Can't think of a life without a mobile phone? me neither......wonder what would have happened if theree were no mobiles, and the Mumbai blasts had happened. Actually they did in 1993 but cannot analyze that as people were not actually addicted at that time. The jamming of the mobile networks DID add to the panic, but for the people who actually did get through to their dear ones, nothing could have been better.
This, however, is not the reason of my posting this one.....This weekend, a 5-6 year old kid got stuck in a 60 ft deep well (got stuck as a 5 year old and came out as a 6 year old, nope this is not a M.N. Shyamalan movie). How do mobiles come in? Well the recent sprouting of news channels like weeds in a garden has lead to a dirth in the stuff that is called news. Rescuing a 5-6 yr old from a 60 ft deep well is still a news story...the problem is to keep viewers hooked on to your channel and not go to the next news channel showing the same BREAKING STORY, albeit the anchor looks better, or worse and you change the channel again. This is where the mobile N/W kicks in again....
The Channel lets you send SMS and they will air it in real time. This funda works when there is a debate, or when you need to get in touch with people (a la Mumbai Blasts). It doesn't work when you wan't people to SMS about a rescue effort!!!
The kind of SMSes were:
GOD PLEASE SAVE PRINCE!!
Does the news channel have the mobile number of your "GOD"??
KEEP IT UP PRINCE!!
yup he feels better now, YOU MORON, if he could get ur SMS he won't be on the NEWZ!!
I AM PRAYING FOR YOU PRINCE!!
yeah, rite......he will feel much better now
"MY GOD" will save Prine, i prayed to him...
Only if you Pray to the Indian Army!!!
The fact is, (if the sentiments are genuine, which I doubt) these are valid emotions but
WHY THE FUCK DO YOU WANT A NEWS CHANNEL TO AIR THEM???
It is just that you can see your name(place) on air for the 15 seconds of Fame that was alloted to you, the question is did you actually waste your share of the 15 seconds and won't be able to get on air when you discover time travel???
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