LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".message-square90fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down119
arrow-up1252arrow-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 · 15 days agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareTheTetrapod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoTo pull terms from a couple different sci-fi book series I like, we could go for Hand Terminals or Scribs. I like both, the former when I’m being grandiose and the latter when I’m feeling cute.
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-214 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!
minus-squareAlexisFR@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 days agoDidn’t we had Personal Digital Assistant before?
To pull terms from a couple different sci-fi book series I like, we could go for Hand Terminals or Scribs. I like both, the former when I’m being grandiose and the latter when I’m feeling cute.
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!
Didn’t we had Personal Digital Assistant before?