Mobile addiction

June 23rd, 2005

The LA times has a story on kids that are always on – ALWAYS that is.

Apparently they call each other and then just stay connected – just in case they have something to say…

“…But most of the time, the 15-year-old just dialed up a friend and left the phone on. Connected only by wireless headsets, Will and his pal spent entire days — together, but apart — shopping, snacking, doing homework and even nodding off to sleep.”
Source

I got it from Howard Rhingold a person I have previously Flamed in this post.

I really love this story :-)

It’s about the fabric of the Internet and what happens when real nerds communicate globally in a meaningful way.

The sentence “All your base are belong to us” came from the old game Zero Wing, released on the Sega Genesis/Megadrive.

The poor translation became a cult phenomenon.

The dialog from the old video game goes like this:

In A.D. 2101
War was beginning.
Captain: What happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb
Operator: We get signal
Captain: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on
Captain: It’s You !!
Cats: How are you gentlemen !!
Cats: All your base are belong to us
Cats: You are on the way to destruction
Captain: What you say !!
Cats: You have no chance to survive make your time
Cats: HA HA HA HA ….

I personally like the sentence “Somebody set up us the bomb” :-)

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