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Brad Adrian

11-23-2002, 04:28 AM

<a href="http://www.handy-fashions.com/e-cap.html">http://www.handy-fashions.com/e-cap.html</a> Okay, you all know how much I like my <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2342">Scott eVEST™ </a> with all its pockets, and I've even mentioned how I might like to own a pair of the <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3451">Levi Mobile Dockers</a> 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. <img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/adrian/mobilehat.jpg" /> 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?

RKosin

11-23-2002, 05:04 AM

Maybe its only a dork :? who worries if he or she is a dork...?

Kati Compton

11-23-2002, 05:08 AM

I'm only buying one if it also shields me from alien thought control.

;)

Brad Adrian

11-23-2002, 05:10 AM

Maybe its only a dork :? who worries if he or she is a dork...?
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?

jffcurt

11-23-2002, 05:11 AM

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:

Steven Cedrone

11-23-2002, 05:13 AM

This doubles as a birth control device: Wear this to a party/bar, you are going home alone!!! :wink:

Steve

christak

11-23-2002, 05:16 AM

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!! :D

Sheynk

11-23-2002, 05:43 AM

And I thought I saw everything, but today I was proven dead wrong...........

Lotto

11-23-2002, 05:46 AM

I think it's unanimous...go for the second Scott eVest :)

Rirath

11-23-2002, 05:52 AM

Does Wearing This Make Me Look Like a Dork?

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:

ECOslin

11-23-2002, 05:59 AM

I've been using a cell phone for ten years and 'twitch''twitch' theres nothing wrong with me. :)

Edward

st63z

11-23-2002, 06:36 AM

Was that at Comdex too? :)
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,718193,00.asp

Big Honkin' Deal

11-23-2002, 07:09 AM

No affiliate link :?:

http://www.handy-fashions.com/e-cap.html

Okay, you all know how much I like my Scott eVEST™ (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2342) with all its pockets, and I've even mentioned how I might like to own a pair of the Levi Mobile Dockers (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3451) 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.

vincentsiaw

11-23-2002, 08:20 AM

nobody going to create something which can't be sell, well maybe a dork create things for his own kind, who knows....

st63z

11-23-2002, 08:28 AM

Come on! Again, I say Sumacke!

http://www.extremetech.com/image_popup/0,3969,s=1005&iid=18071,00.asp

http://www.extremetech.com/image_popup/0,3969,s=1005&iid=18072,00.asp (Adam West's early costume)

ECOslin

11-23-2002, 10:25 AM

By time you think you need one of these, wouldn't it have already affected your mind?

St63: those are lcd shuttered 3D goggles? Just a little obvious anywhere than a theatre.

Edward

szamot

11-23-2002, 10:43 AM

I think this must be one of those hoax useless Japanese inventions they showed once on the tube. For example they had a toilet plunger with a handle that you could attach to the ceiling of the train for a person to hold on to, or a roll of toilet paper attached to your hat so you could wipe your nose etc... and countless others. I bet you, someone made a bet that he could sell these at Comdex to a dork posing as a geek and make a pile of money. I propose that anyone wearing this contraption, even for demonstration purposes, should be lynched publicly, sentenced to listen to my mother’s friend Alice talk for hours about absolutely nothing in her soprano voice and be given a Palm and told to peck I AM A DORK until the memory is full.

Pony99CA

11-23-2002, 02:09 PM

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?
No, I wouldn't consider wearing those.

As for your definitions, they aren't how I use them, but that's irrelevant. As long as people know what you mean by them, that's good enough, and I like your differentiation.

I use "nerd" and "geek" interchangeably, and "dork" just means anybody who looks weird in a geeky way.

