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5 Responses to “International Phone of Mystery”
Dustin wrote: 28 Mar 2005

So…what do you do in those awkward situations where you just want to hang up on someone…and it doesn’t recognize it right away…and you keep shouting into the phone

“Hang up! Hang up!”

… and the person is asking you,

“what are you trying to do…”

as you embarrassingly tell them

“I’m trying to hang up on you!”

Kevin Cheng wrote: 28 Mar 2005

To turn off phone:

Find mugger.

Smash phone into mugger’s face.

Alan wrote: 29 Mar 2005

Wow – it even turns the bad guy’s eyes into sightless Xes!
Sign me up; I want one!

Kieran wrote: 31 Mar 2005

Great comic Kevin. I’d like to borrow some for publicizing the Open Source BOF at CHI 2005. Can you use my email to get in touch.

Thanks,
Kieran

Bob Salmon wrote: 13 Apr 2005

Nice example of wireless technology: a wearable closed-caption (sub-titles) device for the deaf and hard of hearing.

If only it could pick up people’s thoughts and let me know what they really mean when they something, that would help.


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