Yes, because the “I don’t even own a cell phone” people are just as cool as the “I don’t even own a TV” people.
Oh, I’m not cool because I don’t own a cell phone. I’m cool because of a radiant inner awesomeness that can’t be contained. Other cell-phone-avoiders also happen to all be cool too, but that’s just by association with me.
That’s how I access the internet.
When they are too old to fly well, do they get jobs at Google?
The Kaiser Gravel motto was “Find a need and fill it.” We workers at the gravel pit across the road overpainted their truck slogans from “need” to “fill”. But they repainted.
I foresee a future with secure mem.sticks flown to remote locations by carrier pigeons. But will hackers send up phony smoke signals to disorient the birds?
They had to go to humans for the autocompleter jobs.
“Find a fill and fill it”???
They’ll put out birdseed to intercept your data.
The internet–lover of cats, victim of cats.
Fred Pohl called it a “joymaker” in 1965 The Age of the Pussyfoot - Wikipedia
"The Joymaker had the following uses :
Access to basic computing power, for money management etc.
Access to libraries at any time, in any place.
Educating children, each of whom has a special Joymaker.
Health - the Joymaker can sense heartbeat, respiration etc. and the central computer can order it to dispense medication, or it can send help.
Message Store and forward, later known as voice mail. This becomes the bedrock of social interaction in the story.
Ordering food and drink, whether at home or in public. All payment is done using the central computer.
Ordering other goods for delivery. Since payment is automatic, the expense of items is not always apparent to the buyers. The protagonist rapidly depletes his "fortune".
Public Address system - any group of people can hear a public announcement on their Joymakers, removing the need for loudspeakers in public places.
Locating people. The central computer can track the position of any Joymaker, and by extension, its owner. This information can be made available at the owner's discretion.
Jobs not requiring physical presence. One character is a "Reacter," someone who samples new products and reports her reactions using the Joymaker. The central computer analyzes her reactions in the light of her known psychological makeup and is able to statistically predict how well the product will sell."
Wow, I don’t even have all that on my desktop computer!
Yeah, all I have is the Internet, a.k.a. The Great Cloaca*
- Latin for “sewer”, just to save everyone googling that word.
My sloppy bad. I meant, “Find a hole and fill it.”