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ASIAN AMERICAN ISSUES
Technologies Changing Our Lives
icrowave ovens save us from the spectre of fiery deaths from forgotten soups and tea kettles. Cellphones let us big brother shady mates. The internet saves our backs from weekly recycling bin schleps. Aspartame lets us gorge ourselves silly on sweet nothings. Wireless LANs save us from having to enter the jungles growing in the dark recesses behind our desks. CD-burners liberate us from all those awful songs on sketchy albums.
And who isn't eagerly awaiting self-driving cars that never need refueling? Or gene therapies to reverse the effects of ageing? Or hypersonic airliners to cut those interminable transpacific crossings to an hour or two?
Is it just us or is technological progress the only reliable force for improving human life?
So what technologies are changing your lives? And what technologies are you staying away from?
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Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 06:09:35 PM)
to AC Dropout
So why are you not entertained just as completely in YOUR real life? And you're worried about my social life? What about your own? I respond on only a few of these boards because that's all the time that I have to do a decent job of responding with at least a modicum of intelligence, (and for some odd reason, mostly to you), but I see you all over the place! You must really sift through Goldsea with a fine-tooth comb, looking for people like me to banter with.
I never thought of the dome light, to be honest with you, and that's because my car doesn't have a dome light. I have a Miata convertible. It's a rag top...so no dome light.
If you find me gone from this site for more than a week, it's either I've been sent to another area of the country to do some work for my company, or I've taken a break from Goldsea to concentrate on a new job or something to that effect. In either case, I'll let you know so you won't wonder what happened to me. I don't disappear and flake out on friends.
MLK
Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at 11:14:36 (PDT)
MLK,
Are you calling me a lady? How's that a compliment.
As for my driving record. I got too many speeding tickets. I should have been born with some boobs with my driving style. Cops just hand me a speeding ticket when I come onto the the highway to save themselves the trouble.
Of course there's a mirror on the driver side of your car. It was probably the first thing you checked when you sat your tush in the driver seat at the dealership. You probably instinctive pull down the visor and went "I think I need more lipstick."
As for your shortcomings....well your driving for one. Shouldn't you be using the dome light in the center of the roof to light up a map when driving?
If I find you gone from this site for more than a week, I will have a party rest assured. It is most likely because you have found something in real life to keep you more entertained. Like a warm man sharing your life or something.
AC Dropout
Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 12:13:56 (PDT)
to AC Dropout
hahahahaa!!!!You really are entertaining---and how! But pray tell, what is this truth about me that you're trying to make me come to terms with? Am I really that annoying, or unhygienic, or boring, and am I that unaware of my shortcomings?
Me, trying to capture lost youth? I couldn't wait to get out of my teens!!! And now, I can't wait to retire and go do fun stuff instead of work work work all the time. My cell phone attachment is NOT pastel. I think it's a purple or a Barney the Dinosaur color. Still, I think you can get it in black, the all-time favorite color for males.
I do have to admit, I am an accident waiting to happen. I've been waiting for a long long time for it to happen, but so far, my driving record is squeaky clean. No accidents, and only one speeding ticket in my life. Of course, quite a bit could still happen in my driving present and future...but so far so good. And anyway, my car is a tiny one. If anything happens, I'll go fast. No long lingering deaths for me, thank you very much. If one of these days, you should find me gone for more than a week, and if you still haven't heard from me, then it's more than likely I've gone away to some place that harps play and you'll get the satisfaction of knowing that I'm bored out of my mind and looking for some mischief to get into.
Oh, and...er...I hate to admit this to you, but the light-up mirror is on my side, the driver's side. I've actually used it a few times at night to light up a map on my lap while driving down unfamiliar dark roads and trying to find the right route at the same time. Talk about multi-tasking, this is incredibly difficult to do, so please don't try this yourself. It takes a professional like me to be able to carry it off safely.
And thank you for calling me a lady. Likewise, I'm sure.
MLK
Monday, June 24, 2002 at 21:26:54 (PDT)
MLK,
You win a hygene contest hands down? You're probably an obsessive compulsive if you claim that.
Me bore people. Please. I'm the most entertaining guy I know. I know it is hard for you to come to terms with the truth about yourself. But denial is not a solution.
A mirror to look at yourself while driving. Next you'll be telling me you're one of those people that eat chinese food with chopsticks, put on make up, and talk on the cell phone while driving. You're an accident waiting to happen.
Don't some cars have light up mirrors in the driver side visors. It's for those female kids that buy cars nowadays.
Of course you can get away with those cell phone attachment as a girl. Can you imagine a guy with those pastel straps in a suit, yaking away. Not to mention those anime character items some of those straps come with. I'm sure my professionalism shows through, when my cell phone has a super deformed character on it. But I think I can get away with it on weekends.
Of course you're not a female kid. You're a lady trying to recapture lost youth with a kids cell phone accessory.
Damn now I want to get one those things.
AC Dropout
Friday, June 21, 2002 at 14:58:54 (PDT)
AC Dropout
"...female kids" are called "girls". Why be so cryptic when you don't have to be? And I know what you're talking about. I have one, here in the US, and I use it for driving! It's really cool, and I don't have to hold the phone to my ear the entire time I'm having a conversation (how dreadfully inconvenient, especially if one is also trying to put mascara on at the same time all the while keeping the car on the road). And no, I am not a "...female kid"!!!
...come to think of it, a large make-up mirror that slides out in front of the steering wheel would be wonderful, yes? I could put the car on temporary auto-pilot while I'm putting on my lipstick and talking on my cell phone. I think the cool thing here would actually be the auto-pilot mechanism in the car and not the automatic slide-out make-up mirror, but I really would appreciate the mirror, nonetheless.
And I think that if you and I really had to compare, I'd win the good hygene contest, hands down. No, I really do think it's more the case of you (we?) boring the heck out of everyone.
MLK
Thursday, June 20, 2002 at 21:23:41 (PDT)
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