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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Thanks for the tip on Gaia GPS. Awesome app now on my phone and tablet.
And thanks for the HP 12C app, too. Like finding a long lost friend.
Another three!!
All true, all obvious.
I have a land line that I actually answer, I have a cell phone that I never answer, I have two Maglights in my truck, My wife has two Maglights in her Explorer.
I have one calculator in my office, one in my truck, and one in my coverall pocket ( I also keep a slide rule in the glove box).
I use De Lorme Map books (plus I have a great sense of direction), I have map books for the entire 50 states (topographic maps), and a lensatic compass, if you don’t know how to do overland navigation, you are dead.
Modern Conveniences only make people subject to DEATH IN THE COLD AND THE DARK.
Yes, I get the Seasoned Citizen’s discount, and I’ll thank everyone from you to my doctors to quit reminding me I’m not 25 anymore.
Don’t use a phone camera, my 35mm Leica seems to work just fine.
Just turning the page is an adventure all in it’s self.
Of course I am what my kids call a PALEOCON and an ANACHRONISM.
Until they lose the Cloud.
Trust me, it will happen.
I don’t drive or ride them any more, but I still keep my 1956 Chevy pickup truck and my 1946 Harley Davidson Knuckle Head in tip top shape.
Top’em off, tun’em and run them around the farm for at least an hour once a month.
Well if it makes you feel any better, you couldn’t pay me to live my early 20’s again...nothing but bad decision making!
I strongly believe the brain doesn’t work properly until well after.
I never wear a watch any more, because I don’t give a damn what time it is!
We've all got time enough to cry.
Hang’in out with us old folks is OK, just as long as you remember that we are to old to take a beating, to tired to run away; so we will just kill you if you try anything PROG/LIB/PC/COMMIE/ANTIFA/NAZI on us.
(your on Free Republic, so your probably OK).
DREAM ON SLICK!
Well I’ll be...there is one for a CB radio.
Nice. It really is an awesome app. You can chart out your trails before you go; download maps at any resolution you want before you go; it uploads your hikes and you can choose who to share with. Keeps great stats. One of my favorites. I used to use Map My Run for hikes, but it wasn’t that great and got worse after UnderArmour bought them.
There are always trade-offs, and some are quite bad. For instance...
10) Land lines: Though they’ve been on the way out for some time, the old analog, local loop telephone lines from central offices were by far the most reliable method of communication, especially if the lines were buried. These were the old style telephone lines and they required NO power at your home. That’s why you could use your telephone when the power went out. You can’t do that with the newer digital lines, unless you’ve got battery backups for all your home equipment.
9) Flashlights: Sure, you can use a cell phone in a pinch, but a REAL flashlight is far superior, and a headlamp is great if you’re working in the dark!
8) Calculators: You can use a calculator app in a pinch, but I don’t know anyone who regularly does any sort of critical calculations that would EVER rely on a touch screen for input, or the accuracy of a calculator app. Personally, I still prefer to use my HP-41CV.
6) Guitar Tuners: They work in a pinch, but for less than $20 you can get a tuner that clips on to the headstock of your guitar and uses the vibrations to indicate the note. Everybody uses those, except for critical situations, in which case, a strobe tuner is used.
5) Cameras: While smartphone cameras have gotten good enough for even some pro-am use, for maximum flexibility people still use dedicated cameras. Optical zoom lenses are still superior to digital zoom, and having a larger image sensor can give greater resolution, which is why many pros shooting digital still shoot medium format.
But the rest, yes. I’m fairly certain that nobody in the current generation would be able to fold an auto-club map. In fact, I’m certain most in the current generation wouldn’t have the faintest idea what I’m talking about when I use the phrase “auto-club map.”
Mark
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