 10 years ago, when I suddenly developed a serious rash on my wrist under the watch. I carried it in my pocket for a week or so, to see what happened. The rash slowly went away, and a doctor told me that he'd seen quite a lot of watch-caused rashes recently. He didn't know what they were putting in or on the metal, but it wasn't anything good.
You have a nickel allergy.
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