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Title: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
Post by: rbcp on October 22, 2008, 02:38:06 PM
I'm stealing this question from this Gizmodo post (http://gizmodo.com/5067151/question-of-the-day-do-you-ever-turn-off-your-cellphone).  I sure never turn mine off except when rebooting it.  In theaters I just turn off the ringer.
Title: Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
Post by: Magus on October 22, 2008, 02:46:21 PM
I turn mine off. Otherwise this might happen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xut__-uXG8U

Title: Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
Post by: greenhippo33 on October 22, 2008, 02:53:17 PM
Never except when it dies which doesn't happen much only 3 times that I can remember.

I just put it on vibrate any place i need too
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Post by: afreak on October 22, 2008, 04:34:54 PM
I was turning it off often until I disabled the GPS functionality in my phone.
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Post by: SpaceBison on October 22, 2008, 05:25:26 PM
I never turn mine on. The government can track you when its on.
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Post by: DBK on October 22, 2008, 05:53:00 PM
I think up until recently the only time I ever did was to reboot it.  Lately I've had to leave on the weekends for National Guard stuff and I am not allowed to bring it, so I'll turn it off so people can either figure out I'm gone or eventually call when I don't respond to their texts and realize I'm not simply ignoring them.  This is a change of pace from the other 90 percent of the time when I am actually just ignoring them.
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Post by: rogueclown on October 22, 2008, 06:31:03 PM
i'm psychotic, and can't stand to not know if i'm being called or texted.  if i'm told to silence it, i just switch it to vibrate.
Title: Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
Post by: Lestan Gregor on October 22, 2008, 06:39:10 PM
i'm psychotic, and can't stand to not know if i'm being called or texted.  if i'm told to silence it, i just switch it to vibrate.

this
Title: Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
Post by: Nod on October 22, 2008, 10:21:01 PM
I just bought a new Razr (V3er) and it hasn't been turned off since I got it.
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Post by: Beni Hendrix on October 23, 2008, 07:58:18 AM
I never turn mine off. One time I did for one day and my GF turned into a psycho with large talons. Never again....
Title: Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
Post by: JD716 on October 23, 2008, 02:04:54 PM
Only off when it's dead or when theres an outage or when I need to save battery. There's no regular phone service in the house so when there's a power outage the landline doesn't work
Title: Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
Post by: MattGSX on October 23, 2008, 02:08:06 PM
Mine is pretty much always off while I'm on campus. My phone doesn't go into "power save" when I have no service, so it'll drain in an afternoon searching for a signal while I'm at school (I spend most of my time in the basement of a large concrete building, in an insulated practice room).

Otherwise, I turn it off when I don't want to deal with people, but want them to realize I'm not ignoring them - I just don't want to deal with them.
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Post by: Tachyon on October 23, 2008, 05:05:09 PM
Mine broke a month ago and I heard it was fixed today. I'm not sure I want it back though. I started carrying around my little TTY in my backpack so when I want to make calls I just connect via the payphone and there I go. I really like being able to make outgoing calls but not have to deal with incoming ones.
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Post by: Zazen on October 23, 2008, 05:08:12 PM
I don't carry a phone at all.
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Post by: vixen on October 23, 2008, 05:21:38 PM
if i turn off my phone, my heart stops beating

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Post by: afreak on October 23, 2008, 10:57:11 PM
In the event of a power outage, I can run a hand-crank generator or use solar power to keep it charged.
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Post by: Sidepocket on October 24, 2008, 12:30:26 AM
if i turn off my phone, my heart stops beating



*writes this down for nefarious purposes*

I turn the phone off before I sleep (and charge too), when I go into a movie theater or when in a place were you must here people. (Conference Panels, Classrooms, ect)

Reason is that in studying the way of the phone, I am a master of form 0. Which is learning when one must use or not use a phone. Then I can master the other forms of dialing and being a dick.
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Post by: shai on October 24, 2008, 12:58:57 AM
I turned my phone off in 2007, and haven't looked back.
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Post by: RTF on October 26, 2008, 11:56:00 AM
My phone is usually off.  I only have it on me when I have to somewhere that isn't my day job, or on other special occasions.
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Post by: Magus on October 26, 2008, 12:14:11 PM
More giant phone pranks!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NciO7AEqKYE
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Post by: liife on October 28, 2008, 10:26:17 AM
I never turn my phone off, ever. If I need to have it not make noise (in class, at the movies) then I just turn the ringer off. If you ever turn your phone off, you're a nerd.
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Post by: murd0c on October 28, 2008, 11:18:26 AM
My phone is almost always on silent, if I notice by some off chance it's ringing, I'll answer it.
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Post by: m0rdekai on November 01, 2008, 08:54:29 AM
I turn mine off. Otherwise this might happen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xut__-uXG8U



a big blank gray spot?
Title: Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
Post by: Magus on November 01, 2008, 10:41:30 AM
You must let the video load, my friend.
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Post by: Nod on November 07, 2008, 01:37:29 PM
Wait. My cell phone turns OFF? WHEN DID THEY ADD THIS FEATURE?
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Post by: AmishGangsta on November 09, 2008, 03:59:00 PM
Wait. My cell phone turns OFF? WHEN DID THEY ADD THIS FEATURE?

Soon you won't be able to turn of a cell phone. The world will be like Max Headroom, and electronic devices will have no shut-off option.
Title: Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
Post by: Magus on November 10, 2008, 01:37:41 PM
Wait. My cell phone turns OFF? WHEN DID THEY ADD THIS FEATURE?

Soon you won't be able to turn of a cell phone. The world will be like Max Headroom, and electronic devices will have no shut-off option.

Ah, but lets not forget that a well-placed bullet can shut off any electronic device.