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If your definition of a few years is 25 years, I agree. However, for the general public, that ain't happening anytime soon.
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25 years?! I wasn't suggesting abandoning public transportation and automobiles for hovercrafts.
We're practically there already. <b>If there's a way (and I'm sure there is) to make Wrigley a giant hotspot,</b> most people who go to Cubs games would already have this capability.
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Like I said, the only problem would be the drag on the network. That isn't a 25 year problem.
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If your definition of a few years is 25 years, I agree. However, for the general public, that ain't happening anytime soon.
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25 years?! I wasn't suggesting abandoning public transportation and automobiles for hovercrafts.
We're practically there already. If there's a way (and I'm sure there is) to make Wrigley a giant hotspot, most people who go to Cubs games would already have this capability. The MLB app on my iPhone does all of that already -- the only problem is the drag on the network.
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We're not even close to there, I bet not even 10% of the people at the game even have smartphones. You're dreaming if you think anything like that is happening in less than a decade or 2.
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If your definition of a few years is 25 years, I agree. However, for the general public, that ain't happening anytime soon.
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25 years?! I wasn't suggesting abandoning public transportation and automobiles for hovercrafts.
We're practically there already. If there's a way (and I'm sure there is) to make Wrigley a giant hotspot, most people who go to Cubs games would already have this capability. The MLB app on my iPhone does all of that already -- the only problem is the drag on the network.
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We're not even close to there, I bet not even 10% of the people at the game even have smartphones. You're dreaming if you think anything like that is happening in less than a decade or 2.
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I was low, but 7 out of 10 people in the US don't have them.
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If your definition of a few years is 25 years, I agree. However, for the general public, that ain't happening anytime soon.
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25 years?! I wasn't suggesting abandoning public transportation and automobiles for hovercrafts.
We're practically there already. If there's a way (and I'm sure there is) to make Wrigley a giant hotspot, most people who go to Cubs games would already have this capability. The MLB app on my iPhone does all of that already -- the only problem is the drag on the network.
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We're not even close to there, I bet not even 10% of the people at the game even have smartphones. You're dreaming if you think anything like that is happening in less than a decade or 2.
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I'd think real-time services in wide-area hotspots...things of the nature Butcher describes, will become viable in 3-5 years. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this in a testing mode within a year or two.
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If your definition of a few years is 25 years, I agree. However, for the general public, that ain't happening anytime soon.
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25 years?! I wasn't suggesting abandoning public transportation and automobiles for hovercrafts.
We're practically there already. If there's a way (and I'm sure there is) to make Wrigley a giant hotspot, most people who go to Cubs games would already have this capability. The MLB app on my iPhone does all of that already -- the only problem is the drag on the network.
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We're not even close to there, I bet not even 10% of the people at the game even have smartphones. You're dreaming if you think anything like that is happening in less than a decade or 2.
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I was low, but 7 out of 10 people in the US don't have them.
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How many people don't have a cellphone of any type? I'm in that group.
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If your definition of a few years is 25 years, I agree. However, for the general public, that ain't happening anytime soon.
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25 years?! I wasn't suggesting abandoning public transportation and automobiles for hovercrafts.
We're practically there already. If there's a way (and I'm sure there is) to make Wrigley a giant hotspot, most people who go to Cubs games would already have this capability. The MLB app on my iPhone does all of that already -- the only problem is the drag on the network.
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We're not even close to there, I bet not even 10% of the people at the game even have smartphones. You're dreaming if you think anything like that is happening in less than a decade or 2.
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10% of the American population, maybe. 10% of people who can afford to attend a Cubs game? Too low.
The last rain delay game I went to at Wrigley, during the delay, so many people had their phones out checking the weather radars. I have no hard numbers, obviously, but it certainly seemed like the majority of those in attendance had some sort of iPhone/Blackberry device.
I know arguing with you on a subject like this is a fruitless endeavor, so I'm not sure why I feel compelled to continue.
Two decades, though? With how quickly computer technology advances and becomes smaller and more affordable? C'mon. An iPhone is $99 now. In 5 years, you'll be able to buy that same device off eBay for $10, if that. Everyone will have a device that can stream instant media -- and it will be much quicker than 25 years.
In 25 years, they'll be able to zap the instant replay into a microchip embedded inside of your brain.
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If your definition of a few years is 25 years, I agree. However, for the general public, that ain't happening anytime soon.
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25 years?! I wasn't suggesting abandoning public transportation and automobiles for hovercrafts.
We're practically there already. If there's a way (and I'm sure there is) to make Wrigley a giant hotspot, most people who go to Cubs games would already have this capability. The MLB app on my iPhone does all of that already -- the only problem is the drag on the network.
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We're not even close to there, I bet not even 10% of the people at the game even have smartphones. You're dreaming if you think anything like that is happening in less than a decade or 2.
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I'd think real-time services in wide-area hotspots...things of the nature Butcher describes, will become viable in 3-5 years. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this in a testing mode within a year or two.
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That's fine, but suggesting that it would be a practical way to get replays and stats at a game for the masses, is not reality and won't be reality anytime soon.
Plus why would you want to go through the trouble of setting down your beer/food, pulling your phone outta your pocket, and finding the replays? Who the hell wants to sit with a phone in their hand the entire game, rather than just quickly glancing up and seeing something? I think it's a dumb idea.
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If your definition of a few years is 25 years, I agree. However, for the general public, that ain't happening anytime soon.
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25 years?! I wasn't suggesting abandoning public transportation and automobiles for hovercrafts.
We're practically there already. If there's a way (and I'm sure there is) to make Wrigley a giant hotspot, most people who go to Cubs games would already have this capability. The MLB app on my iPhone does all of that already -- the only problem is the drag on the network.
