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Mobile Devices Will Outnumber People By 2017

Posted by Unknown on from the but-only-because-of-famine dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes "According to the latest report from analysts at CCS Insight, there will be more mobile phones and tablets in use in four years' time than there are people on the planet. With the machines well and truly taking over, will we be using them or will they be controlling us?"

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  1. Machines won't take over in my lifetime by TWX · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Between the shoddy code, poor manufacturing tolerances, poor quality control, and dependence on power sources that they cannot protect, computers and devices will not take over in my lifetime even if there was an intent to do so. That doesn't even get into design that requires humans to perform maintenance tasks, flick switches, or otherwise do things that keep the systems up that the machines might not even know about.

    XKCD said it best.

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    Do not look into laser with remaining eye.