How much has technology changed your life?

[Boozer]

I left my phone at a friends house last night, I've been absolutely lost today without my phone and it got me thinking.
10 years ago I didn't even own a computer let alone a cell phone. I had one of those brown analog cable boxes and thought it was the coolest thing in the world. My 10 channel cordless phone was awesome and if you needed to reach me you could call my beeper number. If I wanted to watch a movie it was in the form of a VHS tape and I always had to adjust the tracking.
Today technology runs my life.
My living room today now houses a plasma HD television, digital this, digital that and is all connected to a computer stashed away inside my entertainment center. The computer is connected to a 10 mbps internet connection, and if I don't use that connection to check my myspace I'll have hell to pay!
As if my TV now containing the internet wasn't enough I carry an iPhone so I can check my email, access myspace, and cruise ***boat even when I'm not near a computer. Hell 80% of my phone calls recieved start out, "Danny why haven't you replied to my email?" 90% of my communication is done by email or text message.
In the grand scheme of things 10 years really isn't a lot of time. And in the last 10 years a HELL of a lot has happened.
So how much has your life changed due to technology?

[468miller]

im thinking of trading in my brick phone soon.............:D

[FOXMAN]

When i was a kid i drove all over the place and never gave it a second thought.. I wont let my kids leave the house without there phone and i make sure the battery is charged. Things have really changed.

[sleekcraft80]

You really had a VHS machine 10 years ago?
I still have one:eek:

[Tom Brown]

I left my phone at a friends house last night, I've been absolutely lost today without my phone and it got me thinking......
10 years ago......if you needed to reach me you could call my beeper number.
... so is this your 10th anniversary of being a drug dealer?

[eliminatedsprinter]

So how much has your life changed due to technology?
10 years ago ***boat was just a magazine to me...;)

[Flyinbowtie]

Interesting question.
Beyond all the obvious stuff; internet, cell phones, home and car electronics and audio, I have a very personal relationship with technology.
I have two artificial discs in my spine.
They are surgical stainless steel with an osmotic sprayed on coating of titanium. Designed on a computer, they replace the critical L4-5 and L5-S1 discs. They are at the lowest level of the spine, where the greatest motion takes place when you bend at the waist.
I am part of the study group of patients that got the prosthesis through the FDA approval process. I got them "installed" almost 2 years ago, 01-17-06.
While far, far from perfect, they remain the best option, and I am thankful for them.
Might need a handful more...

[delemorte]

I make a living in technology so i would say it has been substatial.

[Boozer]

... so is this your 10th anniversary of being a drug dealer?
I gave that up 5 years ago. As the senior fry chef at my local McDonalds I get much better health benefits. The money isnt the same but I do it for the little people and the love of clogged arteries... That's what it's all about anyways..... :D

[ahhell]

what is this TV you speak of????

[ahhell]

Interesting question.
Beyond all the obvious stuff; internet, cell phones, home and car electronics and audio, I have a very personal relationship with technology.
I have two artificial discs in my spine.
They are surgical stainless steel with an osmotic sprayed on coating of titanium. Designed on a computer, they replace the critical L4-5 and L5-S1 discs. They are at the lowest level of the spine, where the greatest motion takes place when you bend at the waist.
I am part of the study group of patients that got the prosthesis through the FDA approval process. I got them "installed" almost 2 years ago, 01-17-06.
While far, far from perfect, they remain the best option, and I am thankful for them.
Might need a handful more...
did you get the "ray cages"? Im an MRI tech and have heard of "artificial" discs, but have yet to scan any...just curious
I am, however, involved in a FDA study on Breast implants , and get to scan a few 'endowed' women on a daily basis...I LOVE MY JOB:D :D :D

[ahhell]

where the hell did this post come from????

