Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark: And, not suprisingly, he pays for his latte by waving his left palm over a Bar Code Scanner which reads the tattoo on his wrist so it can debit his account, upload his most recent purchase to a server that captuers his buying habits, scans for deviation, links to other data servers which in turn update the Starbucks World Customer Information Bank for future product placement and store location planning... What bothers me is this ain't too far-fetched. Bob in Seattle (...where it all started, sorry to say...) On Apr 5, 2007, at 12:44, Mark Rabiner wrote: As much as I feel still photography is important the advent of cell phones making movies now I feel is going to change our culture in terms of what's news and who gets to be famous for 15 seconds doing something they thought they'd be able to get away with from heavy partying to beating up traffic violators ---than still captures in those phones. I have a dream. That one morning I wake up and everyone has become bored with their cell phones. They need a new toy. Steve jobs isn't helping. He needs a new job. I saw a guy at a Starbucks typing into a keyboard which had unfolded from his pocket. It was pocketable. I take refuge in that. What ever it was. Pdfs? Pdqs? Mark Rabiner 8A/109s New York, NY markrabiner.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information