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cmdr_zoomToday, after concluding some business in the mall, I went over to the AT&T store, where I found (as I suspected) that they could not sell me a telephone.
Oh, they had any number of fine handheld computers on offer, any one of which could keep my calendar and appointment book and list of personal contacts, take pictures and record video, play games and, almost as an afterthought, transmit the sound of my voice by a wireless connection to the global information network. But they had not one of, say, these in stock.
(It was, of course, Bell Labs that invented the transistor some 65 years ago.)
Oh, they had any number of fine handheld computers on offer, any one of which could keep my calendar and appointment book and list of personal contacts, take pictures and record video, play games and, almost as an afterthought, transmit the sound of my voice by a wireless connection to the global information network. But they had not one of, say, these in stock.
(It was, of course, Bell Labs that invented the transistor some 65 years ago.)
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Date: 2012-01-09 04:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-09 09:41 am (UTC)I'm not giving up my land-line yet, and I have a need for a plain simple handset back here in the computer room (as well as the answering machine up front).
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Date: 2012-01-09 09:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-09 05:10 pm (UTC)(ha ha only serious - I think the fact that my first reaction was "a what?" is rather telling.)
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Date: 2012-01-09 09:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-09 04:09 am (UTC)Wanting only basic services... what are you, some kind of Commie?!?
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Date: 2012-01-09 05:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-09 05:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-01-15 07:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-09 09:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-10 05:06 am (UTC)