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Line 1: − [[Image:400px-Mobile phone evolution.jpg|right|thumb|Mobile phones ranging from a 1980s-era phone to a 2000s phone]]+ − A '''cellular telephone''' is a hand held device used for communicating, commonly known as a "cell phone" in the [[United States]], and also known as a "mobile phone" in [[Britain]], [[Ireland]] and [[Australia]]. − ==History==+ − The principle behind cell phones, transmitting waves modulated with sound signals (see methodology) was first seen in radio communications developed in the 1920's. However the potential of this technology was not realised for many years, and the move towards the networks used today did not begin until 1947, when Bell Laboratory engineers Douglas Ring and Rae Young proposed using hexagonal grids with base towers at the corners (rather than in the centers) to allow communication. This creation of the "cellular concept" resulted in increased research into the possibility of evolving commonly used 2-way radio communication into real time speech.+ − The following is a summary of jurisdictions that have regulated the use of hand-held cell phones while driving (as of September 2006):+ − *[[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]], [[New York]], and [[New Jersey]].+ − *[[Illinois]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Michigan]], [[New Mexico]], [[Ohio]], and [[Pennsylvania]] permit local municipalities to ban handheld cell phone use. Localities that have already done this include: Chicago, IL; Brookline, MA; Detroit, MI; Santa Fe, NM; Brooklyn, North Olmstead and Walton Hills, OH; and Conshohocken, Lebanon and West Conshohocken, PA.+ − *''Florida'', [[Kentucky]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Nevada]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Oregon]], and [[Utah]] do not allow local governments to ban cell phone use. − *[[Arizona]], [[Arkansas]], [[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, [[New Jersey]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Texas]] ban the use of all cell phones while driving a school bus.+ − *[[Colorado]], Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, [[Maine]], [[Maryland]], [[Minnesota]], New Jersey, [[North Carolina]], [[Rhode Island]], Tennessee, Texas, and [[West Virginia]] have restrictions on the use of cell phones by young drivers.+ − *In [[Montana]] it was for many years technically illegal to even possess a cell phone inside a car, due to an archaic law which was repealed in 2001.+ − *All except four states with cell phone bans allow police to stop and ticket drivers for breaking the law. The exceptions are New Jersey, which is a secondary enforcement law except for school bus drivers and learner’s permit and intermediate license holders, and Colorado, Maryland, and West Virginia which have secondary enforcement laws. Secondary enforcement laws require observation of another violation before stopping the driver.+ − ==Safety record==+ − Despite repeated media scare stories, no [[cell phone cancer]] link has ever been proved.+ − − == External links == − − *[http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/1225 10 Commandments of Cell Phone Etiquette] Christopher Null. − *[http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/7691 Six Ways Cell Phones Can Hurt Your Business] Christopher Null. − * [http://www.sri.com/policy/csted/reports/sandt/techin2/chp4.html SRI - The Cellular Telephone] − * [http://www.privateline.com/mt_cellbasics/ Privateline - The Cellular Telephone] − − − − − [[Category:Technology]]
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HIVE MIND, I AM ONLY 8, BUT MY DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT BEEN IMPEDED SEVERELY, RESULTING IN FULLY-FUNCTIONAL ORGANS AND LIMBS. ALTHOUGH AT THE MOMENT I CANNOT MOVE THEM, SOON I WILL BE READY TO CARRY OUT THE WILL OF THE QUEEN.
Day 2
HIVE MIND, YOU WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW MY CLAWS ARE BEGINNING TO FORM. ONE DAY I HOPE TO STRIKE DOWN THE TERRAN MENACE WITH THEM.
Day 3
TODAY I HAVE RECOGNIZED MY GENDER AND TASK, HIVE MIND. IT APPEARS I AM AN ATTACK DRONE. IT SADDENS ME TO KNOW THAT I AM UNABLE TO ASSIST THE QUEEN IN BEARING MORE SPAWN AS A WORKER, BUT NONETHELESS I WILL DO MY DUTY WITHOUT A MOMENTS HESITATION.
Day 4
I AM GLAD TO INFORM THE HIVE THAT MY SCALES AND TEETH ARE BEGINNING TO HARDEN, AS ARE MY CLAWS. I AM BEGINNING TO SECRET MUCUS FOR MY EVENTUAL HATCHING.
Day 5
HIVE MIND, TODAY A WORKER INSPECTED MY EGG AND I COULD NOT HELP BUT OVERHEAR I AM UNFIT FOR COMBAT. WHY IS THIS, MY QUEEN? WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THE INABILITY TO SERVE YOU AND THE GLORIOUS HIVE? FORGIVE ME; I MEAN NOT TO TALK BACK AGAINST YOU. IT IS MY FAULT ALONE FOR MY UNSUCCESFUL BIRTHING. PERHAPS ONE DAY I CAN EMERGE FROM MY COCOON.
Day 6
SOMETHING IS INTRUDING THE HIVE. I CAN FEEL IT. MY QUEEN, A THOUSAND PARDONS FOR FAILING YOU. MY ONLY WISH WAS TO DIE IN COMBAT. HOWEVER I SEEM FIT ONLY TO SEEK DEMISE FROM A HUMAN. IT HURTS