Tribe.net. Local Connections the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#96ca26cb-ee59-48ab-99e6-a934a568e078 2006-04-07T13:31:42Z 2006-04-07T13:31:42Z

cf. http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/b15ded11-7365-43f6-837f-f91205b3c632

the Other™ 2006-04-07T13:31:42Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#2da9d442-68bb-438b-b4fe-d4a0c533e98f 2006-03-31T16:35:42Z 2006-03-31T16:35:42Z

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4853548.stm

the Other™ 2006-03-31T16:35:42Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#ac6e670d-ed50-47e6-973a-0b9cd2436824 2006-03-30T14:05:43Z 2006-03-30T14:05:43Z

http://www.worth1000.com/emailthis.asp?entry=273275

the Other™ 2006-03-30T14:05:43Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#4cf5cd90-abf4-4048-accd-26ac7573ebc4 2006-03-29T15:31:32Z 2006-03-29T15:31:32Z

http://www.env-econ.net/2006/03/is_talking_on_a.html

the Other™ 2006-03-29T15:31:32Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#341a238f-68a9-4c54-9be1-62bc8960e33d 2006-03-28T22:54:01Z 2006-03-28T22:54:01Z

http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/jewish_cell_phone/ In late 2004, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi asked Abrasha Burstyn, the chief executive of a small Israeli cellphone company, for a phone that could put the secular world on hold. Cellphone companies, at the time, had started to load their products with entertainment features, and the rabbi wanted none of it. He was in search of a phone without Internet capabilities or text messaging. He didn't want cameras, music downloading, or anything else that could "distract" the pious. He was looking for a device that could make and receive calls. Period. Mr. Burstyn, 58 years old, soon found that many other Jews were hunting for similar, simpler cellphones. "They are listening to the rabbis," Mr. Burstyn says. Last March his company, MIRS Communications Ltd., rolled out its first batch of "kosher" phones stripped down of all features but basic voice service. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114342358113508709-V7XmysEhOqxO_fUfy3FqdrPzNgI_20070327.html?mod=blogs

the Other™ 2006-03-28T22:54:01Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#5acdfc16-01e6-42c4-890e-469ff754fde5 2006-03-15T16:08:07Z 2006-03-15T16:08:07Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/14/chatting_while_crapp.html

the Other™ 2006-03-15T16:08:07Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#84e33511-7cf4-4ec1-b31c-27e518b3d4f0 2006-02-25T20:11:45Z 2006-02-25T20:11:45Z

http://www.improveverywhere.com/mission_view.php?mission_id=55

the Other™ 2006-02-25T20:11:45Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#016a7f2a-dfc7-40e6-8dab-e10f53fb4738 2006-02-13T13:39:50Z 2006-02-13T13:39:50Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/12/aussie_tourist_charg.html Cory Doctorow: A former Australian city councillor has been charged with assault for shushing a woman who wouldn't stop talking on her phone at a screening of Brokeback Mountain. Pauline Clayton was on holidays in Texas, catching the movie in Texas cinema, when the woman's phone rang. After she ignored a shushing gesture, Clayton touched her lightly on the shoulder. After Clayton touched her a second time, the woman went berserk, screamed obscenities, and got two cops and swore out an assault complaint. She said the police took her to the food bar and explained that the woman had accused Ms Clayton of "invading her private space". The woman had made a complaint of assault because Ms Clayton had touched her. "They were very apologetic," Ms Clayton said. "They were very uncomfortable." Ms Clayton said the officers had tried to dissuade the woman from making a complaint and had even told the woman that if she did make the complaint, police would charge the woman with disorderly conduct and using a profanity for her outburst in the cinema. The woman refused to back down and not only was Ms Clayton charged, but the woman is now also due in court after being charged over her behaviour.

the Other™ 2006-02-13T13:39:50Z Adam http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#ce77e120-8d16-4001-a519-eb488ab41c74 2006-01-28T00:31:21Z 2006-01-28T00:31:21Z

Cell-phone jamming is legal in some countries. I believe Israel has jamming in effect on the floor of the Knesset.

Adam 2006-01-28T00:31:21Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#4236c60a-1010-4b4c-a1f5-a1526c01118f 2006-01-20T15:51:31Z 2006-01-20T15:51:31Z

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4628914.stm well, h**l. so much for my theory.

the Other™ 2006-01-20T15:51:31Z Tyler http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#281b6789-3def-4aa2-951f-0eca9dcecfc7 2006-01-19T09:13:01Z 2006-01-19T09:13:01Z

"Hasn't anybody developed a localized cellphone-jammer?" Isn't that what a Tesla coil does?

Tyler 2006-01-19T09:13:01Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#4dbac509-3b9e-4013-a6bb-0bf2867a432e 2006-01-18T21:32:58Z 2006-01-18T21:32:58Z

http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/the-cellphone-in-my-toilet-149025.php you thought you'd heard the last from me, didn't you. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

the Other™ 2006-01-18T21:32:58Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#16d44d3a-ec1c-47e0-8733-1747489b1d85 2005-12-27T20:29:26Z 2005-12-27T20:29:26Z

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/12/26/national/a120832S99.DTL

the Other™ 2005-12-27T20:29:26Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#46c1c1e1-0172-43bc-8a04-9fe31b3bcf54 2005-12-20T21:33:24Z 2005-12-20T21:33:24Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/20/movie_theater_owners.html

the Other™ 2005-12-20T21:33:24Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#1d877434-3982-4b70-91c0-6d7d82ee1349 2005-11-02T16:12:24Z 2005-11-02T16:12:24Z

nothing to do with cell phones no not really: http://www.tommcmahon.net/2005/11/baby_bells.html graphic depiction of "history"

the Other™ 2005-11-02T16:12:24Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#b5a4d0d2-011c-4bb9-a648-1e0790dda3dc 2005-11-01T14:06:57Z 2005-11-01T14:06:57Z

http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/8ba/d79/8bad7925-c5e3-4b81-b40d-ff24e84b3edc http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_details.asp?mscssid=NPEVMXGFPTVD8NHJDW4N28U7R8QD077A&sitetype=1&sid=121548&did=4

the Other™ 2005-11-01T14:06:57Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#8b92dd23-fce8-4419-8a18-c2153ee9ffb1 2005-10-10T15:04:40Z 2005-10-10T15:04:40Z

Ooh! Sign me up for a fuck-door, too!

