Apparently someone doesn't use T9 word mode.... or have a smart phone.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "jp" <j...@saucer.midcoast.com> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 3:39 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Senate Bill > Well, keying in letters on the dtmf keypad of a phone means it's 1-4 > presses per digit. Morse code is 1-4 presses per letter or 5 for > numbers. Input encoding: Morse code is 1-2 press options (depending on > the input device), a phone is 10-12 keys to use. So I'd say they are > comparable for text data efficiency, and morse wins hands for hand-eye > coordination or simplicity. > > Thus if phones had morse code encoders and decoders built in, people > could text easier with less distraction. You know kids would learn morse > code in order to become superior texters. > > > On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 03:23:35PM -0400, Robert West wrote: >> That brings me back to a thought I had a few months back. Text >> messaging. >> It's been proven that a person using Morse code to enter a text message >> will >> beat someone using normal text entry. But with that, isn't text >> messaging >> pretty much the same type of thing as sending in Morse? We went from >> Morse >> to voice and it was a big improvement but now it's retro and we're back >> to >> the text. So my thought was, coming up with a phone that would do >> semaphore >> and then after that caught on, go for smoke signals then later still, the >> cell phone could tell my kid to run down the street and give my message >> in >> person. At that point there would be no need for the cell phone and we >> could charge for the luxury of not having one. >> >> >> I also have too much time on my hands, or so the wife tells me. >> >> >> >> ----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of RickG >> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 12:07 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Senate Bill >> >> I guess one might say that was the original concept. I suppose smoke >> signals would qualify as well. Or maybe a bottle with a note cast into >> the sea? LOL! >> >> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Frank<inetli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > The telegraph was the Victorian Internet. >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Internet >> > >> > >> > Frank >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Robert West >> > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:07 AM >> > >> > Nicola Tesla had the idea back in the late 1800's but it included the >> > telegraph........ Strange but true. >> > >> > But he was from the future, after all. :) >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> > WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> > http://signup.wispa.org/ >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> > >> > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> > >> > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> > >> > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > /* > Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL > KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting > http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ > */ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
