Comments on: No More Cell Phone https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2006/12/25/no-more-cell-phone/ Thoughts, rants, and even some code from the mind of Barney Boisvert. Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Barney https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2006/12/25/no-more-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3302 Barney Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:51:46 +0000 http://barneyb.com/barneyblog/2006/12/25/no-more-cell-phone/#comment-3302 Nat, I'm going down to Mentor Graphics. The stars aligned and the whole process lasted like 5 business days from start to finish. Start on the second. Nat,

I'm going down to Mentor Graphics. The stars aligned and the whole process lasted like 5 business days from start to finish. Start on the second.

]]> By: Nat Papovich https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2006/12/25/no-more-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3241 Nat Papovich Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:48:12 +0000 http://barneyb.com/barneyblog/2006/12/25/no-more-cell-phone/#comment-3241 So Barney, do you know where you're going after your current job? Or does "I'm leaving" mean "I'm leaving eventually" So Barney, do you know where you're going after your current job? Or does "I'm leaving" mean "I'm leaving eventually"

]]> By: barneyb https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2006/12/25/no-more-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3178 barneyb Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:52:54 +0000 http://barneyb.com/barneyblog/2006/12/25/no-more-cell-phone/#comment-3178 Yeah, a valid point, I suppose. My canonical argument against is "10,000 years". Humankind has managed to deal without them for 10,000 years, so my default position is that we don't really need them that much. That goes for a lot of things, not just cell phones, of course. I certainly don't have any qualms about carrying one where there's a need, but if there's not... Yeah, a valid point, I suppose. My canonical argument against is "10,000 years". Humankind has managed to deal without them for 10,000 years, so my default position is that we don't really need them that much. That goes for a lot of things, not just cell phones, of course. I certainly don't have any qualms about carrying one where there's a need, but if there's not…

]]> By: Jacob Munson https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2006/12/25/no-more-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3160 Jacob Munson Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:31:04 +0000 http://barneyb.com/barneyblog/2006/12/25/no-more-cell-phone/#comment-3160 For me a cell phone is not so much a tool for people to communicate with me (I don't answer it half of the time), but a way for /me/ to contact /them/. Especially when I need to tell my wife I'm stuck in traffic on the way home, or I'm at the grocery store and I don't know which type of Jello my wife wants. For me a cell phone is not so much a tool for people to communicate with me (I don't answer it half of the time), but a way for /me/ to contact /them/. Especially when I need to tell my wife I'm stuck in traffic on the way home, or I'm at the grocery store and I don't know which type of Jello my wife wants.

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