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MarcusCole092076 wrote: if no, what alternatives do you use?
Email and Skype.
Owning a telephone is not required by law. Best decision ever right after ditching the TV 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Why would he need to? His home's a travelling phone-box. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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He has a mobile: 07700900461
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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MarcusCole092076 wrote: what alternatives do you use?
Smoke signals, mainly. Every now and then I leave notes at the 3rd tree stump.
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2 tin cans and a length of string.
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is that coupled with with a fork for some dits and dashes?
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-.. --- - ... / .- .-. . / -... . - - . .-. / - .... .- -. / -.. .. - ...
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And you couldn't say that in italics! 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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you could put it in bold!
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I disagree. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Shouting.
Very, very loud shouting.
It's the technique still used by all callers on trains...
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could you be more precise and use the decibel levels of your shouting?
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Just turn it up to eleven
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MarcusCole092076 wrote: what alternatives do you use?
If I needed a cell phone, I would have one; I have no need for alternatives.
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what about a land line phone ? or email ? or other non-cellphone communication ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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I would not call a landline phone nor email an alternative to a cell phone as they do not offer remote communication, and also came well before cell phones, so a cell phone is an alternative to those. If someone wants to speak to me, they can call my office phone, or my home phone; if I am not there, then they can leave a message.
I just can't see paying $60/month so that other people can interrupt me in the middle of whatever I am doing. When I had a smart phone, I found myself wasting a lot of time surfing the web, and the slowness was just so annoying that it always put me in a bad mood. The only reason I bought it in the first place was because I was developing Android apps.
When I am on vacation and travelling around the country (the U.S.A. by SUV - see Overlanding), I have a vhf/uhf amateur service radio and a gps locator device (Spot). These devices allow for emergency communication.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Mind control.
And how's that working out?
Do you give lessons?
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dandy72 wrote: Do you give lessons?
Lesson have begun. 
Marc
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I don't carry a phone. Things can wait until I'm in the vicinity of my other usual communication devices.
I tell people if there's an actual emergency, they should call 911, not me. I'm neither a doctor, police officer or fireman, and these people are all more suited to deal with emergencies than I am as they have the proper equipment and training.
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According to the ads I need a cellphone so that anybody can contact me at any time wherever I am or whatever I'm doing. A more precise explanation of why I don't and won't have one does not exist!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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People with telepathic ability
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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virang_21 wrote: People with telepathic ability
I knew you were going to say that!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Is a nervous Jedi Panakin Skywalker?
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