Lawry wrote: > Had I read the Hindustan Times article Friedman cites, I would instead have > ruminated on the significance of mobile access at the top of Everest, and > what it symbolizes for humankind.
Here in the Alps, we already know that cell phones & mountains are a bad mix. Emergency helicopter rescue operations have boomed because masses of cell phone idiots in summer clothing run up the mountains, thinking that if anything goes wrong, they'll just call the chopper docs. And so it goes. However, some of those fools have the batteries run low/frozen or manage to end up in a dead spot (no reception) between rocks, and these are the guys who come down in a body bag after another "Handiot" found them. Don't think that the whole cell phone crap is for people's comfort -- it's for global surveillance everywhere (incl. movement tracking and money transfers), from the 3rd floor below surface up to the Mount Everest. THAT's what it symbolizes for humankind -- but don't expect to read that in the NYT. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
