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   Ed Classic, 7 Jul 2000 @ 12:17pm

   
   

   qsort (cart, horse)

   Interesting quote from the article:
   
   "We had been wanting to do something with Bluetooth and at that moment it was, 'A ha! That's it,'" she said.
   
   In other words: "We had this solution and we were in search of a problem...."
   

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   wonko, 7 Jul 2000 @ 1:46pm

   
   

   Silent mode

   Over time, I seem to have developed a psychic connection with my pager. I have it set to a silent mode where all it does is give a quick little

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   wonko, 7 Jul 2000 @ 1:51pm

   
   

   Silent mode

   Over time, I seem to have developed a psychic connection with my pager. I have it set to a silent mode where all it does is give a quick little 'beep' (similar to a watch beep) and then vibrates. This is more than enough to get my attention when I'm wearing the pager.
   
   Strangely enough, even when I'm not wearing the pager, I can hear it. Several months ago, I had a part in a play, and I was onstage in a dress rehearsal. My pager was still hooked to my pants, which were in a bag in the very back of the auditorium, behind a stack of chairs. On three separate occasions (three separate dress rehearsals) I was backstage talking to friends and suddenly, without even consciously hearing a "beep", I had an overpowering feeling that my pager had just gone off. I went and checked, and sure enough, it had. This happened three different times. It's downright freaky, if you ask me.

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   Ed, 7 Jul 2000 @ 4:10pm

   
   

   hardly a solution

   Doctors can override the feature? What do they do, download a copy of their medical school diploma into the phone? If there's an override, everyone will be able to use it.
   

   
   How about a cell phone that can ring just loud enough to be heard over the ambient noise level? There's already a microphone available to sense this -- no fancy new technology required.

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