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How-To Geek Forums Topic: Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:59:39 +0000 ScottW on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/3#post-73859 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:22:37 +0000 ScottW 73859@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ JD, good point. I've seen enough Sci Fi, TV and movies, to know that you should never offend other lifeforms whether organic, inorganic, or unclassified! :O LH on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/3#post-73685 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:00:20 +0000 LH 73685@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Works a bit with sub-atomic particles I believe. Justin on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/3#post-73682 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:58:30 +0000 Justin 73682@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ ScottW said <code>JD, since we are just entertaining in a comical way, can you please describe the inorganic life forms that you know of?</code> I can't really think of any of the top of my head but should inorganic life forms exist, I didn't want to risk offending them :) ScottW <code>When you say "orgcanicly based lifeforms", I assume that you are trying to exclude other kinds of lifeforms.</code> Exactly. ScottW <code>The only existing teleporters that I am aware of can only transfer quantum states, not matter. We are a long, long way from Star Trek style teleportation.</code> Right, my bad. I didn't actully mean matter, just couldn't think of the correct thing. Thanks for the correction, saves me an extra trip to Google :-) SarahJames on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/3#post-73677 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:43:38 +0000 SarahJames 73677@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Old enough to know better, to young to care ... Scott on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/3#post-73673 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:19:15 +0000 Scott 73673@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading, I denied That leaves only me to blame 'cos Mama tried LH on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/3#post-73672 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:18:52 +0000 LH 73672@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ No magic involved. raphoenix on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/3#post-73670 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:14:59 +0000 raphoenix 73670@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Sometimes they won't let you off at your stop. Scott on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/3#post-73668 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:12:50 +0000 Scott 73668@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I did once too but that lasted from '78-'83 ;) /the Florida years //sans Gloria Gaynor, Jimmy Buffett raphoenix on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/3#post-73667 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:09:39 +0000 raphoenix 73667@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I rode on a "Magic Bus" once. LH on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/3#post-73652 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:23:07 +0000 LH 73652@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Star Trek style teleportation, is actually rather crude. Far better to use the bend space/time system. ScottW on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/2#post-73642 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:10:38 +0000 ScottW 73642@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ JD, since we are just entertaining in a comical way, can you please describe the inorganic life forms that you know of? When you say "orgcanicly based lifeforms", I assume that you are trying to exclude other kinds of lifeforms. The only existing teleporters that I am aware of can only transfer quantum states, not matter. We are a long, long way from Star Trek style teleportation. Justin on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/2#post-73631 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:02:22 +0000 Justin 73631@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ @whs, Odeho19: I compleatly agree with your replies. I knew when I posted this that "Annoying telephone usage in the current generation" was a very loaded title but it is very hard to come up titles that are short enough for this forum. If possible, I would have used "Annoying telephone usage in the 21st centry of simi-spolied somewhat-irresponsible usually-young organicly-based lifeforms with the ability to speak usually-intelligent thoughts but not always" :D I also don't have the time to quadouble check every single post I do to make 100% sure that everything I write will clearly say what I want to convey. Post Disclammer: This post is for information and entertainment* value only. The sole purpose is to comicly point out that I like many other organicly based lifeforms on this planet make mistakes and try to correct them. Should this post be misintereted to mean anything more then that, there is nothing else I can reallisticly** do about it. * Entertainment value as in entaining to me and I hope entertaining to you but it's entertaining to you not then I can't help that ** Reallisticly as in flying over to your house to talk face-to-face is impractical and devices like teleporters do not exist*** *** I think some teleporters do exist but they can only transport very small pieces of matter over very short distances Odeho19 on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/2#post-73569 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:31:38 +0000 Odeho19 73569@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ @JD, I posted the link to this e-mail to point out what I believe was a gross exaggeration of what the original post (yours) was. And that was the "Annoying telephone usage in the current generation". I was merely attempting to point out that it, has in this country (US), gone way past the point of being just