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    ChrisElston wrote:

    The Lounge is social media, nothing more, nothing less.

    Social sites have there purpose! i.e. allows one to socialize where it would otherwise be very difficult. I use Facebook to keep in touch with a son stationed in S.C. and a grand daughter in Washington state.

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      I feel like an dinosaur, sometimes. Well I read about the guy who don't twitter. To be honest I don't know what I should do with Facebook or Twitter. I meet my friends and I don't give them a facebook update. But more strange to me: Everyone around me has a smartphone (at work almost all got an iphone). When I use the subway I sit down and read a book (well the former kind of book made out of paper). All the others use their smartphones (I can't even imagine what they do with them during the ride). In discothèque I go dancing, I sing the songs and have fun and a lot of people (most time girls) around me use their smartphones on the dancefloor, too. I can't figure out why?! Of course, sitting atthe bar, they all take their phones out and do - the hell knows what. My phone is in my car. I don't know why I should bring it for dancing. It's an old phone I must confess, but is there an app for having more fun while dancing? At work they guy are talking about apple-tv and that they watch TV on their iPad wireless. For what? The display is so tiny! They say it's better that watch TV on the phone! But I don't know why I should do it! I've got a TV, why should I watch on my Phone (not that this would be possible with my phone) or on an iPad at home? So, am I really the last one that can't understand it (except for my wife)? Perhaps I'm getting old. :rolleyes: Sorry for bothering you. I just had to write it down. :omg:

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      ihoecken wrote:

      I feel like an dinosaur

      Why should you feel like a dinosaur? Farcebook has very limited appeal, Twitter is for, well, twits, phones today are just an excuse for "cool" people to act rude. Instead of feeling like a dinosaur, rejoice in the fact that you still know how to act like a human.

      Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Please stand in front of my pistol, smile and wait for the flash - JSOP 2012

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        I feel like an dinosaur, sometimes. Well I read about the guy who don't twitter. To be honest I don't know what I should do with Facebook or Twitter. I meet my friends and I don't give them a facebook update. But more strange to me: Everyone around me has a smartphone (at work almost all got an iphone). When I use the subway I sit down and read a book (well the former kind of book made out of paper). All the others use their smartphones (I can't even imagine what they do with them during the ride). In discothèque I go dancing, I sing the songs and have fun and a lot of people (most time girls) around me use their smartphones on the dancefloor, too. I can't figure out why?! Of course, sitting atthe bar, they all take their phones out and do - the hell knows what. My phone is in my car. I don't know why I should bring it for dancing. It's an old phone I must confess, but is there an app for having more fun while dancing? At work they guy are talking about apple-tv and that they watch TV on their iPad wireless. For what? The display is so tiny! They say it's better that watch TV on the phone! But I don't know why I should do it! I've got a TV, why should I watch on my Phone (not that this would be possible with my phone) or on an iPad at home? So, am I really the last one that can't understand it (except for my wife)? Perhaps I'm getting old. :rolleyes: Sorry for bothering you. I just had to write it down. :omg:

        ------------------------------ Author of Primary ROleplaying SysTem How do I take my coffee? Black as midnight on a moonless night. War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.

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        It has nothing to do with getting old, and all with being practical. I still don't own a smartphone. Not even a portable phone, for that matter. ..and no, I don't mind, as long as they wash their phone after coming out of the privvy, and don't use it while were eating :rolleyes:

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        • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

          ChrisElston wrote:

          The Lounge is social media, nothing more, nothing less.

          Social sites have there purpose! i.e. allows one to socialize where it would otherwise be very difficult. I use Facebook to keep in touch with a son stationed in S.C. and a grand daughter in Washington state.

          VS2010/Atmel Studio 6.0 ToDo Manager Extension
          Version 3.0 now available. There is no place like 127.0.0.1

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          I live in Brazil and have friends in portugal, there's no other way to keep in touch with them :( also, the lounge IS social media, but it's one almost free of cats and sensationalism.

          I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)

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            I live in Brazil and have friends in portugal, there's no other way to keep in touch with them :( also, the lounge IS social media, but it's one almost free of cats and sensationalism.

            I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)

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            Sentenryu wrote:

            the lounge IS social media, but it's one almost free of cats and sensationalism.

            almost :)

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            • L Lost User

              ihoecken wrote:

              I feel like an dinosaur

              Why should you feel like a dinosaur? Farcebook has very limited appeal, Twitter is for, well, twits, phones today are just an excuse for "cool" people to act rude. Instead of feeling like a dinosaur, rejoice in the fact that you still know how to act like a human.

              Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Please stand in front of my pistol, smile and wait for the flash - JSOP 2012

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              Wes Aday wrote:

              Twitter is for, well, twits, phones today are just an excuse for "cool" people to act rude.

