I'll Turn On My Cell Phone If You Turn On Yours...

[BPSCG]

From another thread, which got me wondering...

I find that letting the battery die and then not recharging it at all is the best option, as it gives me one more weapon in my "reasons not to talk to others" arsenal.

You, too?

I'm afreaid you have it the wrong way around. It's others who don't want to talk to you.

Two things I'm thinking about:

1. There are predictions that in a relatively few years, the landline telephone will be extinct, or nearly so, as everyone will have a cell phone;
2. I know a lot of people - Mrs. BPSCG, my mother, Mrs. BPSCG's mother, to name a few - who almost proudly admit, "Oh, I never turn on my cell phone unless I'm making a call."

Now, when 1) above occurs, what will happen if everyone behaves as in 2) above? (Kant's categorical imperative as applied to cell phones.)

 

[richardm]

Shares in voicemail providers will shoot through the roof?

 

[Mephisto]

Shares in voicemail providers will shoot through the roof?

The NSA will grow bored and start reading snail mail?

 

[Psi Baba]

Now, when 1) above occurs, what will happen if everyone behaves as in 2) above? (Kant's categorical imperative as applied to cell phones.)

There will be a lot more txt msgs to the effect of "Trn on yr Fkng clfon!"

 

[TobiasTheViking]

From another thread, which got me wondering...




Two things I'm thinking about:

1. There are predictions that in a relatively few years, the landline telephone will be extinct, or nearly so, as everyone will have a cell phone;
2. I know a lot of people - Mrs. BPSCG, my mother, Mrs. BPSCG's mother, to name a few - who almost proudly admit, "Oh, I never turn on my cell phone unless I'm making a call."

Now, when 1) above occurs, what will happen if everyone behaves as in 2) above? (Kant's categorical imperative as applied to cell phones.)

I have a friend that always have his phone either turned off, or silent. I agree it should be silent in most situations, that is why we have vibrate folks.

So, he never answers his phone. In return, when he calls me, i see it is him, and don't answer, just because i don't want him to have it easier than me.

It is childish of me, i know. Oh wel.

 

[webfusion]

Is there a standby mode?

 

[Grammatron]

My Cellphone is always on vibrate so that I know it's ringing but it doesn't bother anyone else. I almost always pick up my phone unless I am not sure of the number someone is calling from, then it's to voicemail.

Certainly there are times when I am with friends, at work or some other such instance where talking on the phone would not be appropriate so I do not. Otherwise, what the hack is the point of having a cellphone if you are going to go as far as letting the battery die so as not to speak with people? Seems anti-social to me.

 

[Ryokan]

I agree it should be silent in most situations, that is why we have vibrate folks.

Ohh, so that's why... I thought it was for... Well, never mind.

 

[BPSCG]

Ohh, so that's why... I thought it was for... Well, never mind.

Might explain why, when I ask Mrs. BPSCG why she didn't answer when I kept calling her, she just replied, "...mmmmmmm..."

 

[Art Vandelay]

Is there a standby mode?

Yes. There are three modes: off, standby, and in use. "In use" means that the user is currently engaged in a phone call. "Standby" is often referred to as "on".

This isn't exactly an issue unique to cell phones. One can just as easily set one's landline phone to not ring. I guess it's more socially acceptable to turn of one's cell phone. I guess the thinking is that if you're home, you should be available for calls, but if you're out someplace, it's okay to be unreachable.

 

[Kerberos]

There will be a lot more txt msgs to the effect of "Trn on yr Fkng clfon!"

j00r lEe7 5ux0R

phJEEr My m4d Lee7 5K1lL2 n008

 

[PogoPedant]

j00r lEe7 5ux0R

phJEEr My m4d Lee7 5K1lL2 n008

I do believe that it is spelled "l337", my good sir.

 

[Ryokan]

I do believe that it is spelled "l337", my good sir.

n00b

 

[PogoPedant]

n00b

I have nothing to counter that written smackdown.

 

[Kerberos]

I do believe that it is spelled "l337", my good sir.

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[RandFan]

7|-|A7'2 |-|0\|/ 1'|) |\|0.-|\/|A|_|_`/ \|/.-173 17 700, 8|_|7 1 |_|53|) A |_337 3|\|6|_15|-| 7.-A|\||_a70.-. a|>|>a.-3|\|7|_`/ 17 |<0|\|51|)3.-2 .-a|\||)0|\/| |>|_||\|(7|_|A710|\| a |>a.-7 0|= |_337, _||_|57 83 |-|a|>|>`/ 1 |)1|)'|\|7 53|_3(7 7|-|3 "a|)va|\|(3|) |_3375|>33|< 8|_|770|\|. 7|-|3 .-35|_||_7 12 |>.-377`/ |\/||_|(|-| |_||\|.-3a|)a8|_3.

01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100110 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100111 01110101 01111001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110101 01110100 00111111

 

[Kerberos]

01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100110 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100111 01110101 01111001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110101 01110100 00111111

Does that actually mean anything? it's not a simple numbers for letters substitution in base 2 of the kind 1=a, 2=b.

 

[gumboot]

my brain is melting

 

[Earthborn]

01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100110 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100111 01110101 01111001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110101 01110100 00111111

01010010 01100101 01110000 01101111 01110010 01110100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 01110011 01100101 01101100 01100110 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01100001 00100000 01110010 01110101 01101100 01100101 00100000 00111000 00100000 01110110 01101001 01101111 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00101110 00101110 00101110

 

[Earthborn]

Does that actually mean anything? it's not a simple numbers for letters substitution in base 2 of the kind 1=a, 2=b.

01001001 01110100 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01000001 01010011 01000011 01001001 01001001 00101110 00100000 01010011 01100101 01100101 00100000 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00101110