Engineering Lifestyle
The day Albert Einstein most feared is upon us!
Clive Maxfield
12/3/2012 10:49 AM EST
This is a tad cynical, perhaps, but we do continue to be amazed at how much texting young people seem to do these days. It's almost like they are oblivious to the world around them. However, there is one advantage as you will see when you reach the bottom…
Having coffee with friends.
A day at the beach.
Cheering on your team.
Having dinner out with your friends.
Out on an intimate date.
Having a conversation with your BFF.
A visit to the museum.
Enjoying the sights.
Nuff said?
Of course, one of the benefits of all this texting is that innocent bystanders (people sitting at the next restaurant table, people sitting in the next bus seat etc.) don’t have to listen to these young people's inane telephone conversations anymore! So it's true -- every cloud does have a silver lining :-)
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Having coffee with friends.
A day at the beach.
Cheering on your team.
Having dinner out with your friends.
Out on an intimate date.
Having a conversation with your BFF.
A visit to the museum.
Enjoying the sights.
Nuff said?
Of course, one of the benefits of all this texting is that innocent bystanders (people sitting at the next restaurant table, people sitting in the next bus seat etc.) don’t have to listen to these young people's inane telephone conversations anymore! So it's true -- every cloud does have a silver lining :-)
If you found this article to be of interest, visit Programmable Logic Designline where – in addition to my Max's Cool Beans blogs – you will find the latest and greatest design, technology, product, and news articles with regard to programmable logic devices of every flavor and size (FPGAs, CPLDs, CSSPs, PSoCs...).
Also, you can obtain a highlights update delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for my weekly newsletter – just Click Here to request this newsletter using the Manage Newsletters tab (if you aren't already a member you'll be asked to register, but it's free and painless so don't let that stop you [grin]).
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ReneCardenas
12/4/2012 5:45 PM EST
Max, fully automated cars can't get here fast enough and protect us from drivers like the young lady texting while driving. God please do not let that car cross my path!
However, I rather see people texting on the tables near by than the annoying loud mouth any day.
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Max the Magnificent
12/5/2012 4:56 PM EST
I agree -- it embarrasses me to be listening to someone else's conversation -- and if someone calls me I take the call outside the room
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mike_m
12/4/2012 6:08 PM EST
When I was coaching Pee Wee Ice hockey in the 2009 season in Northern Arizona we had an idiot spectator texting during the entire game, so much that he missed a stray shot off the glass and into the stands.
Einstein was correct in this instance, the puck made a glancing blow to what we later found out to be a non used and non vital part of his body, his head!!!
The individual stood up and looked around to see what he missed after all the laughing and cheering, Hockey fans can truly be mean BTW, and he looked around as if nothing happened and went back to texting.
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SylvieBarak
12/5/2012 3:56 PM EST
Maybe they're texting really interesting things :)
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Max the Magnificent
12/5/2012 4:56 PM EST
Are you a betting woman?
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Frank Eory
12/5/2012 7:01 PM EST
Rather than texting, it's more likely they are Facebooking. Yes, that's an actual verb now :)
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AlabamaEng
12/6/2012 6:19 PM EST
The ones that really irritate me are the ones who continuously check their cellphone in the movie theater to see if they have any messages. It's like having flashbulbs go off all around you while you're trying to enjoy the movie. Why are they even there?
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Spanners
12/7/2012 9:45 AM EST
Like so much of the application of science and technology We have made these communication systems because we could do it and it created a market - from GM crops, nuclear bombs to genetic engineering in the garden shed but nobody asked the question at to whether, weighing up the benefits for the good of humanity ,we should. We have laws to stop Jo public from manufacturing explosives in their garden shed - but it is perfectly legal for them to experiment with genetic engineering!! - crazy eh? What Eistien is warning us us is that without using respect for and real thought, our discoveries may very well become our downfall.
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