Bwana 2005-10-10T15:04:40Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#95afda55-972f-4b9d-b162-d1f25b36979b 2005-10-10T14:50:54Z 2005-10-10T14:50:54Z

http://orsay.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/ccb/69d/ccb69d9a-c282-4fd3-9a0c-a8e3055f6987

the Other™ 2005-10-10T14:50:54Z atom http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#ce718597-f1c7-4480-b537-19a340f0d5f9 2005-08-16T17:35:51Z 2005-08-16T17:35:51Z

i'll take the 100 spot, who could resist...? and we're going for the new washer dryer, monty. fuck door #3...

atom 2005-08-16T17:35:51Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#87f6bf98-2cf4-4c3b-acb2-1c6014668a2c 2005-08-16T14:54:14Z 2005-08-16T14:54:14Z

Raytheon's newly patented device is designed to intercept cell-phone transmissions to stop them from blowing up bombs. http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001739.html The device includes a transmitter that mimics a cell phone base station and a metal horn to concentrate the signal from a 10 milliwatt power source in a single direction. Scanning... a concealed phone... with the tool... tricks it into thinking it is in range of a new network base station and blocks it from any genuine stations in the vicinity. The suspect phone will also respond with a “handshake signal” containing its phone number, allowing a network operator to temporarily disconnect it from the real network, and preventing it from receiving a detonation call. While my need for this is not as a cute as my cousin who's somewhere in the vicinity of the Syrian border, I wouldn't mind using one of these in a movie theater.... Oh, and the article points out that most if not all of those bombs are being detonated by long-range cordless phones, as cell service is so spotty in Iraq.

the Other™ 2005-08-16T14:54:14Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#7037f1c0-3ca1-4d8a-b0d5-32b16b74438c 2005-08-10T13:10:28Z 2005-08-10T13:10:28Z

well, he ain't me. wimp. http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4132&n=2 ANN ARBOR, MI—After calling the device "the item single-handedly responsible for the erosion of our nation's social and cultural foundation" for close to a decade, Jason Whiting gave in to social pressures this weekend and bought a cell phone. The 34-year-old purchased the Motorola 6620 at the Maple Village Shopping Center. "I got the simplest, most basic calling plan," Whiting said. "I sure as hell wasn't going to get one of those phones that takes pictures. To tell you the truth, I'm not even planning on giving out the number." Whiting said he was reluctant to accept the "encroachment of technology" into his personal life, and explained that he "[does not] plan on becoming one of those people with cell phones." "This is for emergencies only," he said. "In case my car stalls on the freeway and I need to call for help, or in the event that I absolutely must get in touch with someone but am away from home." Whiting first used the phone Sunday night to check movie times for March Of The Penguins. "In fact, I use it so little that, when I went to the theater, I forgot to turn off the ringer," Whiting said. "When it started ringing, right away I said, 'Who's the jerk with the cell phone?' and I didn't realize it was me. Suffice it to say, I felt very guilty." "It was my girlfriend, though, so I had to take it," he added. Whiting chats on his new phone at a local Marc's Big Boy. Above: Whiting chats on his new phone at a local Marc's Big Boy. Whiting blamed the incident on the fact that he had changed his ring tone several times that morning, from "Mozart 40" to "Espionage," and then finally to "Sumba." Anticipating what he called the inevitable "I told you so" speeches from friends and relatives, Whiting insists that his feelings about the cell phone's negative implications for society remain unchanged. "Cell phones are a part of a terrible trend toward alienation and the breakdown of civil discourse," he said. "It's a fact I made clear when I called in to the NPR talk show I was listening to in the car." Whiting nonetheless decries overt use of cell phones while driving. "There's nothing more annoying—and alarming—than seeing some maniac in an SUV with one hand on the steering wheel while chatting on his cell," Whiting said. "That's why I went out this afternoon and bought a hands-free headset. I think it's called Blue-something. It's pretty cool." "I knew this was coming," said Whiting's longtime friend James Patterson, who has known Whiting since his days as a college-radio DJ. "He used to rail against digital music, saying the 'purity' of vinyl could never be reproduced. But once he bought the Velvet Underground box set for 'completism,' it wasn't long before he sold all his LPs on eBay." Whiting said owning a cell phone doesn't mean that his attitudes about "unnecessary market-driven consumerist gadgetry" have changed. "I am never getting an MP3 player, no matter what," Whiting said. "Although my girlfriend might buy me one for Christmas this year." According to the Radio Shack employee who sold Whiting his phone, Whiting returned yesterday to trade his phone in for an upgrade. Said Whiting of the upgrade: "Cell phones are thinly disguised control devices thrust upon the masses as a pseudo-necessity. But if I'm going to wear a government tracking collar, I might as well be able to play some games on it."

the Other™ 2005-08-10T13:10:28Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#0a0ea6e1-b6cc-4e62-90d3-52643f1bb59a 2005-07-20T06:02:25Z 2005-07-20T06:02:25Z

If you clear 100 posts in this thread, but only manage to do it by yourself, it doesn't count and you have to start over.

Bwana 2005-07-20T06:02:25Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#094177b3-e60a-4d10-9c53-bf26ed5ba90c 2005-07-18T18:39:41Z 2005-07-18T18:39:41Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/18/birds_mimic_ringtone.html

the Other™ 2005-07-18T18:39:41Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#37c19823-9315-4d39-be2e-c6b3402fff82 2005-07-18T14:26:03Z 2005-07-18T14:26:03Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/15/in_san_francisco_tom.html

the Other™ 2005-07-18T14:26:03Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#d7f78de1-b218-48cd-ac91-766e2f9bb5b0 2005-07-07T16:57:09Z 2005-07-07T16:57:09Z

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b7_4moviefightjul07,0,1792694.story?track=mostemailedlink It's been a slow month, folks -- but we're still ready to serve YOU!

the Other™ 2005-07-07T16:57:09Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#e62455da-e6f5-442e-bb19-11d2081c8fb0 2005-06-06T10:31:22Z 2005-06-06T10:31:22Z

I refuse to keep participating in this thread. ... Oh, shit.