              This reminded me of a message i received from one of my friends couple of weeks ago. "We're living in the era of smart phones and stupid people."

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                Wes Aday wrote:

                Twitter is for, well, twits, phones today are just an excuse for "cool" people to act rude.

                This reminded me of a message i received from one of my friends couple of weeks ago. "We're living in the era of smart phones and stupid people."

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                __TR__ wrote:

                We're living in the era of smart phones and stupid people

                So true. Been to a movie recently? You have to sit through 5 mintues of them telling people to turn their freaking phones off. How dumb is that. Go to a movie house to learn manners. Used to be that someone walking down the street talking to themselves was crazy. Now people talk to themselves all the time.

                Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Please stand in front of my pistol, smile and wait for the flash - JSOP 2012

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                  I feel like an dinosaur, sometimes. Well I read about the guy who don't twitter. To be honest I don't know what I should do with Facebook or Twitter. I meet my friends and I don't give them a facebook update. But more strange to me: Everyone around me has a smartphone (at work almost all got an iphone). When I use the subway I sit down and read a book (well the former kind of book made out of paper). All the others use their smartphones (I can't even imagine what they do with them during the ride). In discothèque I go dancing, I sing the songs and have fun and a lot of people (most time girls) around me use their smartphones on the dancefloor, too. I can't figure out why?! Of course, sitting atthe bar, they all take their phones out and do - the hell knows what. My phone is in my car. I don't know why I should bring it for dancing. It's an old phone I must confess, but is there an app for having more fun while dancing? At work they guy are talking about apple-tv and that they watch TV on their iPad wireless. For what? The display is so tiny! They say it's better that watch TV on the phone! But I don't know why I should do it! I've got a TV, why should I watch on my Phone (not that this would be possible with my phone) or on an iPad at home? So, am I really the last one that can't understand it (except for my wife)? Perhaps I'm getting old. :rolleyes: Sorry for bothering you. I just had to write it down. :omg:

                  ------------------------------ Author of Primary ROleplaying SysTem How do I take my coffee? Black as midnight on a moonless night. War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.

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                  ihoecken wrote:

                  I can't figure out why?!

                  Because their hearing is mostly gone and it is the only way they can now talk to someone else on the dance floor.

                  ihoecken wrote:

                  They say it's better that watch TV on the phone! But I don't know why I should do it!

                  Think about it...you just spent significant amounts of money to buy this device, to buy the service and to learn how to work it. If it is not in fact 'better' then you wasted your time and your money. Self deception is easier.

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                  • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                    I guess I'm just a dinosaur also because I care more about interfacing with people the old fashion way...face to face. I use my phone for what it was intended for...as a phone, it's so old that when I show people they laugh at me.

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                    Mike Hankey wrote:

                    it's so old that when I show people they laugh at me.

                    Still talking about the phone? :laugh: :laugh: ;P

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                      Mike Hankey wrote:

                      it's so old that when I show people they laugh at me.

                      Still talking about the phone? :laugh: :laugh: ;P

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                      _Damian S_ wrote:

                      Still talking about the phone?

                      Alas Yes, anything else and I weep uncontrollably and people pat me on the back to console me. :)

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                        Wes Aday wrote:

                        Twitter is for, well, twits, phones today are just an excuse for "cool" people to act rude.

                        This reminded me of a message i received from one of my friends couple of weeks ago. "We're living in the era of smart phones and stupid people."

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                        heard ya, voted 5

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                          ihoecken wrote:

                          I feel like an dinosaur

                          Why should you feel like a dinosaur? Farcebook has very limited appeal, Twitter is for, well, twits, phones today are just an excuse for "cool" people to act rude. Instead of feeling like a dinosaur, rejoice in the fact that you still know how to act like a human.

                          Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Please stand in front of my pistol, smile and wait for the flash - JSOP 2012

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                          devvvy
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                          reminds me very often i see couples in restaurants/cafe both playing with their phones

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                            I feel like an dinosaur, sometimes. Well I read about the guy who don't twitter. To be honest I don't know what I should do with Facebook or Twitter. I meet my friends and I don't give them a facebook update. But more strange to me: Everyone around me has a smartphone (at work almost all got an iphone). When I use the subway I sit down and read a book (well the former kind of book made out of paper). All the others use their smartphones (I can't even imagine what they do with them during the ride). In discothèque I go dancing, I sing the songs and have fun and a lot of people (most time girls) around me use their smartphones on the dancefloor, too. I can't figure out why?! Of course, sitting atthe bar, they all take their phones out and do - the hell knows what. My phone is in my car. I don't know why I should bring it for dancing. It's an old phone I must confess, but is there an app for having more fun while dancing? At work they guy are talking about apple-tv and that they watch TV on their iPad wireless. For what? The display is so tiny! They say it's better that watch TV on the phone! But I don't know why I should do it! I've got a TV, why should I watch on my Phone (not that this would be possible with my phone) or on an iPad at home? So, am I really the last one that can't understand it (except for my wife)? Perhaps I'm getting old. :rolleyes: Sorry for bothering you. I just had to write it down. :omg:

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                            Well I can help you out with the subway, some of them are reading a book same as you just a different format. The main benefit of the smart phone that I use as a reader, I never forget my book, so the blasted phone comes with me.

