You must be kidding, right? Social networking E-Cigs -- from the NYT

[leeshor]

This has to be the strangest thing yet in case you haven't seen it.. Not plugging the brand.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/technology/11smoke.html?_r=3

 

[K9Luvr]

OMG, what will they think of next ;-)

 

[desertlover]

Just gotta have one: "The new “smart packs,” which will go on sale next month for $80 for five e-cigarettes, are equipped with devices that emit and search for the radio signals of other packs. When they get within 50 feet of one another, the packs vibrate and flash a blue light. " Haha Mr. Healy, like you invented e-cigs or something!!! What a joke!!!

 

[AG51]

I don't think I'm liking this idea...maybe the part where if I'm in a strange city walking around and needed supplies and it told me a store was near..but ain't nobody gonna be telling on me about my smoking habits or where I am and reporting them to nobody. That's just my business.

 

[Mookelboo]

This was actually in several places yesterday, the Daily Mail, Engadget and Gizmodo that I saw. Gizmodo decided to use the silly idea to take a swipe at the concept of PVs in general. It really doesn't help perception of quite a serious product IMHO.

 

[K9Luvr]

It really doesn't help perception of quite a serious product IMHO.

Not to mention the 'Big Brother is Watching' aspect!

 

[AG51]

Not to mention the 'Big Brother is Watching' aspect!

I know & am sorry for being off topic here. But, it was on the news a couple days ago that ALL new cell phones by the end of next year will have a chip in them from the government. Talk about Big Bro Watching !!! They said it was for sending a call or message for broadcasting emergencies. But it also allows them to track where you are at all times. You can opt out for the messages but you're not going to be able to disable the chips. I don't like that idea either !!!.........Again, I appologize for being off topic. That comment about Big Bro just made me think of that.....Back to regular scheduled e-cig stuff....

 

[lujin4]

Somebody is sure to raise the "trying to appeal to the kids" issue on this one. Cell phones will not be enough for them.

 

[Rappel_Welch]

I'm not liking this one either. I don't want people knowing any more about me than they already do.

 

[lujin4]

I'm not liking this one either. I don't want people knowing any more about me than they already do.

But the Shadow do..8-o

 

[AG51]

But the Shadow do..8-o

8-o8-o8-o

 

[steven36]

strange just strange i see no use for this except to monitor a person

 

[Glam]

I already have a monitor to link me to other vapers...........it is my computer and ECF. Who, with any e cig savvy, would buy that crappy product anyway? Maybe they do all belong together.

 

[lujin4]

I already have a monitor to link me to other vapers...........it is my computer and ECF. Who, with any e cig savvy, would buy that crappy product anyway? Maybe they do all belong together.

Yep yep...I agree 105%

 

[Davo]

Not to mention the 'Big Brother is Watching' aspect!

That's my concern... too much information for people that don't need to know!

 

[Kanza]

Oh, there's a whole group of people who feel the need to be "connected" 24/7...my phone has a dozen apps that could alert me to who is where or in the area or doing what...I feel no need to ever program them so I am "out of the loop," so to speak

My bigger concern was the 2nd article...the one Mook' posted...and the snippy, snide, inhumane and unfeeling language of its authoress THAT is the uphill battle we should be concentrating on! One can only hope she was being "tongue in cheek" but I doubt it, especially following the link posted yesterday about how "easy it is to quit" <yeahrightsure>

I am unhappiest that what was a lighthearted gimmick on the manufacturer's part has exposed a serious problem to ridicule and cheapened our efforts to quit!

Sorry for the rant...I need more coffee

 

[Mookelboo]

I am unhappiest that what was a lighthearted gimmick on the manufacturer's part has exposed a serious problem to ridicule and cheapened our efforts to quit!

Very well summed up right there Kanza.

 

[Chesterwiz]

more battery draining. what will they get like 5 min? Maybe they should make the ability to call other e cigs and talk? maybe surf the web and a tiny screen to look at?

 

[ThankU4Vaping]

I already have a monitor to link me to other vapers...........it is my computer and ECF. Who, with any e cig savvy, would buy that crappy product anyway? Maybe they do all belong together.

Sing it Sista!
GPS is turning into VPS, but you're right, these people deserve each other. They will be in groups and easier to spot. We can choose to avoid them or go give them some V4L cards so they can see what a real PV is like. Only if they behave.

 

[Kanza]

ThankU... How true, how true...get them together and then go the opposite way!!