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Have You Gotten Used To People Walking Around Talking to Themselves? (Mobile TV Is Next)
Amazon ^ | 1/20/2007 | Me

Posted on 01/20/2007 3:49:31 PM PST by Dallas59

Ok....I still stare at some guy or lady walking around the store talking to him/herself...even when I know they have this stuck in their ear..



But ...this will really having me looking hard...People walking around WalMart watching TV...Talking to themselves...



MicroOptical myvu Personal media viewer for the video iPod®



for ideo iPod and iPod photos
* viewer with binocular LCD display:
* attached in-ear headphones with interchangeable rubber sleeves
* up to 6 hours playback with rechargeable battery
* AC adapter * 12-volt adapter for car use *

Car Use????

MicroOptical myvu Personal media viewer


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Science; Society; UFO's
KEYWORDS: blooth; bluetooth; headset; mobile
Maybe I'm just getting old...
1 posted on 01/20/2007 3:49:33 PM PST by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

well, as long as they do not try to walk through things or people, it sounds harmless enough.


2 posted on 01/20/2007 3:55:03 PM PST by GSlob
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To: GSlob

I'll probably get one sooner or later...and drive with it on...


3 posted on 01/20/2007 3:56:19 PM PST by Dallas59 (HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
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To: Dallas59

I'm the fool who still doesn't get it, and when I hear someone talking next to me, I turn to them and say "What?" Only to find that they're on the phone.

*sigh*


4 posted on 01/20/2007 4:27:20 PM PST by Theresawithanh (Growing old isn't so bad - especially considering the alternative!)
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To: Dallas59

It creeps me out.

Problem is we've always had people wandering around Seattle talking animatedly to themelves (or lamp posts), long before these hands-free ear gizmos were invented.

How to tell the difference?


5 posted on 01/20/2007 4:29:37 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (Temporarily Posting from Washington DC)
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To: Dallas59

Yes I've gotten used to it, because just about everybody is doing it. I don't know what they have to say that's so important, they talk and talk and talk in the midst of doing everything else.


6 posted on 01/20/2007 4:32:01 PM PST by FreedomGuru
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To: SandyInSeattle

The lamp post doesn't talk back??


7 posted on 01/20/2007 4:56:51 PM PST by Dallas59 (HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
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To: Dallas59

Sometimes... when you're really listening... the lamp post will answer.


8 posted on 01/20/2007 4:58:17 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (Temporarily Posting from Washington DC)
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To: Dallas59

What's the frequency Kenneth?


9 posted on 01/20/2007 5:10:39 PM PST by battlegearboat
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To: Dallas59

I want one.


10 posted on 01/20/2007 6:12:56 PM PST by Maceman (This is America. Why must we press "1" for English?)
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To: Dallas59
I have long thought that laptop computers were just a waystation to the ultimate computer, which will have a hi-def view presented close to the eye thru optics. And a mouthpiece which will cover the mouth, allowing private speech - to a cell phone, yes - but also to your speech-processing computer. Speech control will supplant the keyboard.

That picture does however put one in mind of a Star Trek character . . .


11 posted on 01/20/2007 6:37:23 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters except PR.)
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To: Dallas59

"But ...this will really having me looking hard...People walking around WalMart watching TV...Talking to themselves."





What bothers me, is that some of these guys will be watching porn, and who knows what that will lead to in public.


12 posted on 01/20/2007 10:08:54 PM PST by ansel12 (America, love it ,or at least give up your home citizenship before accepting ours too.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion
...or put one in mind of a Star Trek episode...

The Game

13 posted on 01/20/2007 10:18:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)
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To: martin_fierro

iPod pingworthy?


14 posted on 01/20/2007 10:19:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)
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To: SandyInSeattle
It's the folks in south central Phoenix who cross the street while arguing with themselves that worry me.
15 posted on 01/21/2007 2:01:00 AM PST by Jeff Chandler ("... without victory there is no survival." - Winston Churchill)
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To: Dallas59; SunkenCiv
Quasi-related thread:

Video glasses keep porn private in public (unnngh)


16 posted on 01/21/2007 6:28:27 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Theresawithanh
I'm the fool who still doesn't get it, and when I hear someone talking next to me, I turn to them and say "What?" Only to find that they're on the phone.

I can definitely identify with that! Have you ever had conversations with people you know and didn't realize they were talking on their cell? I have and it's really embarassing!

Them: Hi!
Me: Hi there!
Them: How are you doing today?
Me: Oh, blah, blah, blah...

Then you realize they're talking to someone on their cell but you didn't notice because they weren't completely facing you head on so the phone was hidden from my sight.

17 posted on 01/21/2007 6:35:22 AM PST by Sally'sConcerns
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To: martin_fierro

...provided the wearers don't forget where they are...


18 posted on 01/21/2007 7:45:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)
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