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We're not even close to there, I bet not even 10% of the people at the game even have smartphones. You're dreaming if you think anything like that is happening in less than a decade or 2.
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10% of the American population, maybe. 10% of people who can afford to attend a Cubs game? Too low.
The last rain delay game I went to at Wrigley, during the delay, so many people had their phones out checking the weather radars. I have no hard numbers, obviously, but it certainly seemed like the majority of those in attendance had some sort of iPhone/Blackberry device.
I know arguing with you on a subject like this is a fruitless endeavor, so I'm not sure why I feel compelled to continue.
Two decades, though? With how quickly computer technology advances and becomes smaller and more affordable? C'mon. An iPhone is $99 now. In 5 years, you'll be able to buy that same device off eBay for $10, if that. Everyone will have a device that can stream instant media -- and it will be much quicker than 25 years.
In 25 years, they'll be able to zap the instant replay into a microchip embedded inside of your brain.
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It's 7 outta 10 people that don't have one, and I would venture to say that number holds pretty true to the people going to Cubs games. The first smart phone was created in 1992, that's 18 years ago and less than a 1/3 of people currently have one. It will be decades before what you're suggesting would be a viable option for the masses at a Cubs game and even then, it still wouldn't be convenient.
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I wouldn't want to do that. I'm just counting on one of the three in ten smartphones to be in the hands of a nearby 14 year-old stat-nerd every second of the game.
Seriously, while a jumbo isn't the prettiest thing to put in the neighborhood, Wrigley needs one and I agree with you. I just want to glance up, see the replay and look back to the game.
I think the handheld tech should exist but not in lieu of a jumbo.
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What do you consider a smartphone?
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What do you consider a smartphone?
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One without a rotary dial.
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If your definition of a few years is 25 years, I agree. However, for the general public, that ain't happening anytime soon.
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25 years?! I wasn't suggesting abandoning public transportation and automobiles for hovercrafts.
We're practically there already. If there's a way (and I'm sure there is) to make Wrigley a giant hotspot, most people who go to Cubs games would already have this capability. The MLB app on my iPhone does all of that already -- the only problem is the drag on the network.
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We're not even close to there, I bet not even 10% of the people at the game even have smartphones. You're dreaming if you think anything like that is happening in less than a decade or 2.
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I'd think real-time services in wide-area hotspots...things of the nature Butcher describes, will become viable in 3-5 years. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this in a testing mode within a year or two.
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That's fine, but suggesting that it would be a practical way to get replays and stats at a game for the masses, is not reality and won't be reality anytime soon.
Plus why would you want to go through the trouble of setting down your beer/food, pulling your phone outta your pocket, and finding the replays? Who the hell wants to sit with a phone in their hand the entire game, rather than just quickly glancing up and seeing something? I think it's a dumb idea.
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I have to agree with Ruby here. I have a multi media phone and I hate looking up streaming video or stuff like that. I would love the jumbotron regardless of what I can do with my phone and I'm sure there's a lot of others like us.
I just envision a close play at home plate, everything in the whole venue is quiet except for the sound of phones flipping/sliding open and then 15 seconds later everyone boos the call. It would be weird.
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Maybe I'm the odd man out, but the only time I ever want to see an instant replay when I'm at the actual game is when there's a really close and/or controversial call -- and they don't typically replay those anyway.
If I could access it on my phone, then it's up to me when I want to look at it, instead of having a giant, glowing rectangle invading my field of vision at all times.
If they install one, I'm not going to protest it or form a picket line outside Wrigley. I'd just prefer not to have one.
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Come on Butcher, it's not as if you're going to have Budweiser advertisements burned into your retinas by the end of the game. You're being just a little bit dramatic.
I honestly see some possible concerns with the jumbotron. I understand some people may be concerned that the jumbotron will take away from the "Wrigley field atmosphere". Everyone says that when you go to Wrigley, you're forced to sit there, watch and enjoy the game, and talk with the person sitting next to you. You're not evertained like an 8 year old much like other ball parks. I don't think a jumbotron takes away from that atmosphere. I guess it could eventually lead to dancing cartoon characters between innings and the organ being supplanted by a disc jockey, but I think you worry about those things when they come. You can be pissed off at the dancing jockstrap when it rears it's ugly head.
Until then, do you really honestly believe that a jumbotron is going to take away from the game that much? I would say it takes away about as much as streaming stats/replays on smart phones would.
For the record, I'm in favor of both streaming phone stats/replays too. Just not exclusively.
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Come on Butcher, it's not as if you're going to have Budweiser advertisements burned into your retinas by the end of the game. You're being just a little bit dramatic.
I honestly see some possible concerns with the jumbotron. I understand some people may be concerned that the jumbotron will take away from the "Wrigley field atmosphere". Everyone says that when you go to Wrigley, you're forced to sit there, watch and enjoy the game, and talk with the person sitting next to you. You're not evertained like an 8 year old much like other ball parks. I don't think a jumbotron takes away from that atmosphere. I guess it could eventually lead to dancing cartoon characters between innings and the organ being supplanted by a disc jockey, but I think you worry about those things when they come. You can be pissed off at the dancing jockstrap when it rears it's ugly head.
Until then, do you really honestly believe that a jumbotron is going to take away from the game that much? I would say it takes away about as much as streaming stats/replays on smart phones would.
For the record, I'm in favor of both streaming phone stats/replays too. Just not exclusively.
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This is pretty much how I feel. I know there will be drawbacks to a jumbotron, but the good outweighs the bad as long as it is implemented in a tasteful way.
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