Bwana 2005-06-06T10:31:22Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#e10221f0-b570-4817-8578-42a169622093 2005-06-01T13:31:17Z 2005-06-01T13:31:17Z

http://louvre.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/a9f/e89/a9fe890e-e73d-4021-a0a5-be8055023f97

the Other™ 2005-06-01T13:31:17Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#91045e21-a449-4ad9-8f72-7251930992ff 2005-05-08T13:14:13Z 2005-05-08T13:14:13Z

I should add that if miniature japanese tombstones become a collectible, I'll send you one of each, so you can build a miniature shrine to the god of irateness.

Bwana 2005-05-08T13:14:13Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#151c3a3c-c43f-41c2-9859-430ae43d4c42 2005-05-08T13:13:23Z 2005-05-08T13:13:23Z

I saw these for the first time yesterday in a Circle K over here. Apparently the idea is to get the phone you have, then use it as a keitai strap on your actual phone. Of course I'd have to hand-craft a scale one for the strap, and imply that I'd managed a fractal phone.

Bwana 2005-05-08T13:13:23Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#e1550677-26d0-4109-b0d4-157768aefaf3 2005-05-06T14:46:45Z 2005-05-06T14:46:45Z

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/gizmodo-japan-mobile-figure-collection-ii-101790.php It's only a matter of time before the Franklin Mint hones in on a piece of the action. And then come the "Collectable Plates." :::sigh:::

the Other™ 2005-05-06T14:46:45Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#e3b90164-66d4-4aeb-9eda-d4cbb9fb3549 2005-05-05T13:31:45Z 2005-05-05T13:31:45Z

Did you see that big Sterling thing on Dead Media? http://www.horizonzero.ca/textsite/ghost.php?is=18&file=4&tlang=0 Sterling needs a strict Editor to go at this speech with a scythe, but the content otherwise seems up your string-can-phone alley.

Bwana 2005-05-05T13:31:45Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#246b0a2f-6808-4519-a630-3e7b488056a7 2005-05-04T17:12:00Z 2005-05-04T17:12:00Z

okay, its OT, but -- somehow? -- related? http://www.boingboing.net/2005/05/04/ipod_shuffles_made_o.html or, maybe not. back to cellphone-bashing in our next post.

the Other™ 2005-05-04T17:12:00Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#2c15a049-2447-4688-aa3e-115bcab8368d 2005-05-03T18:05:59Z 2005-05-03T18:05:59Z

I had it custom-cut into a set of 78-rpm cardboard-core shellac discs.

the Other™ 2005-05-03T18:05:59Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#fa1526a8-c2c4-47f9-baad-e4f11c7deac5 2005-05-03T16:19:59Z 2005-05-03T16:19:59Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/05/02/revenge_sound_effect.html I picture The Other Michael using this and a boom-box wherever he encounters rude cell-phone users. And maybe break-dancing.

Bwana 2005-05-03T16:19:59Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#26a9d45f-0f0d-45c8-9364-33092007a172 2005-04-21T13:17:17Z 2005-04-21T13:17:17Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/20/more_from_jake_a_gee.html http://louvre.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/d41/734/d4173477-351a-4b65-bd0f-34b626d7c5cb "Here's another post on Jake's blog about IEDs -- improvised explosive devices -- in Iraq. Shown here, an IED constructed with a cellular phone. One call missed. [photo insert] Jake says the image came from "someone who's a massively talented hardware hacker," who in turn says it was shot by a soldier in Iraq."

the Other™ 2005-04-21T13:17:17Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#aa1a9906-44c1-4cda-bcd7-6bc73c6a0c21 2005-04-20T14:47:33Z 2005-04-20T14:47:33Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/20/handcarved_wooden_ph.html :::swooon:::

the Other™ 2005-04-20T14:47:33Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#3cd70b6e-71ae-417e-94d0-6a9e742fe618 2005-04-19T01:04:06Z 2005-04-19T01:04:06Z

I didn't know Gizmodo was part of Gawker... Now I feel kind of dirty.

Bwana 2005-04-19T01:04:06Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#c148f424-4f9c-4695-bea1-e024e97e35bf 2005-04-18T20:38:00Z 2005-04-18T20:38:00Z

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/cell-phone-tombstone-100101.php

the Other™ 2005-04-18T20:38:00Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#f7e3d78b-571c-4748-b5fe-8264a7dacd7f 2005-04-13T04:49:48Z 2005-04-13T04:49:48Z

"I went to Fry's on Friday to pick up some blank DVD's and I ended up walking down the phone aisle, just to see if it truly was impossible to attract a salesperson anywhere outside of the TV and stereo section..."

Bwana 2005-04-13T04:49:48Z atom http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#fda67971-8d95-42f8-9da0-a0578c414bf1 2005-04-12T18:17:18Z 2005-04-12T18:17:18Z

"I went to Fry's on Friday to pick up some blank DVD's and I ended up walking down the phone aisle, just to see what they were selling. " sucker.

atom 2005-04-12T18:17:18Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#66da499b-f1d1-4cc3-9124-0c63f1601107 2005-04-12T16:02:34Z 2005-04-12T16:02:34Z

I must admit, I view my cordless phone as a decadent luxury. but my corded phone had a bad cord and hung up on lots of people mid-call. of course, that was a _feature_

the Other™ 2005-04-12T16:02:34Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#f7215d18-b510-4db8-a9c7-50566cceb1ce 2005-04-12T16:01:42Z 2005-04-12T16:01:42Z

I've gone out the parking lot with my cordless... which is something since my apartment has three-foot thick stone walls. 'course, it's also got two windows....

the Other™ 2005-04-12T16:01:42Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#e928b203-1ab2-4324-a10e-188ded63bfbe 2005-04-12T15:33:49Z 2005-04-12T15:33:49Z

I can see it now: The Other Michael is enjoying a coffee at a lovely cafe in a mixed residential and business zone, when someone shows up with one of these, shouting into it. "Yeah, yeah! The range on my $40 phone is great! I'm across the street from my house right now!"