Steve

Pony99CA

11-23-2002, 02:13 PM

I propose that anyone wearing this contraption, even for demonstration purposes, should be lynched publicly, sentenced to listen to my mother’s friend Alice talk for hours about absolutely nothing in her soprano voice and be given a Palm and told to peck I AM A DORK until the memory is full.
Wouldn't listening to your mom's friend and typing be a bit difficult after being lynched? :-D

Steve

onyxashanti

11-23-2002, 02:28 PM

hmmmm...so i guess that would make nerds prophets, and geeks disciples. and dorks would be like...groupies :roll:

Paragon

11-23-2002, 02:57 PM

Well Brad, even Canadians wouldn't wear a hat like that. Myself I would rather grow a new glow in the dark nose beside my ear before I would wear that! :)

Dave

Ed Hansberry

11-23-2002, 04:10 PM

Paragon

11-23-2002, 05:57 PM

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!! :D
That's what I do. I don't see the need to spend money on a hat like this. Aluminum foil is much cheaper - a $1.69 roll will last months. :silly:

It also keeps aliens from scanning my brain. :new-alien:

That's too funny Ed. :D

I think I have forund a new defence against alien invasion. If we were to simply remove the tin foil from Ed's head and allow the aliens to scan his brain, I'm sure it would scare them the hell out of our corner of the universe. They would be sure to tell their friends to stay away. Those humans are way to far out for us. It will take us centuries to straighten out that brood. :D

Dave

jpf

11-23-2002, 08:55 PM

that makes GW a dork then I guess!

bones

11-23-2002, 09:09 PM

That guy looks like a wretchid mess in that quasi eskimo hat.

Just my two cents....

RKosin

11-23-2002, 09:42 PM

Do we all realize that its a hat that we're posting about :|

jet8810

11-24-2002, 04:30 AM

sorry, but I have to say this...

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE GUY'S HANDS? :lol:

Steven Cedrone

11-24-2002, 04:34 AM

How the heck did they get Jerry Seinfeld to put that hat on??? :wink:

Steve

Sanjay Srikonda

11-24-2002, 04:38 AM

I sent this one in. I found it the other day on some other site. Geez, at least give credit where credit is due.

Any way, at least you're making fun of it like it should be made fun of. It ranks right up there with pet rocks and those tin foil cellphone antenna boosters.

The wildest thing about these hats is the price that they're asking. What idiot would pay that much for one of these?

Wait, what am I saying, they're making them, so obviously SOMEONE believes them.

Jason Dunn

11-24-2002, 04:37 PM

I sent this one in. I found it the other day on some other site. Geez, at least give credit where credit is due.

We do our best to give credit where credit is due, but sometimes we make mistakes. Our apologies. :D

Sanjay Srikonda

11-24-2002, 10:49 PM

who buys this stuff? who who who?

please, someone tell me who buys this stuff?

Steven Cedrone

11-24-2002, 10:51 PM

who buys this stuff? who who who?

please, someone tell me who buys this stuff?

The very, very paranoid... :wink:

Steve

ECOslin

11-25-2002, 03:47 AM

Grandparents, helpful aunts, mothers to embarrass their school-age children at school.

Your next Xmas gift!

Edward

Lotto

11-25-2002, 03:55 AM

Our government :)

christak

11-25-2002, 05:11 AM

Our government

LOL, Too Funny!! :D

cpoole

11-25-2002, 04:58 PM

Well Brad, even Canadians wouldn't wear a hat like that. Myself I would rather grow a new glow in the dark nose beside my ear before I would wear that! :)

Dave

I'm pretty sure I had a hat like that when I was a kid. Fortunately at the time I did not know what a dork was. :wink:

cpoole

11-25-2002, 05:01 PM

Has anyone proven that these things can actually block transmissions from a cell phone?

Brad Adrian

11-25-2002, 06:57 PM

I sent this one in. I found it the other day on some other site. Geez, at least give credit where credit is due.
Sorry. In the message I received, in the spot where it says "Credit for news find" it simply said "me." I couldn't tell if that mean you actually wanted credit or were being facetious.

Brad Adrian

11-25-2002, 06:59 PM

I'm pretty sure I had a hat like that when I was a kid...
From the pictures, though, it looks like there's only ONE flap over ONE ear. I hope yours wasn't like that.

Steven Cedrone

11-25-2002, 07:01 PM

I'm pretty sure I had a hat like that when I was a kid...
From the pictures, though, it looks like there's only ONE flap over ONE ear. I hope yours wasn't like that.

It also looks as if you can turn the flap up and fisten it using a snap. So you only look like a dork when you're making a phone call...

Steve

Kati Compton

11-25-2002, 07:17 PM

Steven Cedrone

11-25-2002, 07:44 PM