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He was lamenting the pervasive spread of cell phones, notes that he carries his company-issued one only because the job demands it, and generally shaking his head about the whole gotta-be-accessible paradigm.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Japan, leaving your cell phone at home, or letting the battery wear out, is getting to be <a title=\"Gizmodo : The new social taboo in Japan: leaving your cellphone at home\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.net\/archives\/001449.php#001449\">grounds for ostracism<\/a> among youth there, who use the devices like a game of &#8220;Marco Polo&#8221; to zero on in times and places to meet.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about that, but I do know that having a couple of them while we were off in Britain was a tremendous convenience.  Hell, I wouldn&#8217;t have minded having at least one more in the group.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2003_03_01_archive.html#90445732\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I was having a chat with one of our netadmins. 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