Bwana 2005-04-12T15:33:49Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#4e36418b-77e7-4034-bf9b-aa19764f0ccf 2005-04-12T14:46:39Z 2005-04-12T14:46:39Z

okay, it's a cordless phone, courtesy Mark F (this should probably go in his "rants" thread, 'cause its quite similar, in a positive manner): http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/11/my_new_favorite_cord.html I don't think I've ever had a cordless phone I really like. The 2.4 GHz models interfere with my Wi-Fi setup, and 5.8 GHz phones are a scam, if you ask me, because they can't penetrate walls as well as phones that use lower frequencies. For this reason, I always use 900 MHz phones. But there's a problem that all cordless phones share, no matter what frequency they use: low volume. I'm not hard of hearing, but I often have difficulty understanding a caller. I don't have a low-volume problem with corded phones, especially the old Bell Labs rotary phones, which were designed and tested by the world's greatest acoustic experts. I went to Fry's on Friday to pick up some blank DVD's and I ended up walking down the phone aisle, just to see what they were selling. One phone immediately stood out, because it was white and had a big red light on it: the Uniden EZI996 900 MHz Cordless Phone. It's designed for the visually or hearing impaired. It cost $40. It has a volume boost switch on the handset, as well as an adjustable volume control. I bought it. It's the best cordless phone I've ever used. You can crank the volume way up. The sound quality is great. I also like the fact that it's white and has the blinking red light, because it's easy to find when it's ringing. The display is large-type, which is useful whether or not your vision is impaired. All phones should be so well designed.

the Other™ 2005-04-12T14:46:39Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#76701118-4707-4df2-aebf-ace0894a365f 2005-04-08T12:26:42Z 2005-04-08T12:26:42Z

http://louvre.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/3a2/9f6/3a29f6d5-bc21-46a4-94f9-032a89926801 http://louvre.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/e24/ccb/e24ccbe5-5734-4df7-935d-1177e3cb10cc http://louvre.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/e53/f66/e53f666e-100d-4a4f-8510-1bee1a039ffc cellphone annotations on life, for everybody else....

the Other™ 2005-04-08T12:26:42Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#75e0745a-087e-424c-9166-0b0811cea40c 2005-04-06T08:51:38Z 2005-04-06T08:51:38Z

Shit, that's an awesome name for a band. I suppose it would be a shibari-themed band that only did covers though.

Bwana 2005-04-06T08:51:38Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#2f43c5fe-2adc-4ef4-971f-c33c09fc240d 2005-04-04T18:16:20Z 2005-04-04T18:16:20Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/04/karaoke_muzzle.html

the Other™ 2005-04-04T18:16:20Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#03bd54ec-464f-46b9-bb13-a86ccff9b172 2005-04-01T05:52:56Z 2005-04-01T05:52:56Z

Boo ya. You could also just say them out loud and rub unpaid-for Vaseline on your chest, while making eye contact with the speakerphone fan.

Bwana 2005-04-01T05:52:56Z Cowicide http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#620ebfa3-12eb-4140-8729-94f3730be49c 2005-03-29T21:36:40Z 2005-03-29T21:36:40Z

"...i think it might be just as effective, if not more so, to start saying those things into my shoe or a bag of fritos or something..." :D Hahaha!!!

Cowicide 2005-03-29T21:36:40Z atom http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#507b7030-ecb1-4af1-a24d-403e337d7404 2005-03-29T19:36:48Z 2005-03-29T19:36:48Z

i don't have a cel phone, but i think it might be just as effective, if not more so, to start saying those things into my shoe or a bag of fritos or something...

atom 2005-03-29T19:36:48Z Cowicide http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#68fc7346-4434-447e-860e-ce5895b3b00d 2005-03-29T10:57:12Z 2005-03-29T10:57:12Z

"....a woman gets a call from her doctor and says (at full volume) "my phone only works on speakerphone, and i'm in a store, but that's okay... and proceeds to have a 10 minute conversation (that all of us can hear both sides of clearly) about birth control, estrogen, and changing her antidepressants... while just standing there, not shopping... 10 feet from the exit..." What you do at that point is pick up your cell phone and have a fake conversation (within earshot of the woman) about how you've saved up enough money to buy a handgun... a handgun you will one day use to kill people who talk on speakerphones because they are controlled by the devil and are plotting against you. Also, be sure to mention you stopped taking your pills that day.

Cowicide 2005-03-29T10:57:12Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#fc33719e-a883-40b7-82de-cf94cadea2b2 2005-03-25T13:54:33Z 2005-03-25T13:54:33Z

http://alienlovespredator.com/index.php?id=91 'Phone companies, please make me a phone that's just a phone, and charge me less for it. I don't need it to play "Brick House" at me. I don't need it to take crappy-res photos. I especially don't need to use it as a walkie-talkie (which just means you talk louder and everyone can hear both sides of your conversation). I don't need to "get more" from T-Mobile. Unless it's from Catherine Zeta Jones, in which case, ok, fine... I'll take just a little.'

the Other™ 2005-03-25T13:54:33Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#7b44cecf-6715-4993-bce4-96a50a54ac5f 2005-03-07T14:03:51Z 2005-03-07T14:03:51Z

http://louvre.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/46a/5b3/46a5b362-69f8-476d-adfa-03eb16ccfd05

the Other™ 2005-03-07T14:03:51Z atom http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#1d63a034-afbe-4d25-a7df-b675d6bb1d44 2005-03-04T20:00:48Z 2005-03-04T20:00:48Z

last night in the video store... a woman gets a call from her doctor and says (at full volume) "my phone only works on speakphone, and i'm in a store, but that's okay..." and proceeds to have a 10 minute converstation (that all of us can hear both sides of clearly) about birth control, estrogen, and changing her anti-depressants...while just standing there, not shopping...10 feet from the exit...

atom 2005-03-04T20:00:48Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#42d6df0c-a39f-40cf-ad81-5623553bc551 2005-03-04T14:40:45Z 2005-03-04T14:40:45Z

Cellphone in one hand, cellphone-shaped flasked in the other; prepare for Tales of Two-Fisted Assholes!

