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[tunnie]

Bit of a geeky joke this but...

I lift share (sadly only for another month, as he's leaving Sky) but he has a BMW 235i with connected BMW Drive App on his phone. Today I left my phone in his car, I only noticed when I got to my desk. Now my car share buddy works in a different building to me, 15 min walk away. My phone was on and connected into interwebs, so I used WhatsApp web via my Mac to message him.

He told me to call him, when I was outside the car. He would unlock it while still at his desk, as he could do it from there.

Ah, but I have no means to call him when outside it. But, I had my Apple Watch on, so I walked to the car and my watch connected via bluetooth as I was stood outside. So I called my car share buddy, via my watch. (it has mic/speaker)

Told him I was outside, he unlocked the car, I retrieved my phone. He then locked it again, while I walked back to my desk.

 

[STEMO]

Where's the punchline? 

[Viral_Jim]

Yup, bit of a gimmick but it does work 

I used to flash the lights on mine randomly when it was parked in the airport carpark. Just because

[tunnie]

Where's the punchline? 

Well when I say joke it's just something I found funny at work 

[Kevin Wood]

Where's the punchline? 

He used technology to neatly avoid going to the other building pub for a few swifties at lunch time with the excuse of borrowing the bloke's keys. Cunning.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Its all great while its working as it should. 

[aaronjb]

Adverts on the radio this morning for the new Disco - apparently you can reconfigure the seats just by tapping on your phone so that you can more easily fit your eleventy million sprogs in

[Kevin Wood]

I dread having to buy a modern car with all this pointless connectivity for the sake of it.

Must give the Omega another good waxoyling.

[Mister Rog]

I dread having to buy a modern car with all this pointless connectivity for the sake of it.

Didn't like to say that myself 

I'm waiting for the day when some big switch in the sky gets flicked off  Possibly because the big white beardy bloke just wants to see what happens   

[aaronjb]

Possibly because the big white beardy bloke just wants to see what happens   

But what does Santa have against technology?

[Viral_Jim]

I dread having to buy a modern car with all this pointless connectivity for the sake of it.

Oh i don't know, it was quite handy to be able to check the car was locked from the airport. Also, it allowed me to see how much testing BMW weren't doing to it when the had it in their posession 

[Mister Rog]

Possibly because the big white beardy bloke just wants to see what happens   

But what does Santa have against technology?

He's afraid that delivery drones will replace him 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Possibly because the big white beardy bloke just wants to see what happens   

But what does Santa have against technology?

Costs more to make an iPhone than a wooden car

[Sir Tigger KC]

Possibly because the big white beardy bloke ....

How do you know he's white and a bloke?   

[Mister Rog]

Possibly because the big white beardy bloke ....

How do you know he's white and a bloke?   

Hmmmmm, I don't. OK, a more PC Rephrase, A person with a big white beard . . . . getting ready to flick the switch.