01-07-2005, 11:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Finally A Cell Phone Booth That Respects The Privacy Of Those Around It
http://sensoryimpact.com/2005/01/performance-sculpture
I can't stand it when someone next to me in a public area gets on their cell phone and starts yammering away as if they were in their own den. I don't care where they went shopping this morning, that their daughter is doing well in school or that they had the runs last weekend! 8O I am the kind of person that when I go "Hi, how are you doing?" you go "fine" regardless of the real circumstances. I don't really want your medical history and I certainly don't want it from a stranger next to me at the mall's feeding trough... er... food court yard.
So finally someone has come up with an acceptable usage method for cell phones that respects my privacy! :lol:
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01-07-2005, 11:48 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 267
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very funny.
I had a cell phone for about 2 months and I thought it was oversused and should only be used in emergencies and such. I'm thinking of a HP 6315 because i'm expecting to do more text messaging that blabbing on phone. Seriously, I'd say 60% of cell phone users could help this planet a little better by buying a cellphone booth. 
Then I wouldn't have to hand out so much of that shh cards you guys posted
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01-08-2005, 12:01 AM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 4,303
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:lol: We should really give these out to folks that talk too loud on mobile phones.
Nice piece of contemporary conceptual art! :wink:
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01-08-2005, 12:06 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,329
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Is this the updated version of the cone of silence? :lol:
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01-08-2005, 01:40 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 191
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So does that interfere w/ reception or does it boost it? Do they make it w/ tinted privacy glass?
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01-08-2005, 02:17 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,959
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I think this is hilarious. I love reading all these "odd" adventures that people embark upon. Now I wonder if he'll fit through the train door... 
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01-08-2005, 02:36 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 544
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Maybe they should just charge a global "penny tax" for every minute of cell phone use. You could clear up the world's debt and put a big dent in world hunger in no time. It would only cost me about $3.00 US per month, but Ken and Barbie would have to cut back on trips to the gym and nail salon to pay their monthly bill.
You are never going to stop people from talking 10 hours per day on their phones (especially with improving battery technology) so you might as well get some good out of it.
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01-08-2005, 03:18 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 601
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May I be the first 'oulde feaurt' to say this reminds me of Maxwell Smart's 'Cone of Silence'. (U.S. sitcom 'Get Smart' circa 1960s.)
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01-08-2005, 04:21 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,616
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Nope. Jonathon1 did so four posts above yours
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01-08-2005, 04:25 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 350
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I really wish I would have had one of these today to give to the "considerate" gentleman who was sitting in a chair in the middle of the local Borders bookstore conducting some meeting on his cell phone. He would talk softly for a bit, then suddenly speak loudly. When he did, whoever was nearest him would turn and look at him. He would then get offended that this person was listening in to *his* call.
So you see my pet peeve about loud public cell phone usage: It's bad enough that I have to hear it, but then you get mad at me for listening. You are in public, your call is *not* private, so don't get angry at me. *You* are making *me* listen, it's not like I want to eavesdrop. Sorry for the rant.
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