Bwana 2005-03-04T14:40:45Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#a5e878c5-6110-498c-b459-0889ef938b9a 2005-03-03T14:37:06Z 2005-03-03T14:37:06Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/03/02/cell_phone_flask.html

the Other™ 2005-03-03T14:37:06Z SJ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#6a2855c8-59ad-4efa-9792-694fcf084990 2005-02-24T11:44:54Z 2005-02-24T11:44:54Z

A trip to the movies could benefit from both cell blockers and smell blockers on occasion. Not sure that cell phones are more irritating than normal conversation though. If someone is a dickhead and they open their mouths, its irritating whether or not a cell phone is involved.

SJ 2005-02-24T11:44:54Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#a7742665-4e43-4c65-a544-7c039fb8d58f 2005-02-23T18:03:12Z 2005-02-23T18:03:12Z

http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000777032762/

the Other™ 2005-02-23T18:03:12Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#8c906442-22c6-4ddf-8099-cc6b915ea3b6 2005-02-23T17:51:30Z 2005-02-23T17:51:30Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/21/moment_of_cellphone_.html

the Other™ 2005-02-23T17:51:30Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#e91ccc17-5954-451b-afe2-90c87e36171e 2005-02-16T17:51:29Z 2005-02-16T17:51:29Z

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/motorola/boost-mobile-vintage-telephone-handset-033133.php well, not generic. awesome.

the Other™ 2005-02-16T17:51:29Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#4e48f0cc-cde1-4e00-a281-34b3f724436f 2005-02-16T07:49:08Z 2005-02-16T07:49:08Z

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1475250,00.html "A German inventor has come up with a novel way for relatives coping with the grief of losing a loved one to convey their feelings to the departed. The "Phone Angel," a long-life battery powered cell phone device, allows those in mourning to have contact with the deceased when personal pain, distance or disability prevents them from attending the final resting place."

Bwana 2005-02-16T07:49:08Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#efbe0835-d9c9-4ed0-9d76-6a0288f77894 2005-01-28T13:45:04Z 2005-01-28T13:45:04Z

May I cordially invite y'all to join in the dusty wonder that is String Can Telephone? http://stringcanphone.tribe.net/

the Other™ 2005-01-28T13:45:04Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#93aad8df-b5ce-4517-8de7-5e30a65f01b1 2005-01-28T09:45:57Z 2005-01-28T09:45:57Z

T'chah. Who DOESN'T?

Bwana 2005-01-28T09:45:57Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#bda825fe-bc2e-4972-9bb6-ce59be58b4ed 2005-01-26T13:42:48Z 2005-01-26T13:42:48Z

I want a portable EMP.

the Other™ 2005-01-26T13:42:48Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#1ac61129-21e5-4bef-ae6a-8352e5eb4a8c 2005-01-26T06:33:17Z 2005-01-26T06:33:17Z

Just popped in to drop this very link into this thread for you. Figgers 'dat you'd beat me to it! This seems like a much more reasonable path than a blanket jamming device, but I can see that people who are inconsiderate enough to sit at a coffeeshop and blab are the same peeps who might get in the face of someone who suggests that they may have been socially inconsiderate. That's where a taser comes in handy.

Bwana 2005-01-26T06:33:17Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#00fa3f55-d62a-4e3b-9cbc-1b98a50ba673 2005-01-20T15:36:29Z 2005-01-20T15:36:29Z

http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,66310,00.html

the Other™ 2005-01-20T15:36:29Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#64bc5798-ec4b-46f3-b566-0a3fda13d37f 2005-01-11T13:27:57Z 2005-01-11T13:27:57Z

http://louvre.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/250/3b9/2503b9c2-7526-4dbd-9f27-1e8b8f6a2590 http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive.php?s=1136 (original)

the Other™ 2005-01-11T13:27:57Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#aab740e6-8c25-4aae-b60d-05898cb2943c 2005-01-03T16:48:59Z 2005-01-03T16:48:59Z

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/cell-phone-booth-028685.php oooh, baby! I'm gettin y'ALL one for next Xmas, you gabby gadget freaks!

the Other™ 2005-01-03T16:48:59Z atta http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#b865d2ec-0b1b-4ef6-a4d8-565823197c83 2005-01-02T03:28:04Z 2005-01-02T03:28:04Z

As someone who had to just go to a WAKE and have a relative talk on the phone next to me I am for cell phone blockers.

atta 2005-01-02T03:28:04Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#dc67761d-c694-4dbb-aaaa-96adadb151ee 2004-12-29T17:30:13Z 2004-12-29T17:30:13Z

FCC testing procedures, actually: http://coolgov.com/index.php?p=98 the pictures are pretty bizarre.

the Other™ 2004-12-29T17:30:13Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#cd2c619c-63bb-410d-b13b-da1f588ec485 2004-12-09T16:17:57Z 2004-12-09T16:17:57Z

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/shut-up-already-027257.php

the Other™ 2004-12-09T16:17:57Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#3e7bd6b2-1438-45d6-bf22-00c482370a2f 2004-12-07T05:06:01Z 2004-12-07T05:06:01Z

Atom, you are so cold and heartless. What if he has a hear-attack on the subway! I must admit, I was hoping that somehow the exploding cellphone had a camera that they managed to get some shots with as it exploded. :::sigh:::

the Other™ 2004-12-07T05:06:01Z atom http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#29a1494e-3cdf-49ef-953c-c4fddba52af2 2004-12-06T23:41:26Z 2004-12-06T23:41:26Z

"It took my son two months to decide to even be near a cell phone," said his mother, Cris. "But he needs one." he's 13.

atom 2004-12-06T23:41:26Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#00311fef-aed6-4e46-ace6-a6408425e3d0 2004-12-06T23:01:24Z 2004-12-06T23:01:24Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/11/23/exploding_cellphones.html "If you're cramming more and more power in a small space, what you're making is a small bomb." Ha-ha. I love this thread; I just wish I could edit the first entry.

the Other™ 2004-12-06T23:01:24Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#6a30d9ed-8548-4187-b943-b21ecacc39b3 2004-11-29T15:36:07Z 2004-11-29T15:36:07Z

No, man -- it's becuase CELL PHONES ARE DANGEROUS! THEY HARBOUR DEADLY SPIDERS! Use a landline; it's safer. I mean, except in a thunderstorm. Or in standing-water.

the Other™ 2004-11-29T15:36:07Z Ben http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#ce3769bd-ae50-4965-aab4-fe63b02853ce 2004-11-29T14:05:02Z 2004-11-29T14:05:02Z

That's just because they ripped the N-Gage.

