I will refrain from texting underground...so do not see the need to abbreviate..... If I am ever in need of a rescue while caving; you should expect to NOT hear anything from me. So....next time I post on my facebook page that I am going caving...and IF NO ONE receives a text from me...you should ASSUME that I have fallen down a deep pit, have broken my leg and have become STUCK and incapaciatated from high CO2 Levels......So it would be best to call out the NCRC, The Republican Guard, the Department of Homeland Security....and possible the Air Force and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders to come rescue me. Remember: NO TEXT while UNDERGROUND Means I had an accident. BUT IF YOU do receive a TEXT from me...then that means everything went OK. Of course; this presents a dilemna...as I typically do NOT TEXT everyone I know if the caving world...the LACK of a TEXT doesn't necessarily mean that I need to be rescued...but just to be SAFE and Avoid CONFUSION...it would be best that if there is NO TEXT from me; you should call out a rescue anyway.
--- On Mon, 2/1/10, Gill Edigar <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gill Edigar <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Re: underground texting To: [email protected] List-Post: [email protected] Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 9:32 AM I'm behind you Brian. We gotta get this thing going before it gets any further out of hand. What good are laws if you can't restrict people's rights & freedoms with um? We've got to protect the world's idiots from themselves. --Ediger On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Brian Riordan <[email protected]> wrote: Yes! Quick Gill, alert the Government so they can save us from our foolish selves! Does your congressman receive texts? That might be the quickest and most efficient way to get this passed in a timely manner. If you could abbreviate your words by eliminating vowels or truncating common words in a confusing memory saving manner, it might expedite the process. A quick statement might be "Move quickly and ban all text messsaging activities being performed in caves please". Which would then read: "mv qly & bn al tx msg actvts bng prfd in cvs pz" Which could then be interpretted on the recieving end as "Mauve quietly and begin anal texas massages bouncing perforated in CVS pharmacies", which of course makes no sense, but no time for thinking, only doing. We'll make a law of this yet! I'm gonna go get some sharpies and foam board to make picket signs. Stay strong, -B On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Gill Edigar <[email protected]> wrote: I'm pretty sure that this is not a safe practice. I'm gonna write my congressman as soon as I'm through here and suggest that he initiate legislation banning texting whilst caving. --Ediger On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:06 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: I found his science fair project fascinating. Back in 2004 or 2005, there was a post on Cavetex about beaming data from the bottom of a surface pit up to the base-camp. I think the article suggested that a new technology like Bluetooth would emerge. The idea didn't have any merit at that time, partly because there didn't seem to be a practical reason for it. But with text messaging, cavers can adopt a new set of standard speleo-texting language ( STL ): like stalgmt, stalctit, H2O, gwno, freatic, vedoz, CaCO3, CO2, falt, etc. For example, the 1st responder could relay a message to the surface: "vktim slippd n gwno, & trippd ovr stalgmt & hit hed on stalctit, landed on bum & slid dwn flwston, & fell n H20, & washd dwnstrm ovr falls. Brok bth ankls. Need strtchr team & rope! Heez hypothrmk & hed bleedn " The rescue team on the surface would get the following message: "ktim slppdngwno, & trpp vrtalgmt & ht talctit, lad onum & sldn flston, & fll n H0, & wsd dnstm or flls. Bok th akls. Ned trchr eam & ope! eez ypothrm & ed ledn" But they might be able to decipher part of that. Also, I wonder if the first cavers on Mars will use part of his idea for communication? Maybe he can get a NASA contract? Is there a potential market for an Portable Underground Texting System ( PUTS )? Which caves would this work best in? the remote areas of Jewel Cave or Wind Cave, or long sections of a lava tube ? Any particular Texas cave where this might be handy? The back of Airman's cave? David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- Brian Riordan 979-218-8009 (Mobile) [email protected]
