Posted on 11/14/2018 4:10:12 PM PST by Rummyfan
We’re living in an age of unprecedented technology. It’s not the future that our elders promised to us when we were kids – I mean, where are the flying cars? – but technology has made our lives exponentially easier.
Take the smartphone for example. What used to take a computer, a Walkman, an atlas, and more now fits in the palm of your hand. In fact, the advent of the smartphone has rendered obsolete some things that we used for years.
Here’s a list of ten things that our smartphones have replaced. It’s not an exhaustive list by any means, but I think you’ll get an idea of what revolutionary technology our phones have become. Enjoy!
10. Landlines and payphones
9. Flashlights
8. Calculators
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And yet people complain at the price.
1. Address book: Still keep it. Phone stores phone numbers.
2. I have a GPS, AND an atlas of Michigan, AND a compass in the car. Funny thing about the atlas is, it always works.
3. Clock. Still have a clock radio. It wakes me up to weather and local road conditions.
4. I don’t have a proper photo album, but neither does the phone have it. Most are triply backed up, on a hard drive/computer.
5. Camera. A good camera beats a phone.
6. Irrelevant. To m3.
7. The only timer I use is the one on the stove, typically for baking. Why would I use my phone for that?
8. I don’t really use calculators. I do most math I need to do in my head. If I’m dealing with larger numbers, I’m probably doing it on the computer, and the computer will do it for me.
9. I can drop my flashlight on the ground, and it doesn’t care.
Disclosure: I’m 33. I’m a millennial. An old one, but one nonetheless.
Actually I’ve ruined more than one good flashlight in my time by dropping it. I’ve dropped my phone a number of times and it never broke. Probably because I encase it in rubber.
Drug dealers used to find them useful. Camera coverage has eaten into that utility.
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I still don’t hire anyone that doesn’t have an HP calculator in their pocket when they show up.
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Hey, everybody! Run out an buy a “smartphone!” Make certain the deep state can track your every movement! You want to be sure that the globalist tyrants know all your buying and browsing habits, and otherwise have a free pass to spy on every detail of your life ... because, you don’t want to be labeled “outdated.”
So, go ahead, you emasculated flunky! Continue to rack up points on the stupid graph. Trade your soul and your liberty for “convenience” - because you’re just too damn lazy to think outside the box.
Tell you what, Mr. Techno Geek - Take your “smart phones,” and shove ‘em up your a$$.
I’m never buying one. All my “obsolete” tools will continue to function reliably, enable me to remain self-sufficient, allow me evade the deep state, and continue to be an independent American citizen - rather than a robotic emasculated slave of your globalist leash holders.
Can’t believe “calendar” wasn’t mentioned. IOW, scheduling.
Yes, minicomputers have a lot of great uses.
But they will never replace a straight-forward telephone. I want more pay phones back. When it gets lost or dies, one should always be able to fall back on something. Never mind power failures. Although Verizon FIOS has ruined the utility of our corded landline by failing during power out. Curse them.
And for calculator? Only if you download the TI graphing calculator does it come close to the scientific type. Common calcs? Sure. But not sophisticated calcs.
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>> “5. Camera. A good camera beats a phone.” <<
Amen!
I bought a handful of LED flashlights at Walmart for $1 each, batteries included. Crappy flashlights, but better than my cell phone, and much longer battery life.
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“TI” is algebraic.
Too many strokes to operate; RPN rules.
Would love to have my 41CV back....was stolen out of my lab my years ago.
TI-84 is da bomb.
Wrote a lot of programs on that.
Love having our landline. My husband and I can both talk on the phone at the same time to callers. Plus the police know exactly where our house is in an emergency.
Obsolete: personal interaction. Manners.
I've never had a power outage that outlasted the battery for the FIOS system. I do find I need to replace the batteries every 5 years or so.
If you have long outages, maybe you ought to keep a spare or two on hand. Or disconnect the battery except when you need to use the phone so that it doesn't drain. (I do buy my batteries at the local Battery Plus instead of from the phone company. Cheaper, although there are even cheaper options online. And I just leave the old one with them- no concerns about disposal.
I have a full wall to wall library in my house. Two walls floor too ceiling.
But, even though I have bought virtually all of these books and read a good percentage of them, I just don’t find myself buying books anymore. And I see lots of book stores closing their doors.
But I am sympathetic to your practice. If books weren’t so heavy I’d probably read them more. And yes, I do miss crawling up on the couch with the fire on and a good book in my hands.
But my iPad is light and has more books on it than I’ll ever read.
I’ll grant that, though my maglites don’t seem to care.
True. I have a 35, 45, 15C, and an RPN app on my phone.
Who needs an equals button?
I prefer D-cell Maglites. Not only are they reliable as flashlights, but they make good weapons if you need to club someone or something.
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