There's an app for everything

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Sandfoot
Sandfoot
VIC
573 posts
VIC, 573 posts
30 Sep 2015 9:43am
I've seen the NSW government is developing a shark tracking app so we know where whitey is....??? But it's already been done...



Vince68
Vince68
WA
675 posts
WA, 675 posts
30 Sep 2015 8:37am
Ok if the bastard has been tagged
Cambodge
Cambodge
VIC
851 posts
VIC, 851 posts
30 Sep 2015 11:27am
So, there were three tagged sharks somewhere in a 100 and 100s of square kilometres area a few hundred kilometres North-West of Santiago a few hours ago. Useful. But at least we know their names.

Why on Earth would we, as water users, want to know where the sharks are? There's probably one shark or another nearby all the time. You'd never get in the water!
dmitri
dmitri
VIC
1040 posts
VIC, 1040 posts
30 Sep 2015 11:45am
its not an app for everything...

now that's the app for everything play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bg.bozho.dumbphone&hl=en
westozwind
westozwind
WA
1418 posts
WA, 1418 posts
30 Sep 2015 11:35am
Cambodge said..
So, there were three tagged sharks somewhere in a 100 and 100s of square kilometres area a few hundred kilometres North-West of Santiago a few hours ago. Useful. But at least we know their names.

Why on Earth would we, as water users, want to know where the sharks are? There's probably one shark or another nearby all the time. You'd never get in the water!


So why is that a bad thing? Go get that app everyone! Less punters on the water :)
zarb
zarb
NSW
703 posts
NSW, 703 posts
30 Sep 2015 4:33pm
I feel that the most useful part of this app is now I know their names. Who names a shark Wyatt?
Jupiter
Jupiter
2156 posts
2156 posts
30 Sep 2015 3:25pm
Would I be able to know accurately, within 5 metres say, whether there are sharks near me while I am desperately trying to water start on a windless day, about 2 Km outside ?

Now, would I be sent into a panic mode if I actually have such information ? Would I soil my teeny weeny red budgie smuggler ? What kind of phone do I need to obtain such "useful/helpful" information while out on the water ? Hands-free ? Voice recognition ? Brain waves ? ESP ? So many questions so few coherent answers !

On the issue of being up to the minute on what is going on. How about the app that allows you to track your pizza order ? I really like that advert with that "bright" young dude lazing across the couch, holding on his iiiiiPhone, and telling his friends that he knows exactly where his pizza is. His female friend (presumably his admiring girlfriend) gave him an approving glance and a smile. "You clever sexy stud you are" !

Would it be easier to just bloody well go and buy that damn pizza himself if he has all that time to check on the pizza boy's progress ? I love this apps thing, really I do
Skid
Skid
QLD
1499 posts
QLD, 1499 posts
1 Oct 2015 12:20pm
zarb said..
I feel that the most useful part of this app is now I know their names. Who names a shark Wyatt?


I hope they named at least one of them "Bruce"
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