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Unfortunately, the tens of millions of Cell Phone users could probably live
quite easily without 60% of them. Hearing stories of people behind the wheel, and some in front of the vehicle where cell phones are in use, losing their lives while discussing wedding plans, what to wear to the prom, or stop and pick up some milk is indeed a travesty of the 21sy Century. I think that the distraction to driving is not worth the gain in convenience. I guess that the same could be applied to the use of any 2 way device while driving, but, as you say, there are far fewer HAMs. Cell Phone manufacturers are stuffing the phones with additional features, WEB browsing, digital cameras where one can send the image, text, etc, assures that increasing numbers of people will lose their lives for these asinine things. I carry a beeper and a cell phone. The beeper is alphanumeric, usually people send the requisite info without me needing to reply. I use the phone sparingly. (I realize that both features are available on phones, but I need a device for use in explosive atmospheres, intrinsically safe I believe, and the Motorola beeper fits the bill). Regards. In article , (RHF) wrote: But they will never serve the tens of millions of Celphone Users. Never say never. Nothing is absolute. |
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:38:52 -0400, RHF wrote:
KC2HMZ, The simple reality is that 1/3 to 1/2 of the USA population has Celphones. The HAM Bands and the Amateur Radio Systems could not support 100-150 Million Users all trying to "Get A Radio Check". ~ RHF Wow, really bad FUD you have there, better have that looked at. You're thinking of another "service", CB. |
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Care to guess how many stores stayed open after their power went out, and how many had to close because the cash registers weren't working and the morons working there can't figure out how much change you get from your dollar after you buy a $0.74 item unless the cash register tells them to fork over your $0.26? 73 DE John, KC2HMZ There's a sucker born every minute. -- P.T. Barnum And I am assuming you could figure that out in a matter of seconds? I really don't call people working long hours to earn a living "morons" I guess your life and job is so great that you can call cashiers and supermarket folk like me morons? You can, but it don't offend me. I don't call hard working people morons either; but the inability to calculate the change from a dollar for 74 cents in under a second betrays a terrible lack of education at the very least. I find it amusing, and sad, to have the correct change in my hand while the clerk is using a machine to figure out the taxes and the total - some of them are genuinely bewildered when they finally figure it out and realize I have the amount in my hand. Mind you some of the old folks working at Wal-Mart and McDonalds can do it even faster than I can. Hell my Grandmothers (both of them) could do hexadecimal mental math instantly (so can my wife); they just don't call it hex. The old saying is true, a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Dave |
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Dave Holford wrote in message ...
Care to guess how many stores stayed open after their power went out, and how many had to close because the cash registers weren't working and the morons working there can't figure out how much change you get from your dollar after you buy a $0.74 item unless the cash register tells them to fork over your $0.26? 73 DE John, KC2HMZ There's a sucker born every minute. -- P.T. Barnum And I am assuming you could figure that out in a matter of seconds? I really don't call people working long hours to earn a living "morons" I guess your life and job is so great that you can call cashiers and supermarket folk like me morons? You can, but it don't offend me. I don't call hard working people morons either; but the inability to calculate the change from a dollar for 74 cents in under a second betrays a terrible lack of education at the very least. I find it amusing, and sad, to have the correct change in my hand while the clerk is using a machine to figure out the taxes and the total - some of them are genuinely bewildered when they finally figure it out and realize I have the amount in my hand. Mind you some of the old folks working at Wal-Mart and McDonalds can do it even faster than I can. Hell my Grandmothers (both of them) could do hexadecimal mental math instantly (so can my wife); they just don't call it hex. The old saying is true, a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Dave Well perhaps your right about this. You see, with all the new techs, calculators and digital cash registers.. nobody really has to figure out change anymore these days. That's why many people aren't proficient at it. |
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The Dawn Soliloquy wrote:
Do you find your mouth a more useful implement than your ears? I have gleaned quite a bit of useful data during storms and other emergencies in my area simply by listening to public service radio. I have avoided roads and situations by these means that would have been inconvenient or dangerous. One could easily imagine that careful listening to HAMs and others during emergencies might likewise yield useful information. Certainly with the current state of education in America, and the requirements that people have at least a modicum of knowledge before they can legally take to the airwaves, this would significantly reduce the percentage of Americans becoming involved in Amateur Radio. Are you one of the HAMs that seek to preserve the HAM bands for your own use or do you acknowledge that other Americans, just like yourself, can avail themselves of these privileges if properly educated and equipped? Your post may be a bit more telling then you realize. He's got a point-whenever there's a blackout in my area (northcentral California, so they're relatively rare) the 911 lines are jammed with people wanting to know when the power will be back on. The same effect would apply if those morons had HF transcievers. I guess there could be "designated amateur disaster stations" which would be local hams that would be trained in disaster comms. The whole neighborhood could listen in via Part 15 FM tx, but only the designated ham could do HF comms. I should note that my DX396 can't process SSB (like most portables) so that listening in to the ham bands during a blackout would be impossible. (My Yaesu has tunable SSB, but it's 120vAC.) Regards. In article , (RHF) wrote: KC2HMZ, The simple reality is that 1/3 to 1/2 of the USA population has Celphones. The HAM Bands and the Amateur Radio Systems could not support 100-150 Million Users all trying to "Get A Radio Check". Never say never. Nothing is absolute. |
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RHF wrote:
TDS, You READ Too Much Into the Brief Comment. The HAM Bands and Amateur Operators in an Emergency are useful and have their place. But they will never serve the tens of millions of Celphone Users. Just Remember the CB Radios and Bands in the 1960s and 1970s. Most HAMs should be 'respected' for their Knowledge, Commitment and Discipline. Most Celphone users lack all three, especially the latter. NOTE: There were News Reports that many Americans did not have a simple 'portable' AM/FM Radio with "Batteries" in it for this type of emergency. That's true-the few New Yorkers who did have portable radios were besieged with requests for info. I keep an old Radio Shack portable on hand, and if I find that doesn't work I have a Freeplay 360 (the latter can be annoying cause you have to keep cranking it to keep it on). gc ~ RHF .. .. = = = Its (The Dawn Soliloquy) = = = wrote in message ... Do you find your mouth a more useful implement than your ears? I have gleaned quite a bit of useful data during storms and other emergencies in my area simply by listening to public service radio. I have avoided roads and situations by these means that would have been inconvenient or dangerous. One could easily imagine that careful listening to HAMs and others during emergencies might likewise yield useful information. Certainly with the current state of education in America, and the requirements that people have at least a modicum of knowledge before they can legally take to the airwaves, this would significantly reduce the percentage of Americans becoming involved in Amateur Radio. Are you one of the HAMs that seek to preserve the HAM bands for your own use or do you acknowledge that other Americans, just like yourself, can avail themselves of these privileges if properly educated and equipped? Your post may be a bit more telling then you realize. Regards. In article , (RHF) wrote: KC2HMZ, The simple reality is that 1/3 to 1/2 of the USA population has Celphones. The HAM Bands and the Amateur Radio Systems could not support 100-150 Million Users all trying to "Get A Radio Check". Never say never. Nothing is absolute. |
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