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This is Vinod Khosla’s cell phone. He was talking with Bill Joy, when alas…

This was a source of much levity in our meeting.

Ring ring ring goes the telephone
The lights are on but there's no-one home

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TomOwen says:

Too many comments running through my mind on this one... can't pick ;-)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Corydora says:

So what happened next...??!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Philosoap [deleted] says:

There's an opportunity behind every challenge.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

richard winchell says:

Just another illustration of people's difficulties when multitasking.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

alexmuse says:

:)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Jay Dugger says:

Let's see...a life-size poster, reduced to black-and-white, possibly half-toned, with adhesive backing...posted guerilla-style in bathrooms at airports and other public places...

Time to do some comparison shopping, methinks. :-)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Orange_Wedge says:

did he wipe with verizon zero coupon bonds?

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Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

mahyongg says:

how smart of you to put it in the under water set.. :-D
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

drona says:

It didn't float to the top?
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Scott C (sec611) says:

Is this a public bathroom? That's a very clean toilet! Oh, and too bad about the cell phone! ;}
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

heh... It was a bathroom at a startup company.

Corydora: What happened next? Well, I gave Vinod a call to see if it would vibrate....
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Corydora says:

:-))

And as Icahn has been trying to tell us for the past few months, Motorola really are in the toilet... ;-)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

xGunner says:

Well, I've washed my digital camera, but in this case maybe there is a 5 second rule of survivability? The time is of course based on the cleanliness of the water and how long you think about it...

I put these skin-like egrips on my phone, now it feels more organic and doesn't slide out of my pocket as easily.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

biotron says:

my flatmate once did the same, retrieved the handset several seconds later, and then took it apart and wrapped it in swaddling clothes, not unlike the good lord Jesus Christ in the nativity scene - with our lounge radiator acting as the mobile manger. the next morning : lo! verily it worked absolutely as normal.

full marks for such a pristine toilet :)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

andrew d miller says:

and such a brilliant idea to reference madonna in this...
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

msamaclean © says:

ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Leino88 says:

lol
just last night i was reading business 2.0, where there was a snippet about what to do if yer phone falls into water.
1: remove battery
2: use hair dryer
3: cross fingers
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

ivo says:

oops... lol

hey btw, the photo you posted on your comment in my photo doesn't show up... :(

(the blue balls one) lol
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Sister72 says:

I have a recurring nightmare that looks like this! I think it came from using the port-o-potties at the baseball fields.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

!MimosaMicheMichelle! says:

I had a good laugh reading all these comments and of course the photo with caption! All so funny!

This is a plunge I would hate to do but one has to do it. Indeed, what a clean toilet! Imagine...just imagine...the worst!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Todd Huffman says:

A trick you can use to get all the water out is to just put it in a cup of perflourocarbons, which are 1.8 X the density of water and totally inert. The water floats to the top, and you can fish out your purged electronics.

The only problem is getting the perflourocarbons, which may not be cost effective unless you use them for something else.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

!MimosaMicheMichelle! says:

How about just using a cloth or part of towel in the cup? That would get the same results. Your idea is great and quite natural coming from a scientist. A person who deals with normal everyday household issues is used to thinking quickly and using what is readily available. I do retain the idea of absorbing the water from any electronic item that has had an unexpected dip. I will remember that. ;-)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Todd Huffman says:

The problem with using evaporation is small amounts of water can stick around. The idea behind the perflourocarbons is the liquid gets in to every nook and displaces the water and pushes out of the phone. Without using perflourocarbons what you suggest is the best you can do, and possibly adding a bit of heat. Just make sure you don't put it in the oven... otherwise this might happen... www.forensicts.co.uk/news/content/binary/melt ed-phone12.jpg

I live in Arizona, and if you do too, just sitting it outside for a while might do the trick.

Water and electronics don't mix because of the shorts in made by the electronics. So something that takes a swim may or may not be ruined, depending on what happened when it ended up in the toilet.

If you anticipate your electronics getting wet very often, you might want to use this Navy SEAL trick... www.instructables.com/id/EYADC0VF0DTUJUX/
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

!MimosaMicheMichelle! says:

Thank you so much for all that interesting information. I see the difference. Still, I neither have perflourocarbons, condoms or regular hot weather around me. I live near Montréal and we are finally having warm weather (very hot since two days) so the sun is hot only for a short part of the year. As a replacement for condoms, small plastic bags, my favourite being the baby bottle bags (no, I have no babies) are an ideal size though you cannot seal them with a knot. This is fun.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

_sarchi says:

another take on from google new maps app.. maybe remembering to always turn the mobile off when tasking satisfaction

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Bibimorvarid says:

at least now you have proof for your telephone company..
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Johan of Denmark says:

Hey Steve,

don't know if this guy asked you, but your picture is being used - uncredited at the time of writing this - here:

http://www.symbianv3.com/850000-phones-meet-d eath-by-toilet-yearly-in-the-uk

Just letting you know... :-)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

_sarchi says:

interesting story

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Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Leino88 says:

saw it in Gizmodo.. credit to Valleywag, not to you.
:)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Silverisdead says:

This reminded me of this: money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0706/galler y.travel_dis...
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Alex Merenkov photography says:

isent that a krzr ? whys it in the toilet ?
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

hoferjack says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Klo und so, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Evelina. says:

i would pick it up anyway... the water is pretty clean. just wash your hands and that's it! u have a not-working cell phone!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

dumb.bird says:

i've done this about five times
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Zach Bulick says:

totally have done this...it sucks SO MUCH!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris Brogan says:

For the amount of times I've used one of your creative commons photos in a blog post, it's funny that I didn't put together WHO you were until I saw you on TED, and even then, it wasn't until talking with someone else in your community that it all spun together for me. Funny that, eh?

Chris, from [chrisbrogan.com].
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

CharliePev says:

Hello, I'm an admin for a group called More Than Living.

Thanks for publishing this picture using a CC license - we've used it on our website to illustrate one of our stories: If it's yellow...

If you'd like to add your pic to our stream of photos, or join our group, we'd love to have you.

Charlie
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

ReverseCellPhones says:

Dropped call for sure.
Reverse Phone Directory
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

maresogno67 says:

quante idee...
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Vicki & Chuck Rogers says:

Potty mouth? ;-)

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