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You know, I really don't understand our world today.
In May of 1844 Samuel B. Morse sent the first long distance telegraph message from the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Quoting Numbers 23:23, he sent the words, "What hath God wrought?" This advance in science heralded a worldwide communication revolution. For the first time, one could communicate almost instantly over long distances. That was 1844.
Is soon became obvious that the telegraph, while revolutionary was not the perfect form of communication. It required sending a message in code, onerous for individuals not trained in the code, and of course it had to be de-coded on the receiving end. In other words it was not a consumer ready technology available to the individual.
Further advances in communication technology led in 1876 to Alexander Graham Bell's telephone. The telephone was the perfect communication device. You could hear the other person and they could hear you. You could have an instantaneous back and forth conversation with a real person. For the first time, there was real human contact over long distances.
The information super highway arrived in the 1990s, making the world an even smaller place with the instantaneous exchange of massive amounts of information now possible, everyone had to wonder what could be next.
The cell phone was the next big thing. Once the device was "perfected" and networks spawned to carry the calls, this was a great thing for people who wanted to be connected to others at any time. Of course there were bad things about this. Instead of paying attention to the people you were with, you sometimes rudely decided to have a phone conversation instead. Some people had these things attached to their ears all the time. Too much of a good thing perhaps.
What would come next? Well, we have seemingly come as far as we can, so why not go back to the past and revive an old idea? The telegraph? Sure, now lets perfect it by putting it in the hands of individuals and making it as simple as possible to send messages using the alphabet rather than using a code.
I can only imagine how stupid this must have sounded when the idea was first broached. Telecommunication companies knew something though. They knew that a majority of people are not very smart. They knew that especially young people, not so sure of themselves in the spoken word, would flock to a simple way to send simple messages without having to actually interface with another human being. Instead of consumers seeing texting for what it is, a backwards step, they saw it for some reason unbeknownst to me, as a revotionary step forward. Stupid is what it was, and stupid is what it is.
Texting is anti-social, and a clear step back in convenience for anyone with any true social skills. Now we have people who are addicted to texting. They cannot hold a real conversation with another human being, but their thumbs are stronger than ever. How useful.
Stop the madness now. Pick up a phone and talk to a friend today. It's social. It's real. It's the power of the human voice. Oh, and it's not 1844.
In May of 1844 Samuel B. Morse sent the first long distance telegraph message from the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Quoting Numbers 23:23, he sent the words, "What hath God wrought?" This advance in science heralded a worldwide communication revolution. For the first time, one could communicate almost instantly over long distances. That was 1844.
Is soon became obvious that the telegraph, while revolutionary was not the perfect form of communication. It required sending a message in code, onerous for individuals not trained in the code, and of course it had to be de-coded on the receiving end. In other words it was not a consumer ready technology available to the individual.
Further advances in communication technology led in 1876 to Alexander Graham Bell's telephone. The telephone was the perfect communication device. You could hear the other person and they could hear you. You could have an instantaneous back and forth conversation with a real person. For the first time, there was real human contact over long distances.
The information super highway arrived in the 1990s, making the world an even smaller place with the instantaneous exchange of massive amounts of information now possible, everyone had to wonder what could be next.
The cell phone was the next big thing. Once the device was "perfected" and networks spawned to carry the calls, this was a great thing for people who wanted to be connected to others at any time. Of course there were bad things about this. Instead of paying attention to the people you were with, you sometimes rudely decided to have a phone conversation instead. Some people had these things attached to their ears all the time. Too much of a good thing perhaps.
What would come next? Well, we have seemingly come as far as we can, so why not go back to the past and revive an old idea? The telegraph? Sure, now lets perfect it by putting it in the hands of individuals and making it as simple as possible to send messages using the alphabet rather than using a code.
I can only imagine how stupid this must have sounded when the idea was first broached. Telecommunication companies knew something though. They knew that a majority of people are not very smart. They knew that especially young people, not so sure of themselves in the spoken word, would flock to a simple way to send simple messages without having to actually interface with another human being. Instead of consumers seeing texting for what it is, a backwards step, they saw it for some reason unbeknownst to me, as a revotionary step forward. Stupid is what it was, and stupid is what it is.
Texting is anti-social, and a clear step back in convenience for anyone with any true social skills. Now we have people who are addicted to texting. They cannot hold a real conversation with another human being, but their thumbs are stronger than ever. How useful.
Stop the madness now. Pick up a phone and talk to a friend today. It's social. It's real. It's the power of the human voice. Oh, and it's not 1844.
lmao!! youre rite though
but I do text!!
.......... now there's people texting and driving
its bad enough people and driving with cell phone glued to there ear...get a bluetooth
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