So how many gadgets is too many?

limey · 08-21-2012, 11:32 AM

I have a Nokia C7, an iPod touch (4th gen), just acquired my Best Beloved's iPad 1, and have a Kindle (keyboard) which I never use, though keep loading books onto it, and an Eeepeecee. netbook for work travel purposes.
I'm finding it hard to imagine what I'll use the iPad for - it's just he has a newer one so I thought I'd road test it. Then again, I like the look of the Nexus 7 ... but shouldn't it replace something (or things) that I already have?
Your thoughts, please ...

Pico and ME · 08-21-2012, 03:03 PM

I still use a flipphone and my Nook was a surprise gift...I kept telling my husband that I would never get a reader, but he couldnt resist getting me one anyway. Thats it for gadgets. They bother my practical side. However, I have found a wonderfully practical use for my Nook. When I find a recipe on line, now I can have it in the kitchen with me, without having to copy it.

John Sellers · 08-21-2012, 05:49 PM

You can NEVER have too many free gadgets, otherwise, it depends on your needs and available funds.

regular.joe · 08-21-2012, 07:24 PM

Number of gadgets should equal N+1 where N is the number of gadgets owned.

ZenGum · 08-21-2012, 09:52 PM

I think this thread is about to turn into another discussion of the nature of infinity.

classicman · 08-21-2012, 10:08 PM

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tw · 08-21-2012, 10:42 PM

How many gadgets are too many? 42. As defined in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe.

Sundae · 08-22-2012, 08:33 AM

Send me your spare gadgets.
I will nurture them into retirement.

Beest · 08-22-2012, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tw

How many gadgets are too many? 42. As defined in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe.

10 points for quantification

-10 points for over extending The Guides coverage.

Razzmatazz13 · 08-22-2012, 10:16 AM

I've gotten into this surreal place in my life where I'm sitting in a room with a friend or two in it, with my laptop on my lap, checking my facebook on my cell phone.

I don't think I like it here, and my kids are going to grow up with a cell-phone-computer attached to their faces... I don't like that either.

limey · 08-22-2012, 10:32 AM

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John Sellers · 08-23-2012, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

How many gadgets are too many? 42. As defined in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe.

Let's not mess with the brilliant work of Douglas Adams.

ZenGum · 08-23-2012, 07:42 PM

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Don't you think this last sounds like he (or she) enjoys farting alone in bed?[/thread drift]

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tw · 08-23-2012, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Sellers

Let's not mess with the brilliant work of Douglas Adams.

Some of the best work gets quoted multiple times. If in doubt, then ask the Google search engine.

John Sellers · 08-23-2012, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

Some of the best work gets quoted multiple times. If in doubt, then ask the Google search engine.

[channeling Dr. Sheldon Cooper]
Yes, but in HGTTG, 42 is not the answer to how many gadgets constitutes too many. 42 is the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. By stating that 42 i s the answer to the maximum number of gadgets one can possess, you're employing a paradigm that doesn't exist.
[/channeling Dr. Sheldon Cooper]

08-21-2012, 11:32 AM	#1
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	So how many gadgets is too many? I have a Nokia C7, an iPod touch (4th gen), just acquired my Best Beloved's iPad 1, and have a Kindle (keyboard) which I never use, though keep loading books onto it, and an Eeepeecee. netbook for work travel purposes. I'm finding it hard to imagine what I'll use the iPad for - it's just he has a newer one so I thought I'd road test it. Then again, I like the look of the Nexus 7 ... but shouldn't it replace something (or things) that I already have? Your thoughts, please ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

08-21-2012, 03:03 PM	#2
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I still use a flipphone and my Nook was a surprise gift...I kept telling my husband that I would never get a reader, but he couldnt resist getting me one anyway. Thats it for gadgets. They bother my practical side. However, I have found a wonderfully practical use for my Nook. When I find a recipe on line, now I can have it in the kitchen with me, without having to copy it. __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

08-21-2012, 07:24 PM	#4
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Number of gadgets should equal N+1 where N is the number of gadgets owned. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

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ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I think this thread is about to turn into another discussion of the nature of infinity. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-21-2012, 10:08 PM	#6
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08-21-2012, 05:49 PM	#3
John Sellers Banned Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 807	You can NEVER have too many free gadgets, otherwise, it depends on your needs and available funds.

08-21-2012, 10:42 PM	#7
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	How many gadgets are too many? 42. As defined in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe.

08-22-2012, 08:33 AM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Send me your spare gadgets. I will nurture them into retirement. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

08-22-2012, 10:16 AM	#10
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	I've gotten into this surreal place in my life where I'm sitting in a room with a friend or two in it, with my laptop on my lap, checking my facebook on my cell phone. I don't think I like it here, and my kids are going to grow up with a cell-phone-computer attached to their faces... I don't like that either. __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

08-22-2012, 10:32 AM	#11
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	[thread drift]I must say I could happily adopt either of "my" spammers names ... rhybrinignany and especially SoliFlato! Don't you think this last sounds like he (or she) enjoys farting alone in bed?[/thread drift] __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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