| Show Let Bluet oth headsets die Brian Trick Special from the U of UT Chor- Chor nide As it turns out the financial crisis isn't all bad As businesses struggle to survive with many failing we should cross our fingers that the manufacturers of wireless headsets are among the failures Aliph a technology company based out of San Francisco is in trouble The market for wireless headsets headsets' is waning causing Aliph to tolay tolay lay layoff off approximately 30 percent of its workforce according to to a report by Aliph's parent company Sequoia Capital encouraged d its companies to exercise financial responsibility and buckle down in the midst of the unfavorable economic climate This is great news No longer do we have to walk the streets in fear of g attacked by a Yes a With a little blinking stick stick-of a gui gun gun- shaped device jutting from ones one's head you can easily be confused for an Isaac Asimov character Weve We've all had the experience of having to put up with that really annoying person on the bus or or r train talking on his or her cell phone There seems to be little justification for a headset outside of a car although even in a car dangerous Its It's understandable understand ble that for some a headset is practical In some states for example a headset is required to talk and drive But besides being a avery avery avery very misinformed fashion statement using a headset while driving is still as dangerous as not using one while talking on a cell phone In 2006 U psychologists conducted an experiment comparing talking on a acell acell acell cell phone while driving to being intoxicated The results resul s confirmed that cell phone use while driving renders the drivers driver's reaction time similar to that of someone with a blood alcohol content of 08 and concluded that motorists who talk on handheld or hands- hands free cellular phones are arc arcas areas areas as impaired as drunker drunken drivers In Utah headsets are pointless Utah's cell phone law ranks as a secondary offense according to the Governors Governor's Highway Safety Association The only way to receive acell a acell acell cell phone violation is to simultaneously commit another offense like speeding For our own good we need to let the headset die out There will still be some that will want them and that's fine as there are still those today who play Atari Look what happened with Crocs We failed to immediately see their uselessness and now they're everywhere |
