tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post7060740540941004951..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Our smartphones now own usBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87881883402530995482013-11-11T15:11:44.138-08:002013-11-11T15:11:44.138-08:00Gonna be a bitch when we find out they are all evi...Gonna be a bitch when we find out they are all evil alien robots...chuckcdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28325050818818473032013-11-10T17:19:11.581-08:002013-11-10T17:19:11.581-08:00That Louis CK suggested clip at the end (him on Co...That Louis CK suggested clip at the end (him on Conan) is a good one:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbYScltf1c" rel="nofollow">Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones</a>Jeffrohttp://kenlevine.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13262263958198871242013-11-10T15:12:06.282-08:002013-11-10T15:12:06.282-08:00Every time I see this modern technology is going t...Every time I see this modern technology is going to make us less human argument...<br /><br />I remember I first heard it in the 1980s... and the guy was talking about the "burden" of his pager.<br />Remember pagers?<br /><br />Let's do a review of history shall we?<br />-----------------------<br />Smart Phone<br />Digital Publishing<br />Palm Top Device<br />Adobe TrueType Fonts<br />HTML (www)<br />Darpanet and NASAnet joined creating the Internet<br />Laser Printer<br />Cell Phone<br />Email<br />Word Processor<br />Copy Machine<br />Fax Machine<br />Pager<br />Teletype<br />Ballpoint Pen<br />Phone<br />Typewriter<br />Modern Chemical Pulp Paper<br />Modern Postal Systems<br />Fountain Pen<br />Newspaper (Europe)<br />Lithography<br />Etching (for illustrations)<br />William Shakespeare writes Romeo and Juliet<br />Gutenberg Bible<br />Printing Press<br />Norman Conquest of England 1066 CE (French and Old English merged to Modern form)<br />Moveable Type<br />Hindu–Arabic numeral system <br />Woodblock Printing (200 CE)<br />Koine Greek (common non-local greek language adopted for 1st time)<br />Sumerian Cuneiform script<br />Papyrus Paper<br />Egyptian hieroglyphs<br />Proto-writing (Eurasia in the early 3rd millennium BCE)<br />Use of Clay Tablets to count grain used since 7000 BCE<br /><br /><br />And I just BET YOU a Solidus that 9000 years ago when the smart guys were making their little marks on clay and ignoring their women... other people were mocking them... record keeping hah never amount to anything they probably said!Angry Gamernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81174014540482059512013-11-10T09:33:14.176-08:002013-11-10T09:33:14.176-08:00There oughta be a law.There oughta be a law.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90623148984059806102013-11-10T08:40:44.322-08:002013-11-10T08:40:44.322-08:00Louis CK has done some very sharp bits on this.Louis CK has done some very sharp bits on this.Scooter Schechtmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56189078372814560662013-11-10T07:44:35.835-08:002013-11-10T07:44:35.835-08:00Pardon me. My phone is ringing...Pardon me. My phone is ringing...Barefoot Billy Alohahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586870309250699505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-22183341009522406182013-11-10T06:36:03.079-08:002013-11-10T06:36:03.079-08:00Very telling about what our society has become. Fu...Very telling about what our society has become. Funny, but it pissed me off.7Mike Botulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280479229678291508noreply@blogger.com