11-23-2002, 04:28 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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Does Wearing This Make Me Look Like a Dork?
http://www.handy-fashions.com/e-cap.html
Okay, you all know how much I like my Scott eVEST� with all its pockets, and I've even mentioned how I might like to own a pair of the Levi Mobile Dockers pants with their built-in radiation shield. However, when a reader pointed out this latest form of high-tech clothing, even I had to shrug in disbelief.
Handy-Fashions.com is selling (among other items) their new MobileCap. The purpose of this "attractive" piece of clothing is to supposedly shield the mobile phone user's noggin from any radiation emitted from the phone. Even though researchers have yet to prove any harmful effects from mobile phone radiation, Handy-Fashions touts the MobileCap as "the perfect link between up to date fashion and highly effective microwave protection." And, in case you're interested, they also sell a waistcoat (vest) and scarf which also incorporate real silver shielding.
Sorry, but in my mind, these items go a bit beyond simply geekiness.
And, while we're at it, let's be clear on some of the terminology I use when describing these kinds of technologies:
Nerd: Someone who creates technologies, useful and not-so-useful, just for technology's sake
Geek: Someone who loves and embraces useful and not-so-useful technologies, "just because he/she can"
Dork: Someone who is so technophobic that he/she can't tell a useful technology from a hole in the ground
So, I have two questions:
� Would you ever consider wearing one of these MobileCaps?
� Are my definitions correct?
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11-23-2002, 05:04 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Definitions
Maybe its only a dork :? who worries if he or she is a dork...?
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11-23-2002, 05:08 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I'm only buying one if it also shields me from alien thought control.
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11-23-2002, 05:10 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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Re: Definitions
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Originally Posted by RKosin
Maybe its only a dork :? who worries if he or she is a dork...?
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Now THAT'S deep. If a dork wears a MobileCap in the woods and nobody is there to see him, is he still a dork?
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11-23-2002, 05:11 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jun 2004
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I would hope anyone who wears THAT hat would only do it in the privacy of their own home or they deserve whatever they get. :lol:
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11-23-2002, 05:13 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2006
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This doubles as a birth control device: Wear this to a party/bar, you are going home alone!!! :wink:
Steve
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"My eyes are rolling back in my head so far I can see my grey matter bubbling and frothing from reading this thread....bleh." JD
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11-23-2002, 05:16 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I have an idea -- Who needs the hat?? ...Just get a roll of Reynolds Wrap (aluminum foil) and tear off a piece every time you want to make a call!! One size fits all!! 
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11-23-2002, 05:43 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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And I thought I saw everything, but today I was proven dead wrong...........
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11-23-2002, 05:46 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I think it's unanimous...go for the second Scott eVest 
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11-23-2002, 05:52 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Quote:
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Does Wearing This Make Me Look Like a Dork?
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Short Answer: Yes!
Long Answer: Yes, and not in that "but one could argue (insert something non-hat) makes you look like a dork too" sorta way. :wink:
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