An article about tech "off-the-grid" went up today on Ars Technica. I'm quoted on page 2.
Cool, right?
And then I read the comments. My god, why do I do this to myself? I nearly wrote back a long-winded explanation of just how common mobile phone signals are in Africa, Asia, near Pacific Islands, and how not everyone is driving a vehicle that can carry a chainsaw, but of course, there's no point. Why get into arguments with strangers on the Internet? I can talk to my office from the back of a taxi in Congo with a goat on my lap even when there's no data on my SIM. Do I really need to prove that to a random stranger who went somewhere for a holiday and felt that qualified him to challenge people's use of Kindles in small towns in Nicaragua?
Probably not.
Cool, right?
And then I read the comments. My god, why do I do this to myself? I nearly wrote back a long-winded explanation of just how common mobile phone signals are in Africa, Asia, near Pacific Islands, and how not everyone is driving a vehicle that can carry a chainsaw, but of course, there's no point. Why get into arguments with strangers on the Internet? I can talk to my office from the back of a taxi in Congo with a goat on my lap even when there's no data on my SIM. Do I really need to prove that to a random stranger who went somewhere for a holiday and felt that qualified him to challenge people's use of Kindles in small towns in Nicaragua?
Probably not.
7 comments:
Never read comments. That's where the total morons hang out.
... said Ed and I.You braggin' now, wasn't that goat in the trunk? Don in Al
Yes, I am exaggerating. There were six goats in a trunk, and it wasn't Congo. In Congo, the goats were in the back of the truck with their owners, on their owners laps. I can't remember what country the goats in the trunk were...no wait, it WAS Congo. It all blurs together...anyway, the comments were absurd. "I would take my chainsaw!" Uh...okay, yeah, me too, in case I need to saw up...a goat? A hotel room door?
Comments are where all the anonymous Internet tough guys hang out. You know... Morons!
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Yeah, yeah, I remember now, how many goats are enough? Also remember sorta cringing,wasn't your backpack back there? Eau de goat... Oh Lord Moron in Al.
Made my day. I've been published!
Mo' Moron
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