>
> BTW An Israeli firm has developed a cell phone blocker which
> can be installed by hospitals, airplanes, etc... I have
> personally been bothered a lot recently by the quantities
> and volumes of cell phone users in the many airport lounges
> I frequent. The problem is not just the talking, but the
> apparent fact that people feel they need to talk loudly when
> using a cell phone, and the fact that they tend to walk
> around at the same time.
The keitai will force societies the world over to establish rules of
etiquette, just like the advent of any new technology which affects how
humans interact.
Perhaps this time, though, societies won't adapt to the technology-->maybe
the technology will adapt to societies. Instead of hotel and airport
managers feeling forced to establish screened & shielded
cell-phone-signal-free areas, can't we get the phones to be smarter? If the
central server knows where the user is to +/- a few metres, can't the phone
automatically switch to vibrate mode when required? As for the loud talking
and walking around, perhaps a basic lesson in the grammar schools of the
future (along with wash your hands before dinner and don't speak with your
mouth full of food) will be "don't be obnoxious when making a call on your
personal communicator." Once little Johnny or Sally have to sit a detention
after school for breaking that rule, they'll will grow into responsible
adults, perhaps?
--Daniel
Received on Mon May 8 05:13:02 2000