Delayed Answer

Our new answering machine is a bit tempremental. It seems that sometimes it takes a while to tell us about new messages, and it doesn't always give us all of them. This could of course be us not using it properly (as if) rather then a fault. Either way, it got me to thinking.

Perhaps one day there will be a market for unreliable devices. Perhaps people will pay extra for a slightly duff model so that they can say "Oh, sorry, the machine must have lost that one, sorry I didn't get back to you".

With the guaranteed delivery of SMS and universal voicemail, maybe we will eventually welcome a little bit of uncertainty in our lives. Perhaps our machine isn't broken, just ahead of its time. 

Comments

[h]

Hi rob,
found something funny you might like to see.

goto:
http://www.2dtv.co.uk/Clips.htm
it's the video on the righthand side of the page

[Martin Bryant]

I seem to have dificulty buying anything other than faulty goods. Even when they aren't faulty, the marketing doesn't quite match reality. Usually on the very point that I bought it for.

Latest example: I wanted a DVD Recorder to allow me to record TV programmes and then watch them on my PSP. Not being able to find a DVD Recorder with a digital tuner in it, I bought a Digital Tuner with a harddisk and a USB port. Perfect, except that the USB port is only for transferring music and photos. TV recordings can't be transferred. Gits.

[Jay Wakefield]

I know about that one, rob. Try having a computer built from parts bought from Maplin Electronics, Add Windows Vista and then you can have all the uncertainty you need