Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

[Steve Smith]

Gil - I think you need the "Bear Grylls" edition.  Or maybe the Steve Irwin or event he Crocodile Dundee edition? Just watch out for Stingrays! - Steve Because of my prefrecence for hardy phones I wonder if we'll see something hardy. Guessing based on our societies yen to have some kind sexy fun companion that's a doodad we might see something like a Ruby and Jarvis set. Some people want something like this: http://jarvis.ai-dot.net Just don't give it motivated. It might take over the world. On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: On 9/9/15 9:32 AM, cody dooderson wrote: One thing I would like to see is a clam shell smart phone. I like my flip phone. It never pocket dials anyone, and the screen is always well protected. The only problem is I cant play angry birds or check my email. Here is a prototype Randal Monroe was working on http://www.xkcd.com/1372/ . I can attest that you need a harder blade than your basic hacksaw to go through gorilla glass.  I do like his presentation of what such a cut might look like, however!  I've found that a swift blow from a hand-axe works too, especially if you are going to remove the guts anyway... And I like this one too!     http://www.xkcd.com/1363/ Monroe has a certain genius... ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com

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