Acer to market 'smart prayer beads'

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Re: Acer to market 'smart prayer beads'

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Mantrik wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:49 pm I count sheep. LIke Acer products, they are occasionally prone to viruses but the worst part is having to round up 108 of them each time. I found a short cut, though - round up 27 and count each leg, plus the sheepdog to allow for errors. ;)
If you count the heads and tails as well as the legs, you only need 18 of the sheep, and you will accumulate merit by letting the other 9 peacefully graze.
Mantrik wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:49 pm Seriously, though, 'daft beads' may be a better term.......why introduce something which needs power to work, can go wrong, costs more money, and probably has caused a fair amount of pollution in the making. It must have been an April Fool stunt.
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Re: Acer to market 'smart prayer beads'

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$10 a bead and only one is 'tech'.

Still, I wonder, if it were a 108 mala, how many TIbetans would love the novelty. HHDL?
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Simon E. wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2018 11:32 am Call me Mr Stick- in- the- mud but I'll keep using beads I can feel. Whose heft is in my hand. Beads that I can oil and smell the sandalwood or frankincense...

I like using all the senses, not just hearing and cognitions
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