annoying, but has now reached the point of becoming literally deadly. Again, I am not intending to get on a soap box here, as I don't believe, even though HTG has allowed us this forum to speak our minds, in a "off topic" sort of way, I should be delving this deeply into what is clearly a political issue. I am very happy to even broach this subject even this much. And I am also extremely fortunate to say that incidents such as this have never touched me or anyone I know. I merely hoped to point out something that had been brought to my attention,(in an e-mail) then coincidentally brought up as a topic of discussion here. I do have to say for the record though that some of the punishments brought up by WHS, I don't feel would be a bad idea for those of us here in the US to forced to abide by. I think that we get off too easily for similar infractions here, and I think if ALL drivers were punished more severely, that there might not be as many of these types of accidents. Just a thought... whs on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/2#post-73449 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:54:46 +0000 whs 73449@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ jd, Irresponsible people live all over the world. What is different though, are the laws and the enforcement that keeps those people under control. Of all the countries I lived in, the US has the most relaxing traffic laws and quasi no enforcement at all (which is pleasant for drivers like me but dangerous too). In e.g. Germany, you have cameras at any major traffic light, and if you pass on red, you'll find your ticket and your points in the mail - and it costs big time. Same with speeding - every village has automatic Radars and on any major avenue in the cities where people might want to speed, they'll be recorded by automatic radars. In addition, the communities subcontract to mobile radar controllers that are at every corner (that's their business) and the police has mobile radar controls too. If you move more than about 20% faster than posted, you loose your license on the spot - in serious cases for good. And it will cost you at least $2500 to get a new license from scratch - plus the hefty fine that can be several thousand dollars too. Talking on the cell phone is the same. If you are caught (and chances are high), you pay thru the nose. In the UK, I think, several hundred dollar. Last year I was driving half a mile down the road to get bread in France. I was not buckled up - result: $130 fine on the spot. And if you don't have the cash, you walk. No credit cards. So I think there is room for improvement around here - for the safety and well being of everybody. Fortunately though, the US drivers on average are much more courteous than most European drivers. Justin on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/2#post-73442 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:02:31 +0000 Justin 73442@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ @Odeho19: First I want to say that it is sad that happened and I'm happy to hear the boy will be alright. But what that post is talking about is another subject entirely; the need for some people to do other things while they are driving weather it's being drunk, eating food, talking on a phone or text messaging. The problem has nothing to do with people being rude when doing things like using a telephone as this topic is about but that those people are just irresponsible and believe that they can both drive and do something else while they drive. It has nothing to do with Cell Phones at all other then it happens to be what many people are paying attention to instead of looking at the road though as listed above not the only thing. To my knowledge it's been that way since cars were first introduced, a certain amount of people think that they can multitask by driving while doing something else when they really cannot do so. Important Notes: "To my knowledge" means based on what I've read about the history of cars, I can not go back in time to verify this though for obvoius reasons. Also I by no means intend to say that this makes what happened to the child in this accident any better just because text message alone was not the cause. Just wanted to point out that it was the person who decided to use text messenging instead of watching the road that caused the accident. Aleeve on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/2#post-73265 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:14:31 +0000 Aleeve 73265@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I'm so glad the boy was ok :) But that is awful what happened so unwarranted Odeho19 on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/2#post-73259 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:01:19 +0000 Odeho19 73259@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Yep Scott, Perfect, here it is,<a href="http://forum.grasscity.com/general/333430-results-intexticated-driving.html">it is,</a>, this is exactly the one I got, that I thought fit well. I know we're kidding around a lot here, but this is serious stuff sometimes, and I don't think people, (though the gist of this e-mail was kids) realize what they're doing. Okay, off my soap box. Got that out of my system, Thanks! Scott on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/2#post-73244 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:38:21 +0000 Scott 73244@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ You can google the subject line to see if there's a link. Odeho19 on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/2#post-73240 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:31:15 +0000 Odeho19 73240@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ It's kind of long with the pics that are in it. Or could I just post it in another thread, or what would you like me to do? Scott on "Annoying Telephone usage in the current generation" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/annoying-telephone-usage-in-the-current-generation/page/2#post-73231 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:51:31 +0000 Scott 73231@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Copy and paste.