Pretty screwy. Unless the clip is a hoax. Here is some background on the possibilities.
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Ooh shivers…. except that in order for the cell phone to work you would have to have taken a cell tower and telecommunications infrastructure to make a call on it in 1928… or would you ? oooooh… 😉
I remember when I used to come to this site for technology news and commentary. I will allow technology to explain this mystery:
http://hearing.siemens.com/sg/10-about-us/01-our-history/milestones.jsp?year=1924
the Tiki
Talk about “more bars in more places”. Well I guess the cell towers weren’t overly taxed in 1928.
I’m happy to hear how busy the high-priests of physics are in fabricating wonderful just-so stories. But let’s be clear about one thing. These priests are temple prostitutes and they certainly aren’t doing real science.
Nobody holds a phone like that. And I guess time travellers don’t mind demonstrating advanced technology to passing cameras and people. Hmmm. Dress to fit in but chat on your iPhone? One good thing it seems the future has given up on blue tooth. A very good case of hearing hoof beats and looking for zebras.
Do you believe in free will?
If so, traveling into the past can be ruled out simply because you (theoretically) know what everyone will/has do/done. And accordingly they have no choice but to do it since it already happened. That isn’t free will in exactly the same way as it isn’t free will if there is a ominpotent, omniscient, omnipresent, invisible friend in the sky.
However, this doesn’t preclude ONE WAY travel into the future where you are just as clueless now about what will happen one minute from now as you will be when your arrive in the future.
[ONE WAY means you can’t come back; sorry, I think I need to say this for the benefit of some of the posters on this blog]
It’s all true!
I AM FROM THE FUTURE!
Perhaps she is adjusting something on her hat.
Perhaps a flower.
Pathetic.
Good stuff. It’s Halloween guys, lighten up.
What does Sara Palin think about this?
Was the clip taken of the general public outside the theater, or were the people in the clip extras who were hired to walk past the camera? If they were hired extras, they were likely told what to do and how to behave. Personally, I’m betting on the old hearing-aid theory. No one from a society capable of time travel would still be using a cell phone (or a device that looks like one). They would probably have an implanted device or one so small it could be concealed in a tie pin.
I would sell my soul for a bit of time travel.
Verizon is looking for this lady. With the accumulated late fees, she has a whopper of a bill.
I don’t see a device. I see a shadow.
Lame. I can’t believe I just sat through three minutes of this attention whore promoting himself to see an old person with a headache.
Can you hear me now?
Oldie but goodie.
I once hit a guy so hard it killed his whole family. Figure that one out…
The flip side of this has always amused me. How many futuristic stories, films, paintings, ect. from the past looking forward to the early 21rst century depict a typical street scene of today with most people walking around hand to ear ?
She is holding fer iPhone wrong.
I think #2 nailed it..please check it out…
hearing aid in 1924
It is clearly a walkie-talkie.
You can even see the black antenna as she turns for reception and says “What?”.
No a single person mentioned the size of her shoes. They must be size 21 or so.
I don’t think #2 nailed it. Why would she be talking into a device meant for hearing amplification? Unless of course she/he/it was saying, “hah?” Those shoes had to be carrying the battery for this thing. They were some big fucking shoes.
they obviously needed a woman in the scene but there weren’t any available.. so they had some dude dress up as one and hold his hand in front of his face. and he couldn’t resist mugging for the camera towards the end
That’s my neighbor! Now I know what they’ve been working on in their garage late into the night!
Wait so this guy does film and what not. And YET he has to capture the video using his video camera while recording his TV?? Well HELLOooooooooooooo Why couldn’t this guy figure out how to rip the DVD to capture that scene give use a better quality video clip and why the hell is he using the slow motion from the DVD player? Sheeeesh Amateurs..
#24 — The hearing device was attached to a briefcase with the amp in it as shown in the Siemens 1924 document. When the woman turns for a split second you can see the briefcase.
Mystery solved!
Talk about roaming charges!
Yet another bloody product placement in a movie!
i don’t read anything written in black