Ben 2004-11-29T14:05:02Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#bdc5a419-1e67-4bfe-884e-217ef09ed51d 2004-11-29T13:50:20Z 2004-11-29T13:50:20Z

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2004-11-26&res=l

the Other™ 2004-11-29T13:50:20Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#3f924f84-df2b-44b6-864c-c409b47dfd89 2004-11-26T13:20:53Z 2004-11-26T13:20:53Z

http://louvre.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/13e/321/13e32170-a554-4135-ab81-cec6d2befcf4 http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=11242004

the Other™ 2004-11-26T13:20:53Z Ben http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#fe3eea5e-f9df-4af1-8703-dc3ffda08688 2004-11-17T03:18:45Z 2004-11-17T03:18:45Z

I've heard cell phones in theaters, but I've heard people just talking to each other far more.

Ben 2004-11-17T03:18:45Z K.V. http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#5054a793-7227-4c29-bd02-25869bc9b562 2004-11-16T20:53:15Z 2004-11-16T20:53:15Z

I've never had a movie interrupted by a cellphone, either. I live in Southern California. If it was going to happen, you'd think it'd happen here, in the land where every being that can stand on two legs generally has their own line. Maybe, because cellphones are so prevelant here, cellphone ettiquite is more advanced.

K.V. 2004-11-16T20:53:15Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#91a73687-7f1d-4b81-922a-01f5a459c37b 2004-11-16T17:27:10Z 2004-11-16T17:27:10Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/11/16/phone_fetish.html Looks like the oft-unmentioned BoingBoing Tribe scooped the blog. yeah, us. we are so cool. maybe now we can get a date.

the Other™ 2004-11-16T17:27:10Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#1e602fa6-f05d-48c7-992a-bde40a71cdd4 2004-11-15T16:53:56Z 2004-11-15T16:53:56Z

http://www.smashmyphone.com/index.htm http://www.smashmyphone.com/previews.htm those are some pretty hot shards-o-phone! hubba hubba!

the Other™ 2004-11-15T16:53:56Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#d4f4b853-339f-4ba4-ae04-d4a6aaa8cdea 2004-10-25T08:06:04Z 2004-10-25T08:06:04Z

http://www.canada.com/news/oddities/story.html?id=625011c8-26db-4e0c-8d60-bbead1a0400a 'Officials of the transit system had claimed that one of their officers heard Aaron yelling obscenities into a cellphone and said that when the officer told her to stop, she used similar language on him. "We didn't want our action to be taken as a reflection on our view about the officer's credibility," said Deputy Montgomery County, Md., State's Attorney Katherine Winfree. "We just felt that under the circumstances, this was the appropriate disposition at this time."'

Bwana 2004-10-25T08:06:04Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#5ae2da7b-3e1f-4d05-969c-2d91f02cae0d 2004-10-19T21:21:23Z 2004-10-19T21:21:23Z

throwing cell phones as sport: http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/breaking-world-cell-phone-throwing-record-shattered-023683.php

the Other™ 2004-10-19T21:21:23Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#63c9e4e2-115c-4add-b9fc-7c949ef27152 2004-10-19T12:54:36Z 2004-10-19T12:54:36Z

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65392,00.html Turn it Off, Bring the Luddite Raveolution!

the Other™ 2004-10-19T12:54:36Z atom http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#6003f3a6-f551-4ef7-bc67-8025a898af25 2004-10-13T19:24:06Z 2004-10-13T19:24:06Z

the scourge of our great democracy... although i am fascinated by the fact that it's now socially acceptable to stand alone on the street talking out loud...

atom 2004-10-13T19:24:06Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#dda95360-7f23-4745-91b0-c2c435b390b6 2004-10-13T19:17:19Z 2004-10-13T19:17:19Z

see--Atom beat me to it. Somebody else hates cellphones, too. I mean, besides me and the French.

the Other™ 2004-10-13T19:17:19Z atom http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#3df95a4d-e7e2-4c2f-9fca-58662140ce6b 2004-10-13T19:13:51Z 2004-10-13T19:13:51Z

Mobile phone signals will be jammed in French cinemas and theatres to prevent the devices disturbing the audience. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3735936.stm

atom 2004-10-13T19:13:51Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#248e8562-bcab-4c0a-936f-7d0367ddc559 2004-09-22T16:56:22Z 2004-09-22T16:56:22Z

http://www.engadget.com/entry/0534309229707397/ 'Four churches in Mexico have resorted to illegally jamming cellphone signals smuggled in from Israel to stop parishoners’ phones from ringing during services. The Mexican Federal Telecommunications Commission is looking the other way, but before you complain the US Federal Communications Commisson is pretty lax about this, too, and has pretty much never charged anyone with the crime of cellphone signal jamming (which might be the reason for all of those conspiracy theories that hotels are deliberately blocking cellphone signals to get guests to use the phone lines in their rooms).' you know, I can already hear "but what about when somebody chokes to death on a wafer?!!" Free Last Rites, no waiting.

the Other™ 2004-09-22T16:56:22Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#f7057afc-3f94-447b-88d3-1e10760587a5 2004-09-13T02:30:39Z 2004-09-13T02:30:39Z

(from Gizmodo) http://www.blueserker.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=226 "Singapore's Asia One is reporting how 3 students from Temasek Polytechnic school have developed a software that uses Bluetooth to shutdown the camera functionality of select cameraphones. The phones this is possible with include the Nokia 6600 and the Nokia 7210. They failed to succeed when testing the Nokia 7650. This could have a very real application in secure areas where cameraphones are typically not allowed (military installations, health clubs, some schools, etc.) since it is difficult to re-enable the camera functionality according to the article. That is assuming of course that it is used with the knowledge and consent of the phone's owner (kind of like informed consent for mobile phone surgery)."

the Other™ 2004-09-13T02:30:39Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#32225b60-753a-4a2d-a5b6-9567766754d5 2004-09-09T13:41:20Z 2004-09-09T13:41:20Z

My man!

the Other™ 2004-09-09T13:41:20Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#2e4a774b-f788-4643-858c-269aa0c162b9 2004-09-09T00:00:10Z 2004-09-09T00:00:10Z

Oh, but I DO! Whenever I feel threatened, I shout insults in Morse at whatever offends.

