http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2006/06/12/we-dont-have-a-clue-what-our-kids-are-doing-with-technology-dont-like-it-too-bad/ Blogging the impact of computer-related technology trends, and whatever else catches my interest. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2006/06/12/we-dont-have-a-clue-what-our-kids-are-doing-with-technology-dont-like-it-too-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-29 The Yourdon Report » Blog Archive » Louis Menand on the cell phone ringtone that only teenagers can hear Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:10:27 +0000 http://yourdon.com/personal/blog/?p=96#comment-29 [...] On June 12, I commented on the news story about cell phone ringtones (known as Mosquito tones) that only teenagers could hear. In the current issue of The New Yorker, Louis Menand has a wonderful commentary on the subject. As Menand points out, “Well, first of all, who wants to hear someone else’s cell phone? … The Mosquito tone is one of those things you’re better off not knowing. The world is probably full of such things (though how would you know?). Maybe the area of a triangle isn’t that important, either.” [...] [...] On June 12, I commented on the news story about cell phone ringtones (known as Mosquito tones) that only teenagers could hear. In the current issue of The New Yorker, Louis Menand has a wonderful commentary on the subject. As Menand points out, “Well, first of all, who wants to hear someone else’s cell phone? … The Mosquito tone is one of those things you’re better off not knowing. The world is probably full of such things (though how would you know?). Maybe the area of a triangle isn’t that important, either.” [...]

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