                            Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                              ihoecken wrote:

                              I feel like an dinosaur

                              Why should you feel like a dinosaur? Farcebook has very limited appeal, Twitter is for, well, twits, phones today are just an excuse for "cool" people to act rude. Instead of feeling like a dinosaur, rejoice in the fact that you still know how to act like a human.

                              Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Please stand in front of my pistol, smile and wait for the flash - JSOP 2012

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                              Wes Aday wrote:

                              Why should you feel like a dinosaur?

                              Because I thought I might be the last of my species and that it will become extinct like the dinosaurs.

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                                I feel like an dinosaur, sometimes. Well I read about the guy who don't twitter. To be honest I don't know what I should do with Facebook or Twitter. I meet my friends and I don't give them a facebook update. But more strange to me: Everyone around me has a smartphone (at work almost all got an iphone). When I use the subway I sit down and read a book (well the former kind of book made out of paper). All the others use their smartphones (I can't even imagine what they do with them during the ride). In discothèque I go dancing, I sing the songs and have fun and a lot of people (most time girls) around me use their smartphones on the dancefloor, too. I can't figure out why?! Of course, sitting atthe bar, they all take their phones out and do - the hell knows what. My phone is in my car. I don't know why I should bring it for dancing. It's an old phone I must confess, but is there an app for having more fun while dancing? At work they guy are talking about apple-tv and that they watch TV on their iPad wireless. For what? The display is so tiny! They say it's better that watch TV on the phone! But I don't know why I should do it! I've got a TV, why should I watch on my Phone (not that this would be possible with my phone) or on an iPad at home? So, am I really the last one that can't understand it (except for my wife)? Perhaps I'm getting old. :rolleyes: Sorry for bothering you. I just had to write it down. :omg:

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                                they watch TV on their iPad wireless. For what? The display is so tiny!

                                My daughter does this & I didn't understand it, but try cutting a piece of card the same size as the screen (as you don't have a capable phone of your own). Sit where you would normally watch TV & hold the card up at a comfortable viewing distance. Which looks bigger? Regards, Stewart

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                                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                                  Us young'uns go Clubbing.

                                  Ah! I see! And therefore a smartphone is needed? Perhaps with a clubbing app? :-D

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                                    Sentenryu wrote:

                                    the lounge IS social media, but it's one almost free of cats and sensationalism.

                                    almost :)

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                                    Mike Hankey wrote:

                                    free of cats

                                    Says who?

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                                      Mike Hankey wrote:

                                      free of cats

                                      Says who?

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                                      No No NO I was misquoted I wrote "free at last...". :)

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                                        Wes Aday wrote:

                                        Twitter is for, well, twits, phones today are just an excuse for "cool" people to act rude.

                                        This reminded me of a message i received from one of my friends couple of weeks ago. "We're living in the era of smart phones and stupid people."

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                                        __TR__ wrote:

                                        "We're living in the era of smart phones and stupid people."

                                        People have always been stupid. They just now have many ways to show it off to the world.

                                        Look at me still talking when there's science to do When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you

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                                          I feel like an dinosaur, sometimes. Well I read about the guy who don't twitter. To be honest I don't know what I should do with Facebook or Twitter. I meet my friends and I don't give them a facebook update. But more strange to me: Everyone around me has a smartphone (at work almost all got an iphone). When I use the subway I sit down and read a book (well the former kind of book made out of paper). All the others use their smartphones (I can't even imagine what they do with them during the ride). In discothèque I go dancing, I sing the songs and have fun and a lot of people (most time girls) around me use their smartphones on the dancefloor, too. I can't figure out why?! Of course, sitting atthe bar, they all take their phones out and do - the hell knows what. My phone is in my car. I don't know why I should bring it for dancing. It's an old phone I must confess, but is there an app for having more fun while dancing? At work they guy are talking about apple-tv and that they watch TV on their iPad wireless. For what? The display is so tiny! They say it's better that watch TV on the phone! But I don't know why I should do it! I've got a TV, why should I watch on my Phone (not that this would be possible with my phone) or on an iPad at home? So, am I really the last one that can't understand it (except for my wife)? Perhaps I'm getting old. :rolleyes: Sorry for bothering you. I just had to write it down. :omg:

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                                          the day is not far when boys will start making out with monrobot (robot of Monroe)

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