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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
About "toothing" and "toothers"
The ever present desire to meet new people of the opposite sex generates all kinds of ideas. So here's another one. For this idea you need to have Bluetooth. In case you don't know, that's the technology that allows people to use their cell phone without needing to be plugged in by wire. That's the people with the listening devices plugged in their ears and talking away on streets, elevators, toilet stalls... everywhere. You know, the ones you'd like to shoot! Anyway, that technology has given rise to "toothing". This article has more details if you're interested in how it started:
To play, you need you need to activate the Bluetooth facility available on your mobile phone, which will then show a list of people within a few yards who are also active. Then write a message and press send... Massimo Maruccia explains the technology to beginners. Taking out a phone belonging to one of his waitresses -- "Pantera" -- he tracks down two other toothers in the room -- "Cinghiale," and "Nokia 7700 Alberto." A third, "Diabolik" sends Pantera a message. The first note, Maruccia says, is usually just an invitation to chat... "It's cooled off from the early days, when we'd easily have 30, 40 people in the room sending messages.It's funny they say this practice has cooled off because this is the first I heard of it. Am I that behind the times or are the times moving too fast?
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Huh? What the...? I'm with you, I must be behind the times, too. Getting old. I had never heard of it either. Toothing? This world just gets more wacko...
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