Bwana 2004-09-09T00:00:10Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#a606f4b8-1829-48e5-bebd-67c8f8e1c6c1 2004-09-08T19:15:20Z 2004-09-08T19:15:20Z

Well, perhaps we can agree to disagree* *on the condition that you throw away your cell phone and return to using the tested-and-true telegram service

the Other™ 2004-09-08T19:15:20Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#4e042629-9bb8-4d69-998a-7b70a6704299 2004-09-07T23:42:08Z 2004-09-07T23:42:08Z

I think the hysteric tone is uncalled for, but your underlying point is good. Yes, it's likely that the 20 added seconds for a platform attendant to rush to a landline will not significantly effect a person's chance of survival. Instead then, how about the #2 most popular argument that is trotted out in these cases: That "the many" who are operating their cell phones with restraint, and NOT within 2cm of a pacemaker (one assumes that means everyone who has not stabbed a pacemaker-equipped bystander in the chest), are being punished for the users who are using their cell rudely, or have stabbed someone with their cellphone, bringing it within 2cm of the victim's pacemaker (arguably VERY rude).

Bwana 2004-09-07T23:42:08Z Oliver http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#cf8046e0-8358-48e2-98e0-d199f1a09e33 2004-09-06T02:39:33Z 2004-09-06T02:39:33Z

Hitler didn't have a cell phone, and look what happened to him.

Oliver 2004-09-06T02:39:33Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#cea54e65-ffb9-495f-a68a-75ca9aaaf494 2004-09-05T21:36:30Z 2004-09-05T21:36:30Z

You know what's gonna happen? They're all gonna die. Just like those poor benighted people in the Age Before Cellphones, when the average life-expectancy was 13.5 and nobody travelled out of earshot of one another. I propose a new "law": One cannot discuss banning or eliminating cellphones or cellphone signals without someone mentioning how people will then die. Okay, to make it a law, there probably has to be ... the longer a thread is discussing banning or eliminating cellphones or cellphone signals, the greater the likelihood somebody will claim that without cellphones people will die. Somehow, I suspect, more people die talking on cellphones that have their lives saved by cellphones. Quick, somebody mentione Hitler.

the Other™ 2004-09-05T21:36:30Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#a5ce76ef-cae2-47d2-a0f3-9629723993da 2004-09-05T03:14:43Z 2004-09-05T03:14:43Z

http://www.futurismic.com/2004/08/limiting-signal.html (disclosure: this article is from me at a blog at which I frequently post) I wonder what will happen when someone needs to call 119 (local variant of 911).

Bwana 2004-09-05T03:14:43Z Ami Sun http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#1c5d1828-66c0-47a6-af0f-b86a22a4d42f 2004-09-03T09:31:29Z 2004-09-03T09:31:29Z

I love those british cemetaries.. I rollerbladed through them at dusk while I lived therer in 2002 Ami Sun

Ami Sun 2004-09-03T09:31:29Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#536d070d-23fa-46db-8f9e-9ee582393cc5 2004-09-02T13:01:58Z 2004-09-02T13:01:58Z

http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/20040901-4148.html

the Other™ 2004-09-02T13:01:58Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#e4e00fba-fe23-4792-b304-1f8a26d9d157 2004-08-15T02:56:07Z 2004-08-15T02:56:07Z

plus, it keeps out the Post Office's Orbital Mind-Control Lasers! two-fer-one!

the Other™ 2004-08-15T02:56:07Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#7595fbfb-84ce-48d3-82ee-948f59377093 2004-08-14T16:30:01Z 2004-08-14T16:30:01Z

My tin-foil-beanie is so much cheaper.

Bwana 2004-08-14T16:30:01Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#f6bec643-59cb-401b-a560-c98c9f4dd665 2004-08-13T17:01:54Z 2004-08-13T17:01:54Z

http://www.engadget.com/entry/8301854641807275/ "Caught in the hellish strife that is modern living, we’re not sure anymore what we’re more scared of: gas attacks or cellphone brain cancer. And naturally, as Americans, we consider baseball caps our first line of defense. CR Clean Air took care of the former, so thank god someone stepped up to the plate to still our raging Treo-induced-tumor fears: Handy-Fashions.com has the Mobile Cap, a hat designed with an RF-insulating earpiece lined with material “used by the military to shield missiles in extreme microwave exposed environments” which claims 99.999% signal blockage for only $39.99. The moral of the story? You’re already going to look completely stupid wearing one or the other, so you might as well be extra safe and wear both at the same time." okay--so it won't stop a blaring cellphone. but it's a start.

the Other™ 2004-08-13T17:01:54Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#450a9973-ee14-4798-b33b-9af42b43849a 2004-08-13T13:19:50Z 2004-08-13T13:19:50Z

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1131461946171236/ I'm buying up the entire stock, and investing in the company.

the Other™ 2004-08-13T13:19:50Z €Яוֹ© http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#ae2a3e85-5dbd-4e66-b271-0e57f1001cb4 2004-07-31T14:22:39Z 2004-07-31T14:22:39Z

ha, that should be called the "black-n-bluetooth."

€Яוֹ© 2004-07-31T14:22:39Z $item.owner.firstName http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#ef55a802-3727-4d40-bc0f-7dc4fa2aa182 2004-07-30T19:07:21Z 2004-07-30T19:07:21Z

I need a bluetooth hack that'll allow me to change a persons ringtone remotely. With the hack, I'd send an audio file that changes the offenders ringtone to say, "I'm an asshole" every time they get another phone call. C'mon, bluetooth exploits! [evil laugh]

$item.owner.firstName 2004-07-30T19:07:21Z Malex http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#4dee9bb7-e601-4625-8526-a009a30fa58b 2004-07-30T18:03:01Z 2004-07-30T18:03:01Z

In all seriousness, laws regarding on-call doctors and other emergency situations make theater celljamming legally impossible.

