Get a headset. Yes, some physicians are claiming that this doesn't help because the phone is still compensating to pull the signal so you are baking a body part, but at least it's not next to your skull. And who knows, maybe you are working on the great cure for cancer with the person at the other end of the line! Plus, it's great fun to freak out people who don't see the earpiece and think you are walking along talking to yourself.
Nokia cell phones are great. I have two that have been abused all to Hell. The one has been glue-jobbed all over multiple times because the poor baby gets dropped on concrete a lot. Growing up my dear old dad was the "take care of stuff" kind of guy who would wash and wax his cars, even lawn mowers, and was big into taking care of stuff. I thought that "stuff" was around for us, so if it couldn't handle our abuse, tough. Thus, I am really hard on anything (that I own... I do respect other peoples' stuff), no mercy, and I don't mind if that results in glue globs and duct tape. For example, I had an old Audi sedan that was broken into twice and busted up, I drove it through snow banks once to refill my step-sister's snowmobile with gas, etc., and I had even drilled holes in the driver's door because the opening mechanism was shot so I had to use a coat hanger to jigger the door open... but the damn thing kept going and I loved that car(don't even ask about the '76 Chevy pickup with five different colors of paint I had in college)! And I have to say my Nokias are just like that. I beat them up and they still work fine. Don't think that isn't worth something, because if you are on the road and drop one of those wimpy phones with little fragile parts sticking out of them, you are out of luck, and that fancy little feature that sold you isn't worth squat.
Technology rules Mr. AC, as far as I am concerned. Why do you ask? Is it because Computer Security Day is this month? Or is there something else significant about today? You bring up an interesting point because I wonder if technology would have improved the U.S. presidential election (eg. web voting) controversy that has resulted.
I have to agree... most people I know at firms with jobs that involve travel get a cell plan with as much as 600 minutes a month that they can use any way they want, ie. no need to turn in reimbursements unless they go over that 600 minute limit (so if they have a light month they use the excess minutes for personal use, no problem). BTW, is this unusual? I was wondering because some of the firms are a bit tight, it's just that overall doing this is cheaper than counting every last penny and filling out lots of forms to get admin people involved, etc.
The article mentions applications of this lense technology in wavelengths outside the visual spectrum, eg. radio and microwaves, toward medical devices. Could this be applied to data communications as well? Seems like wireless folks would be interested in taking this technology beyond the theoretical realm.
Look at the replies to this post and just watch the discrimination again the childless in action. I get sick of people telling me that having kids "will make a man" of me. The fact that I have remained childless is my choice made on firm grounds. BTW, I found that hanging up the telephone on relatives the second they bring this crap up is very effective; don't threaten to hang up, or say "I'm going now" or anything like that, just quietly disconnect. My mother not only stopped bothering me about the kid thing at family gatherings, she even intervenes and quiets relatives down if they say something.
On the flipside, it's not like Xerox has ever capitalized on having this asset. PARC claims invention of Ethernet, laser printer, first pc (the Altos), the mouse and GUI; they let these go and the benefits fell on such companies as 3Com, HP, IBM, and Apple. Hopefully this wonderful institution won't end up in the "trash," but in the hands of someone who understands PARC's visions.
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Get a headset. Yes, some physicians are claiming that this doesn't help because the phone is still compensating to pull the signal so you are baking a body part, but at least it's not next to your skull. And who knows, maybe you are working on the great cure for cancer with the person at the other end of the line! Plus, it's great fun to freak out people who don't see the earpiece and think you are walking along talking to yourself.
Nokia cell phones are great. I have two that have been abused all to Hell. The one has been glue-jobbed all over multiple times because the poor baby gets dropped on concrete a lot. Growing up my dear old dad was the "take care of stuff" kind of guy who would wash and wax his cars, even lawn mowers, and was big into taking care of stuff. I thought that "stuff" was around for us, so if it couldn't handle our abuse, tough. Thus, I am really hard on anything (that I own... I do respect other peoples' stuff), no mercy, and I don't mind if that results in glue globs and duct tape. For example, I had an old Audi sedan that was broken into twice and busted up, I drove it through snow banks once to refill my step-sister's snowmobile with gas, etc., and I had even drilled holes in the driver's door because the opening mechanism was shot so I had to use a coat hanger to jigger the door open... but the damn thing kept going and I loved that car(don't even ask about the '76 Chevy pickup with five different colors of paint I had in college)! And I have to say my Nokias are just like that. I beat them up and they still work fine. Don't think that isn't worth something, because if you are on the road and drop one of those wimpy phones with little fragile parts sticking out of them, you are out of luck, and that fancy little feature that sold you isn't worth squat.
Technology rules Mr. AC, as far as I am concerned. Why do you ask? Is it because Computer Security Day is this month? Or is there something else significant about today? You bring up an interesting point because I wonder if technology would have improved the U.S. presidential election (eg. web voting) controversy that has resulted.
I have to agree... most people I know at firms with jobs that involve travel get a cell plan with as much as 600 minutes a month that they can use any way they want, ie. no need to turn in reimbursements unless they go over that 600 minute limit (so if they have a light month they use the excess minutes for personal use, no problem). BTW, is this unusual? I was wondering because some of the firms are a bit tight, it's just that overall doing this is cheaper than counting every last penny and filling out lots of forms to get admin people involved, etc.
That was a great pun!
The article mentions applications of this lense technology in wavelengths outside the visual spectrum, eg. radio and microwaves, toward medical devices. Could this be applied to data communications as well? Seems like wireless folks would be interested in taking this technology beyond the theoretical realm.
Look at the replies to this post and just watch the discrimination again the childless in action. I get sick of people telling me that having kids "will make a man" of me. The fact that I have remained childless is my choice made on firm grounds. BTW, I found that hanging up the telephone on relatives the second they bring this crap up is very effective; don't threaten to hang up, or say "I'm going now" or anything like that, just quietly disconnect. My mother not only stopped bothering me about the kid thing at family gatherings, she even intervenes and quiets relatives down if they say something.
Thought I had found a kindred soul. I love coding in the warm glow of my monitor and don't want anything messing with that.
1) When Airscooters Collide
2) When Airscooters Crash to Earth
3) Airscooter Chases Caught on Tape
On the flipside, it's not like Xerox has ever capitalized on having this asset. PARC claims invention of Ethernet, laser printer, first pc (the Altos), the mouse and GUI; they let these go and the benefits fell on such companies as 3Com, HP, IBM, and Apple. Hopefully this wonderful institution won't end up in the "trash," but in the hands of someone who understands PARC's visions.