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#3517211 - 02/12/12 02:00 PM Re: It must be a generation gap... [Re: BeachAV8R]
Vertigo1 Hotshot Registered: 02/09/01 Posts: 9601 Loc: VT, USA	Technically, that is a gap of several generations. _________________________ "The more laws, the less justice." ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero "Man to man, the urban is no match for the rural mind." - Wallace Nutting “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” - Albert Einstein
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#3517336 - 02/12/12 04:23 PM Re: It must be a generation gap... [Re: magicalflyer]
Rick.50cal Veteran Registered: 10/25/99 Posts: 18371	Originally Posted By: magicalflyer If the aliens are still interested in invading the Earth, cell phones will make it a lot easier than when they tried it using the Beattles' worldwide concert broadcast years ago. Just one transmission of the signal and probably 90% of humans will be brainwashed at the same time Had a thought a few weeks back about how a zombie apocalpyse would come to a swift end in the age of Facebook, instant messaging/text messages... "OMG, zombies!" "Where? Getting my gun/crowbar" "Down at the McD's, side parking lot" . . . "Boom! You see teh head 'splode?! Uploading picture" "Whoa! Txt that to CDC dude!" "Got vid of it, uploading to Youtube, the cops, and CDC" "crap, my youtube account got frozen...wait, CDC is now phoning me" . . "OMG downtown is full of zombies!" "OMG downtown is cordoned off by gunship helicopters and cops!" "tweet just said there's 10,000 young men walking to the cordon, armed with AR-15's and shotguns, looking to 'purge the infection'!!1!" Say what you want, but with the speed of Tweets, GPS enabled phones, our smart phones would pass the info faster than the zombies could handle, even the running zombies. The invasion I'd worry about is the next bird-flu, "Contagion" style! _________________________ POLITICS, WAR, ECONOMY, CONTROVERSY! and other heated discussions and debates in the PWEC sub-forum at the bottom of this forum main page. See you there!
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#3517340 - 02/12/12 04:26 PM Re: It must be a generation gap... [Re: BeachAV8R]
Rick.50cal Veteran Registered: 10/25/99 Posts: 18371	I've fired two for spending too much time "twitting" on their phones instead of actually working. And I've seen it happen to others. _________________________ POLITICS, WAR, ECONOMY, CONTROVERSY! and other heated discussions and debates in the PWEC sub-forum at the bottom of this forum main page. See you there!
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#3517395 - 02/12/12 06:14 PM Re: It must be a generation gap... [Re: Rick.50cal]
NavyNuke99 One Man Wolfpack Senior Member Registered: 01/04/09 Posts: 3184 Loc: Raleigh, NC	Originally Posted By: Rick.50cal Originally Posted By: magicalflyer If the aliens are still interested in invading the Earth, cell phones will make it a lot easier than when they tried it using the Beattles' worldwide concert broadcast years ago. Just one transmission of the signal and probably 90% of humans will be brainwashed at the same time Had a thought a few weeks back about how a zombie apocalpyse would come to a swift end in the age of Facebook, instant messaging/text messages... "OMG, zombies!" "Where? Getting my gun/crowbar" "Down at the McD's, side parking lot" . . . "Boom! You see teh head 'splode?! Uploading picture" "Whoa! Txt that to CDC dude!" "Got vid of it, uploading to Youtube, the cops, and CDC" "crap, my youtube account got frozen...wait, CDC is now phoning me" . . "OMG downtown is full of zombies!" "OMG downtown is cordoned off by gunship helicopters and cops!" "tweet just said there's 10,000 young men walking to the cordon, armed with AR-15's and shotguns, looking to 'purge the infection'!!1!" Say what you want, but with the speed of Tweets, GPS enabled phones, our smart phones would pass the info faster than the zombies could handle, even the running zombies. The invasion I'd worry about is the next bird-flu, "Contagion" style! You know, this totally reminds me of one of my favorite cartoons: http://xkcd.com/723/ And that's TOTALLY what happened when we had the Great Quake of 2011 here on the East Coast... _________________________ " And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'"- John F. Kennedy "NUKE-ular. It's pronounced NUKE-ular."- Homer Simpson "You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity."- Bullet Tooth Tony Run, jump, lift, puke, repeat.