Malex 2004-07-30T18:03:01Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#44fd5cf4-e7b0-44df-9140-236dcf5d44cc 2004-07-29T15:46:47Z 2004-07-29T15:46:47Z

According to the consensus at RottenTomatoes.com, the pepper spray fate is preferable to the movie.

Bwana 2004-07-29T15:46:47Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#b7c2c3c2-681d-4e14-9d9a-bd5d533d4b1b 2004-07-29T15:20:44Z 2004-07-29T15:20:44Z

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1016892813512113/ "Not really sure if this counts as cellphone rage, cellphone justice, or just police brutality (or all three), but Warronnica Harris, a college student in Florida, definitely made a mistake when she answered a phone call from her mom while watching the opening credits to Catwoman at a local theater (though going to see that movie in the first place was probably her first mistake). An irritated police officer in the theater noticed her on the phone, shined a flashlight in her eyes, then pushed Harris and her boyfriend into the lobby where he doused them with pepper spray and arrested them for disorderly conduct, thus fulfilling the secret revenge fantasies of irate moviegoers everywhere. We smell a lawsuit, especially since there is some dispute over exactly what really happened." ----- And how could I have forgotten this: http://www.phonebashing.com/

the Other™ 2004-07-29T15:20:44Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#b321d708-76fd-4ab3-afd9-56d5456b3091 2004-04-13T12:45:33Z

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/04/13/highgate_cemetery_ph.html I'm not one to jump on the "Cory is Evil" bandwagon, becuase I like Cory's posts (other than W*F*) an awful lot. But he's weird on cellphones. Last year, he was insisting he had never had a movie interrupted by a cell-phone ring (and just WHAT theater was that, people wanted to know). Now, he's irritated that he had to prove his cellphone was switched off when entering a cemetery. Well. Be glad they didn't smash it right off: http://www.phonebashing.com/ Hasn't anybody developed a localized cellphone-jammer?

the Other™ 2004-04-13T12:45:33Z Ben http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#2c6b92b6-8056-4842-8a49-b3442f7ba574 2004-04-13T13:11:27Z

"Hasn't anybody developed a localized cellphone-jammer?" Inappropriate cell phone use is an etiquette problem. Cell phones jamming never be allowed because if I fall down the stairs or get hit by a car, I'd like someone to be able to call an ambulance. If someone's phone goes off in the theater, feel free to yell at them unless you see blood.

Ben 2004-04-13T13:11:27Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#1376f0d9-9e0c-4cd2-964a-bf2959bc9619 2004-04-13T13:18:06Z

In all likelihood, if I'm standing next to you with my cellphone jammer when you fall down the stairs, either I can call for help personally (without resorting to a cellphone), or I pushed you down in the first place because you were blathering to someone in Poughkeepsie.

the Other™ 2004-04-13T13:18:06Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#4a02e39f-69a8-46ec-976e-1494f819c8c4 2004-04-13T13:26:40Z

Charlie Stross has some good points on the anti-cell-phone debate in the London Underground. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blosxom.cgi/2004/Apr/6#terrorism-3 Please note that that he is firmly on the side of cellphones. And, likewise, neither am I on the cellphone-banning side. I just don't wnat your damn plastic going off in my ear.

the Other™ 2004-04-13T13:26:40Z Brandon http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#c83914a4-d8e3-41f1-84ab-1d5d756df35a 2004-04-13T17:47:02Z

I will be among the first to preorder a localized jammer, legal or otherwise (better ditch your Valentine-1 before you berate me). I would think such a device would sell well to restauranteers, theater owners, churches, etc. (ignoring private sales altogether). Don't get me wrong. I carry a cell, and it is quite useful for the relatively low cost. But mine is *always* on vibrate, and if it wasn't, my owning it wouldn't give me the right to disrupt others. Louisville, my beautiful and progressive city, will vote this year whether to prohibit cigarette smoking in public places. How long will it be before we have to put a similar cell issue to vote? Economists agree, negative externalities are a bitch. Sorry Cory and crew, I'm with el otro on this one.

Brandon 2004-04-13T17:47:02Z Eli http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#f261a337-7f6c-4dcf-b4f5-11a327f88b03 2004-04-13T19:05:10Z

"Hasn't anybody developed a localized cellphone-jammer?" I believe so, yes. It doesn't "jam" in the traditional radio signal jamming, it just pretends to be the closest cell and lures the local phones to connect with it instead, but then doesn't provide any service.

Eli 2004-04-13T19:05:10Z chupacabra http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#b731f894-9923-4214-9bdc-54145bdc5619 2004-04-14T03:56:15Z

A fist to the ear covered by the phone usually works.

chupacabra 2004-04-14T03:56:15Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#fc0a786f-44e6-4407-b6bc-c0ca624627ab 2004-04-14T05:48:18Z

Such vivid, concise imagery...

Bwana 2004-04-14T05:48:18Z Bwana http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#3c47c194-00f0-440d-985c-80954e2fdb43 2004-04-14T06:15:09Z

It didn't seem like he was being pissed that the phone had to be off, but that the request was not particularly polite or respectful. Having dealt with the US's post-9/11 security checks at airports, I'll admit that a little politeness goes a long way toward ameliorating another's imposition. For the record, I never fail to be astonished at the brazen, stunning, and gauche ringtones of people on the otherwise silent Japanese trains. My phone is set to manner/vibe mode except for its morning alarm, and I don't know why everyone doesn't do it that way. However, I've never once heard a ring go off in a Japanese movie theater.

Bwana 2004-04-14T06:15:09Z the Other™ http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#a51dfaf8-4c5a-40e1-80b3-b1954f3a80e2 2004-04-15T01:53:41Z

Hrm. that could be. It could also very likely be that I'm so used to cellphonaholics over-reacting to polite requests that I interpreted this as the same.

the Other™ 2004-04-15T01:53:41Z ah_sookie_sookie http://boingboing.tribe.net/thread/88e7f53d-c881-4955-a2df-779e23cde190#f6f3b90d-f617-4347-b06d-add85601d502 2004-04-17T20:50:53Z

http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/cell%20phone%20jammers.htm

ah_sookie_sookie 2004-04-17T20:50:53Z