01-12-2003, 03:55 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
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W?BIC!
That's a new motto of mine that I want to put on a T-shirt someday: W?BIC! ("Why? Because I Can!"). I'm sitting here playing with -- er using -- my Pocket PC Phone Edition and carefully explaining to my wife the fantastic 128MB memory upgrade that was just completed by Pocket PC Techs. "See," I explain while salivating, "I can load ALL of my apps into internal memory, along with all of my eBooks, Audible books and MP3s, and still have room on my SD card for a movie!" When she dares to ask me why I could possibly want or need to carry that much "stuff" on my Pocket PC, I reply with the only phrase that comes close to explaining this deeply seated need:
"Why? Because I can!"
Over the years, I guess I've been known to invoke the "W?BIC!" defense for quite a few of my Pocket PC exploits. To me, though, there need be no further justification for doing things like:
� Surfing the Web via WLAN and cable modem on a 240X320 screen, even though a perfectly functional PC sits three feet away
� Spending seven hours converting a two-hour movie just so I can watch it on my Pocket PC
� Loading 253 MP3s onto a CF card for a 45-minute drive across town
� Installing a total of 73 different applications, even though on any given day I may only need five of them
� Arguing with my voice dialer for several minutes rather than simply dial using the keypad
� Downloading 197 e-mails wirelessly at 9.6kps rather than use a landline 56k modem
Hopefully, I'm not the only person here who has done outlandish stuff in the name of W?BIC! Anybody else out there had to utter those words in their own defense?
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01-12-2003, 04:30 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I IM my wife, sometimes from across the room, with my WiFi iPAQ.
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01-12-2003, 04:37 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who does these things. :P Half the time my wife THINKS I'm crazy. The other half she knows it.
Whydidnt
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01-12-2003, 04:41 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 113
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Re: W?BIC!
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
W?BIC! ("Why? Because I Can!")
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Sure... YNOT?! :wink:
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01-12-2003, 04:43 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 110
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Listening to music on my PPC and headphones while in front of the computer.
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[Will]
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01-12-2003, 04:47 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,386
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Re: W?BIC!
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
• Surfing the Web via WLAN and cable modem on a 240X320 screen, even though a perfectly functional PC sits three feet away
• Spending seven hours converting a two-hour movie just so I can watch it on my Pocket PC
• Loading 253 MP3s onto a CF card for a 45-minute drive across town
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:rofl:
I especially love the 253 MP3s for a 45-minute drive. Brad, was it you that started a thread long ago questioning whether we're actually more productive with our PPC or not (multitasking and all).
That's what ran through my head in reading this thread. I'm constantly asking myself now if I really make my life any more efficient b/c of my PPC... but then I couldn't imagine not having it around...
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01-12-2003, 04:49 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,386
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I can also see my girlfriend responding with "W?BYD!"... Why? Because You're a Dork!!
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01-12-2003, 04:53 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5
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:lol: :lol: I can't help thinking that you are watching what I do at home :lol:
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01-12-2003, 04:55 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 59
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Your not alone !!
I grab photo's from an album on my desktop and stream mp3's using WiFi on my 5450. W? BIC!
I alson IM my wife across the room.
I keep repeating a voice command to my BT headset until it understands.
If i'm on the road and need a movie time i'll hop on the web to My Yahoo instead of my wife calling on the cell phone.
W?BIC! :rock on dude!:
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01-12-2003, 04:59 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 399
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Well....I get this alot:
Why in the world do you need to spent $600+ on a "little computer".
All you use it for is to write down home work, listen to music, and play games. You are 16...not a big broker person"
Answer I give: well I need this device for>>>>> incert answer
But really the reason is
BIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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