Gone to the dark side

[The_Traveler]

After years of ignoring technology, I bought a smart phone and am in the midst of learning all the tools.
Yesterday I was just flabbergasted by a simple feat my first day of use.
I was a lunch with two friends deep in Potomac, MD and one asked me if I had enabled 'OK, Google' and we talked through it.
So I got in the car, and said, "OK, Google, take me home" and I got voice instruction that navigated me 36 miles to my house, skipping a couple of traffic jams.
On the way home, I figured I'd test it a bit and asked for the McDonalds closest to my home and it took me there.
Sometimes, technology is so close to magic that it's frightening.

 

[runnah]

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

 

[Overread16 4]

I'm still resisting smart-phones - mostly because as I've gotten older I've found interfaces more frustrating to use. Mostly because I know what the machine CAN do but because the the interface is setup a certain way it won't do it how I want it to do it; or it tries to tell me how I want to do something.

Still voice activation has some a heck of a long way!

 

[TheLibrarian]

I was just poor so didn't have a cell phone for a long time. Got one 8 months ago and became instantly hooked. was young and comfortable enough with tech. I help people in a computer lab and see tons of people with some idea in their head that the computer can do but its not the case or at least not the way they want it. I am already ready to start a no tech commune in the woods and preach the virtues of simple living to the faithful but there are still so many who never got on the bandwagon in the first place I think I'd look more like a relic than a guru.

 

[table1349]

Lordy, Lordy.....Next thing you know Travelers going to upgrade from radio to a television.

 

[tirediron]

Lordy, Lordy.....Next thing you know Travelers going to upgrade the Victrola to one of them new-fangled radios doo-hickeys! from radio to a television.

FTFY

 

[table1349]

Lordy, Lordy.....Next thing you know Travelers going to upgrade the Victrola to one of them new-fangled radios doo-hickeys! from radio to a television.

FTFY

CIBFY. Traveler lives in the United States not Canada. In the US he has and listened to radio, unlike Canada where they are lucky to have a record for the Victrola much less hear of Radio.

 

[tirediron]

We haz radio, tee-vee and internetz too!

 

[HughGuessWho97 12]

Some people just can't help living on the edge.

 

[The_Traveler]

I actually am regressing.
When I was working I drove a high end car to impress my clients.
Now I drive my wife's old minivan.
I gave away all my suits and sports jackets and haven't worn anything like that in years.
Don't use honorifics and go by my first name for everything.

 

[table1349]

Canadian Radio

Canadian TV

Canadian internet.

Canadian internet porn.

 

[Gary A.]

Lordy, Lordy.....Next thing you know Travelers going to upgrade the Victrola to one of them new-fangled radios doo-hickeys! from radio to a television.

FTFY

CIBFY. Traveler lives in the United States not Canada. In the US he has and listened to radio, unlike Canada where they are lucky to have a record for the Victrola much less hear of Radio.

I think Lew is a big NPR fan.

 

[HughGuessWho97 12]

... go by my first name for everything.

"The"?

 

[tirediron]

Canadian Radio

Canadian TV

Canadian internet.

Canadian internet porn.

And your point?

 

[SquarePeg37 8]

Welcome to 2007.