Maybe someday, txt messaging skills will be a requirement to get a ham license, much like morse code used to be.
When our kids are greyed they will look down upon the fool that can't txt x words per minute, since it's been around for so long and is internationally used. On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:41:00AM -0400, Robert West wrote: > I had to have 2 Compuserve accounts back in 1988 because their accounts had > a $500 limit per month! > > I still don't understand the text explosion. Over 100 years of innovation > just to go back to what is essentially Morse code. Boggles the mind. > > Soon they'll discover punch cards and paper tape to load their ringtones. > > "What's with all those cards in your backpack, Cassie?" "My new ring tone > by Fallen. It only took a little over 8,000 punch cards!" "Cool....." > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of St. Louis Broadband > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:11 AM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages > > I am reviewing my AT&T wireless bill. I have myself, my mother and my > daughter on a family plan. > > My mother received 8 text messages, which I am sure she does not know that > she has. > I received 297 text messages. Some of those were forwards from another > email account. > > However, my 18 year old daughter received 30,500 text messages! > > How can this be? How can they type on a qwerty board, or actual phone > keypad faster than I on a laptop/computer? > > She has a facebook account, a twitter, and many other accounts/tech that I > am not familiar with. > Is this a sign of the times or of my age? > > I started in the Internet industry in 1993. I remember my first AOL annual > bill totaling over $5k and this was for 28.8 kbps. > That is when I figured that this industry was going to be profitable...darn > me for daring to going into fixed wireless. > > Just had to rant...30,500 txt msgs...omg! > > Victoria -- /* 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: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
