LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down119
arrow-up1250arrow-down1message-squareCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 days agoHand Terminals imply you no longer have local storage, which wouldn’t describe smartphones today. Also, I hate the idea of a “Hand Terminal” where everything is on the cloud. I mean… spoiler Eros Incident, comms all dead. Screen doesnt even turn on. With actual phones, they could’ve used something like Briar!
Hand Terminals imply you no longer have local storage, which wouldn’t describe smartphones today.
Also, I hate the idea of a “Hand Terminal” where everything is on the cloud. I mean…
spoiler
Eros Incident, comms all dead. Screen doesnt even turn on.
With actual phones, they could’ve used something like Briar!