Posted on 11/14/2018 4:10:12 PM PST by Rummyfan
We’re living in an age of unprecedented technology. It’s not the future that our elders promised to us when we were kids – I mean, where are the flying cars? – but technology has made our lives exponentially easier.
Take the smartphone for example. What used to take a computer, a Walkman, an atlas, and more now fits in the palm of your hand. In fact, the advent of the smartphone has rendered obsolete some things that we used for years.
Here’s a list of ten things that our smartphones have replaced. It’s not an exhaustive list by any means, but I think you’ll get an idea of what revolutionary technology our phones have become. Enjoy!
10. Landlines and payphones
9. Flashlights
8. Calculators
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But I still keep a flashlight in the house.
Key word PRACTICALLY as we use them all here
Red lights. Stop Signs. Safe Pedestrians.
Lessay you wanna simply inquire over the telephone about an expensive good or service:
In the old days you could use a public phone to do that, and you wouldn’t later get solicitation phone calls from that company, in case you got cold feet and backed out.
Now, that’s much, much harder, as public phones are a rarity.
Smart phones are quite impractical for most of the country as there is not that much cell coverage.
I didn’t see PRINTED BOOKS on the list. Or PRINTED NEWSPAPERS.
Not gone yet but surely in big decline.
Having a tuner, a multi-track recorder, a virtual keyboard, a white noise generator, signal analyzer and dB meter at every gig is nice.
Now, that’s much, much harder, as public phones are a rarity.
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“Hey. Lemme borrow your phone for a minute. My battery’s dead.”
“Red lights. Stop Signs. Safe Pedestrians”
Those funny little painted lines on roadways.
A few EMPs plus a major grid failure = largely phucked.
Not to worry. Jesus has it all under control. No kidding.
I use WIFI more than I use the cell; almost every place has it, way faster.
You’re right,. useless for out in the boonies, but I have a GPS for navigation and texting usually seems to work darn near everywhere
#11. Privacy
I used to love mine. I wonder what box it’s in?
It’s not the future that our elders promised to us when we were kids – I mean, where are the flying cars?
I’ll trade in the dumbphone for a Rocket Pack.
This is BS.
Agreed, but a downside to that accessibility is that more and more bands are playing live to a click or backing tracks. More often than not, these bands lack spontaneity and even good tunes. As Roger Daltrey would say, give me a bum note and a bead of sweat.
However, IF I forget to charge my phone it does none of those, so I keep flashlights and have a landline to name two.
And I still keep an old hardcopy address book.
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