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Dad had a radio-phone in the work crummie by '79 or '80. IIRC it had a rotary dial.
"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022
Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?
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Remember when Dick Tracy had the little wrist watch phone ? Yup, and whenever he used it, we got the little caption '2 way wrist radio'. I liked the 1 man magnetic air cars. I could think of thousands of uses for one of those. Lol, Dick Tracy... You guys are dating yourselves. The best I can come up with is that Tesla came up with the idea. Later on in the 30s HG Wells wrote a couple books that mentioned wireless communication. He predicted this as he did many other future inventions. What makes it interesting are his VIP connections to several illuminati members. He had a role to play too. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301391h.htmlhttp://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200221.txt
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For thousands of years we went hunting and fishing with no phone. You still can.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Whey back,
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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I just got an app on my phone that will identify a bird by its sound. It's from Cornell University and it's free. It's called Merlin. It works. So far I've tried it on birds I knew around the house, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Carolina Chickadee and Coopers Hawk. This kind of stuff just leaves me shaking my head. what are the odds that it geotags their (your) location too? gotta be free for a reason...
-OMotS
"If memory serves fails me..." Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay " Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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I just got an app on my phone that will identify a bird by its sound. It's from Cornell University and it's free. It's called Merlin. It works. So far I've tried it on birds I knew around the house, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Carolina Chickadee and Coopers Hawk. This kind of stuff just leaves me shaking my head. what are the odds that it geotags their (your) location too? gotta be free for a reason... It does. They are very upfront about the data collected and the use of it. Quite honestly, I’m not the least bit worried about it. Given my importance in the grand scheme of things, if I would need to be hyper-paranoid and delusional to think anyone could find some nefarious use for knowledge of when and where I want to identify birds by their sounds.
Mathew 22: 37-39
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Cell phones are now just another unfortunate fact of life. Very useful, to be sure, but totally overused by everybody. I’m part of one of the last generations who grew up without them, so I’m nearly incompetent at the finer points of operation. There are quite a few days I don’t use it at all. I’ve got fat freakin fingers, so I seldom text except for important things, groceries and things like that. I could give it up without too much more than an inconvenience. It kills me to see people, especially families, sitting at a table and staring at a device in their palm, ignoring the very people they’re with at the time. And it really annoys me seeing kids tweens and younger doing the same. They should be learning to interact and communicate with each other socially. I still think there’s probably a special place in hell for the people who have forced these things on us. 7mm
"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden
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The abuse of phones will get worse. Don't use them unless you have to. The more we use them in our day to day life the more REQUIRED they will be to simply conduct normal life activities.
Wearables and the Internet of Things is another technology which will destroy our future.
Don't buy stuff connected to the internet, or at least don't connect stuff to the internet just because you can. Don't connect your pets or your livestock or your kids to the internet. Learn how old tech works. It is JUST as good functionally and you and your kids will be glad in the future.
Remember that carburetor video. You will glad you learned how it worked in the future.
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For thousands of years we went hunting and fishing with no phone. You still can. I still do. I do have a cell phone, but where I live the signal is so bad that it is not a reliable way to communicate, so it stays in my truck. I then forget to carry it on my person when signal is available. It is handy when I go on trips. miles
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I just got an app on my phone that will identify a bird by its sound. It's from Cornell University and it's free. It's called Merlin. It works. So far I've tried it on birds I knew around the house, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Carolina Chickadee and Coopers Hawk. This kind of stuff just leaves me shaking my head. what are the odds that it geotags their (your) location too? gotta be free for a reason... It does. They are very upfront about the data collected and the use of it. Quite honestly, I’m not the least bit worried about it. Given my importance in the grand scheme of things, if I would need to be hyper-paranoid and delusional to think anyone could find some nefarious use for knowledge of when and where I want to identify birds by their sounds. The problem is not the useful app that you may use. The problem is the deep dependency that constant cell phone use will create in society. There is a time coming when you will not be able to conduct normal life activities without a phone or it's equivalent. That is VERY bad.
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Detecting ambient sounds can be used for a lot more than identifying birds.
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Cell phones are now just another unfortunate fact of life. Very useful, to be sure, but totally overused by everybody. I’m part of one of the last generations who grew up without them, so I’m nearly incompetent at the finer points of operation. There are quite a few days I don’t use it at all. I’ve got fat freakin fingers, so I seldom text except for important things, groceries and things like that. I could give it up without too much more than an inconvenience. It kills me to see people, especially families, sitting at a table and staring at a device in their palm, ignoring the very people they’re with at the time. And it really annoys me seeing kids tweens and younger doing the same. They should be learning to interact and communicate with each other socially. I still think there’s probably a special place in hell for the people who have forced these things on us. 7mm Thanks. I couldn't have said it any better. And I hate it when I try to do some sort of business or get something done and am told "There's an app for it". I have only a vague notion what an app is. Paul
Stupidity has its way, while its cousin, evil, runs rampant.
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For thousands of years we went hunting and fishing with no phone. You still can. And I do. I have a cell phone but rarely use it. Not much point taking it when there's no service most of the places I go hunting/fishing. I used to take it to work with me in case of a breakdown as I have roadside assistance with my car insurance. The only problem being that I had no service for most of the way there.
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