Heres a story from the DM. Daily Mail, always getting it wrong,
"Millions giving up on it"
Fabricating much of the story, as ever
"Millions giving up on it"
Fabricating much of the story, as ever
Predicting the Future
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RobinBHM
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Yeah Elon Musk hasn’t made any money out EVs
artie
Sawdust manufacturer.
In my limited circle, not one person has said they were fed up with the internet.
A salesman did try to sign me up to something which was going to be better about 20 yrs ago.
But I never heard of him or it since.
A salesman did try to sign me up to something which was going to be better about 20 yrs ago.
But I never heard of him or it since.
Terrytpot
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Seem to recall that boats displaced a volume of water and therein created a hole in the water that was directly in proportion to the amount of money poured into the said hole. Failing to maintain the correct ratio leads to a boat that no longer has the chief characteristic of a boat ie: it floats!
Jameshow
Established Member
Or aeroplanes
Jacob
What goes around comes around.
Not even bombs - just minor technological failure in a difficult situation. Failure of electricity supply and the carrier pigeon comes into its own!
How have EVs helped the Spaniards dealt with the recent floods? Will Musk develop floating versions?
Technological failure is the one that scares me.
Anyone else read, "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen?
OK it's a novel (Three in the series), but it's a very believable apocalyptic scenario in America.
If it happened in the UK, we'd be done for I reckon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Second_After
Jacob
What goes around comes around.
Well I'm fed up with smart phones.
I just had another go and bought a Samsung S23. It puts me on Whats App which is handy for the family, I could use it for navigation, the camera is excellent.
Other than that an expensive PITA - it may be a smart phone but its not a mobile, as compared to previous Doro 611, which cost £14 about 10 years ago, still works perfectly, size and shape of a worn out bar of soap, folds up and keeps screen in perfect nick, extremely mobile in that I can go anywhere and do anything with it just tucked away in even the tiniest pocket - it fits the key fob pocket in my Ron Hills and would be impossible to lose and difficult to break even if I fell over in a stoney place.
And the smart f****r keeps beeping for no apparent reason!
I'm going to reconnect with a new number on the Doro - I really need a proper mobile.
Anybody want to get rich quick? Design something with an easily exchangeable SIM card which you could swap between a proper mobile and a stupid smart-alec phone, as the situation demands!
AJB Temple
Finely figured
^ Jacob. You can get a second SIM for data which you could use in the smartphone, but you can't clone a phone number to two SIMS. Might help you if you just use the smartphone for data. Not sure if whats app would work on both. My smartphone (iPhone) is pretty easy to take the SIM out - just a prod with a paper clip. It is pretty much mainly used for whats app and satnav.
Jacob
What goes around comes around.
Same, but you couldn't do it very often as they are fragile and tiny. The Doro takes the full card, the Samsung the little nano one in the middle.
It would be good to just swap from one to the other at the drop of a hat. From mobile (Doro) to indoors smart-alec (Samsung) to desk top computer (Apple).
I forecast this as the next major development in "mobile" phone technology!
PS The smart phone is only slightly more mobile than a lap-top - you can use it in a car, bedside, etc but not in a pocket when you are out in the garden, on a bike etc
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AJB Temple
Finely figured
I agree with you Jacob!
Hypnotic Chimera
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Yep - bombs was but one possible example as a cover-all.
The outcome is the same, regardless.
Examples:
We could easily trigger an irreversible ecological disaster that has a domino effect.
Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) - larger than the Carrington Event, potentially could burn out the power grid - chaos and panic would ensue - potential (likely) domino effect.
One satellite in orbit having "difficulties" creating a collision and an ensuing waterfall effect of destroying an entire constellation of, say, GPS satellites - in case you didn't know = GPS governs the global financial system - "money" could be rendered meaningless.
Don't Look Up scenario of meteor impact.
If we lose the bees, we lose the planet - and bees are right now in unprecedented decline (pesticides and other farming practice - ironic that our technological progress in increasing food production capacity could ultimately trigger the consequence that we have no food!)
You could potentially get a pay as you go SIM in one and divert calls between the two. Will either cost next to nothing or loads, depending on your contract. Also worth contacting the provider. They will often give you a good rate for a second SIM if you already have one with them. But I'm with you on the size of the damn things. Much preferred the old Nokia, with actual buttons to press !
Jacob
What goes around comes around.
Thanks for that, sounds like the obvious answer! Just got to work my way around the controls on the Samsung, which is not easy. The b****r is beeping at me as I type but I don't know why and it won't tell me.
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Good point.
Betamax always was superior to VHS and remained in use by broadcasters (and others) long after VHS died out. 
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Infuriating isn't it.
Half the time mine beeps and I look at the notifications, damned if I can work out what less than vital nonsense it's trying to alert me to.
Wonder what happens if you switch on Alexa or whatever and just tell it to "shut the **** up"
^^ I think I'll record this for posterity.
I remember having a blackberry. I could only conclude that whoever designed it had toothpicks for fingers, and remarkable eyesight.
The girl I worked with at the time could type on the thing at warp speed, just using her thumbs.
Meanwhile I'm poking away at the damn thing and cursing because I keep hitting the wrong key, and peering at the screen like Mr Magoo
The girl I worked with at the time could type on the thing at warp speed, just using her thumbs.
Meanwhile I'm poking away at the damn thing and cursing because I keep hitting the wrong key, and peering at the screen like Mr Magoo
Cabinetman
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BrilliantI remember having a blackberry. I could only conclude that whoever designed it had toothpicks for fingers, and remarkable eyesight.
The girl I worked with at the time could type on the thing at warp speed, just using her thumbs.
Meanwhile I'm poking away at the damn thing and cursing because I keep hitting the wrong key, and peering at the screen like Mr Magoo
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