[Flyinbowtie]

did you get the "ray cages"? Im an MRI tech and have heard of "artificial" discs, but have yet to scan any...just curious
I am, however, involved in a FDA study on Breast implants , and get to scan a few 'endowed' women on a daily basis...I LOVE MY JOB:D :D :D
Flexicore artificial disc. they have a website but I dunno what it is.
Here is what they look like installed.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/15259Back_pic_one.jpg
The circular object off to the right is a penny, put in place to give some size reference.

[Sleeper CP]

I left my phone at a friends house last night, I've been absolutely lost today without my phone and it got me thinking.
10 years ago I didn't even own a computer let alone a cell phone. I had one of those brown analog cable boxes and thought it was the coolest thing in the world. My 10 channel cordless phone was awesome and if you needed to reach me you could call my beeper number. If I wanted to watch a movie it was in the form of a VHS tape and I always had to adjust the tracking.
Today technology runs my life.
My living room today now houses a plasma HD television, digital this, digital that and is all connected to a computer stashed away inside my entertainment center. The computer is connected to a 10 mbps internet connection, and if I don't use that connection to check my myspace I'll have hell to pay!
As if my TV now containing the internet wasn't enough I carry an iPhone so I can check my email, access myspace, and cruise ***boat even when I'm not near a computer. Hell 80% of my phone calls recieved start out, "Danny why haven't you replied to my email?" 90% of my communication is done by email or text message.
?
What the hell is this MySpace you speak of and can anyone over 40 have an account?;)
Sleeper CP
Big Inch Ford Lover:D

[ahhell]

Flexicore artificial disc. they have a website but I dunno what it is.
Here is what they look like installed.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/15259Back_pic_one.jpg
The circular object off to the right is a penny, put in place to give some size reference.
Damn, are you an inch or 2 taller now, those look huge...:eek: but if they work, amen

[Flyinbowtie]

I was 6-4 before this all set in.
Pre-op I was 6-2-1/2
Back to 6-4 now.
There was no living disc material in either location when they got in there.

[ahhell]

I was 6-4 before this all set in.
Pre-op I was 6-2-1/2
Back to 6-4 now.
I believe it...those mofo's are huge
a penny is 19mm and youre discs look about 10mm prior to the 'new ones'...so any basketball plans??? lol

[Flyinbowtie]

They really are not that huge, I don't think. They come in different sizes for different bone structures, check them out on the website, the xray shows both pieces interlocked, makes them look large i think.
No BB, surgeon wouldn't have it. LOL
They go in from the front. Scar from groin to bellybutton....:eek:
St. Mary's Spine Center in S.F. did it.
Thankful I am.

[mobldj]

more efficiant battery technology makes the wifes toys last longer.....lol :)

[Infomaniac]

Most here have no idea how much it has changed us until you loose electricity in your city for a few days.
Just happened to us. As simple as having cash is a huge deal. Can't use the ATM to get any cash. Trying to buy gas without being able to use the card at the pump. Cash only. Many people could not do it. Stores on generators and can only accept cash. Don't know exactly how dependant you are on technology until it suddenly is not there.
Stores not open at all. Grocery, Gas etc.
Heat the house with the fireplace and light with candles or oil lamps. No refrigerator or freezer. No TV Computer internet etc.
Think about it.

[westair]

I remember the first fax machines, what amazing technology .... now faxes are about to become obsolete, everythings email, no paper, less phone calls, its great! Whats next??

[spectras only]

With GPS in the cars , when I travel abroad , don't need to stop asking for directions :)

[cruser]

I have been very much effected by technology. I work for the largest semi-conductor manufacturer in the world. Been with them for 27 years in Janurary. 26 of those years in R&D. I have seen the majority of the tech revolution from the inside. What they are doing now is incredible compared to just 10 years ago.
The real question is, where do we go from here? What is the next revolutionary invention? If you discover the answer to that, you could be the next Bill Gates.

[WestTNRiverRat]

I'm a technical consultant for a large over night express company. We move packages all over the world but our real business is technology. I was trained on electron tubes in the Navy so I've seen a lot of changes over the last 30 years.
I've made a great living off of it.