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#3517414 - 02/12/12 07:49 PM Re: It must be a generation gap... [Re: BeachAV8R]
adlabs6 Contributing Editor ArmA2 Player! Veteran Registered: 11/11/04 Posts: 13544 Loc: Texas, USA	Great photo, it captures what I see here on many levels. You might try to get it published, maybe Readers Digest or someplace. Really strange as I have no cell/smart phone and have no clue what the people who seem to never cease staring at them are captivated by. The people I know closely enough to dare "pry" seem to be constantly checking their many messaging outlets. Checking inboxes can't be that exciting! Typing with your thumbs SURELY can't be! _________________________ WARNING: This post may not bear appropriate warning labels, a noncriminal illegal omission. SimmersPaintShop.com - Skinning Forums, Tutorials, and Downloads for Simulation Fans.
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#3517435 - 02/12/12 08:28 PM Re: It must be a generation gap... [Re: BeachAV8R]
BeachAV8R Contributing Editor Lifer Registered: 01/22/01 Posts: 20988 Loc: Charlotte, NC USA	The irony is - I took the photo with my cell phone, uploaded it to my e-mail, edited it, then uploaded it to SimHQ. * (Not while I was at the table eating though..) BeachAV8R * I found it to be much safer to do all that while I was driving.. _________________________ Subscribe to PC Pilot magazine! -- (I write for them!)
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#3517474 - 02/12/12 09:35 PM Re: It must be a generation gap... [Re: BeachAV8R]
LukeFF Amasser of Mosins Hotshot Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 8078 Loc: Riverside, California, USA
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#3517528 - 02/13/12 02:09 AM Re: It must be a generation gap... [Re: BeachAV8R]
purolator Senior Member Registered: 07/18/01 Posts: 2588 Loc: Bochum-Langendreer, Germany	The image is indeed a sign of the times. Albeit I assume to be closer in age to the guys on the left I think I'd fit in better into the group on the right side. I also got a smartphone. But actually I don't like it very much, I even thought about going back to the slider model I used before. Usually it's stacked away and the sound is set to 'off', unless I use it as an mp3-player or alarm-clock. Did I mention yet that I just don't like to be available all the time? _________________________ rF wins: 2 // rF runners-up: 3 // rF 3rd: 6 // rFactor disconnections: lost count... // rFactor overall car wrecks: buffer overload
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#3517573 - 02/13/12 05:03 AM Re: It must be a generation gap... [Re: BeachAV8R]
Flyboy Senior Member Registered: 11/29/06 Posts: 3015 Loc: England, UK	I don't own a mobile phone, let alone a 'smart phone'. And if I don't feel the need for one now, I never will. They can become an addiction. _________________________ Flyboy's Site Flyboy's Online Store Flyboy's YouTube Channel
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#3517580 - 02/13/12 05:29 AM Re: It must be a generation gap... [Re: BeachAV8R]
MaceUK33 Dirk Diggler's stuntman Hotshot Registered: 01/10/05 Posts: 8843 Loc: Darlington, UK	I'd be lost without my phone, contains all my calendar appts., numbers, addresses etc. as i have a terrible memory. And before you say it, never had a phone stolen and always extremely careful with it. _________________________ Antec 902 \| MSI GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR 3 1280MB GDDR5 \| Samsung F3 1TB \| Corsair 6GB DDR3 \| Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 \| LG DVD±RW SATA DL RW \| Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 PSU \| Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz D0 OC'd to 3.40GHz \| Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler \| W7 HP 64 bit \| 27" iiyama monitor \| TM HOTAS Warthog #05225 \| TM Cougar MFDs \| Saitek Pro-flight combat pedals \| Track IR 5 Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.
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