*Unless it's a phone call for sex with more than one person, in which case, that is an acceptable useage. [Copyranter via Gawker]

Here's what the tellme survey shows:

• 77% say they'd talk on their phones in a theater or a concert
• 71% say they'd use their phones in a restaurant

The rest, running errands (88%), waiting at an appointment (80%), walking (78%), visiting friends (68%) aren't so bad, but three out of four people would talk in a theater? Really? I don't want to be old man Chen, but kids these days! *shakes fist*

The buzzd one also says that 60% of cellphone users have drunk dialed, and 68% have drunk texted. I'd say drunk dialing is a much better offense than talking at a theater. A drunken hookup hurts at most two, maybe three people, depending on the circumstances. A cellphone conversation during Iron Man 2 affects everyone.

I know, I've been rude. I've checked email at places like dinner, bars, at morning in bed, while we're in the car, and when people around us start talking about boring things like politics and taxes and religion. I do it when we're skiing on the chair lift. I do it when I'm peeing, when I'm pooing, when I'm walking the dogs and when we go shopping. And when we watch TV or movies at home. Not every minute, but I sneak in a looksie here and there.

And I think these are all great times to check email. Because my job is demanding and if I don't check email all the time in public the only other alternative is to check email all the time from my computer. And really, the alternative reality to me being rude is a life where when shit happens while I'm away from the house, and I have to go running back to a terminal where I can write or edit posts every time something happens. Every time. It would be hell. And so I can live with rude.

Times are changing and the reality is that the social conventions that define when its appropriate to use gadgets in person are going to change, too. But for now there are nay sayers. To them, I'd say that I see these glimpses of work and fun intermingling as a gift; a chance to cheat a job where where work never really stops. So: Even if 5% of my idle clock cycles go to the internet, sapping something from real life experiences everywhere I go, I think it's silly to take the other 95% they've allowed because of wireless access, for granted. I'm never going to stop. And the world will catch up.

[image by Beschizza industries]

I don't agree with everything in the issue—I will not accept Facebook friends I've never meet in real life, I think it's rude to text message in front of other people, and I will not, under any circumstances, pretend I don't hate Twitter—but it's definitely a fun and thought-provoking read. My favorite is this article on haggling over Craigslist, which has saved me hundreds of dollars over the years. [Wired]

1. Keep from throwing up all over everyone. Space makes a lot of people sick, even seasoned astronauts, and there are special drugs that have been developed for space sickness. Use them, but don't take too much or you'll have urinary retention, requiring catheterization, which has gotta hurt.

2. Do not look directly into the sun. If you have to remember this, maybe you should consider a different type of vacation, such as spelunking.

3. Clip your fingernails before you go. Those fingernail clippings can float all around the cabin, creating a nuisance for your fellow spacepeople.

Seven more space etiquette tips, after the jump!

4. Don't play with your food. Liquids form a sphere at zero G, and they are tons of fun to play with, so if you must, just use water, and not staining liquids such as grape juice.

5. If you must have space sex, be sure there are no errant droplets or pubic hair specimens floating around afterward, which could prove themselves to be quite embarrassing.

6. Don't hog the windows. Looking out the window is the prime leisure activity on board a spaceship, so be polite, get your ass out of the way and let somebody else gaze at Mother Earth for a while.

7. Clean up the toilet after you've finished. No one wants to be touching, breathing or otherwise contacting any of your bodily excreta. "If you don't take care of your own responsibilities, tension can build up, especially on a long-duration space flight," says former shuttle astronaut Tom Jones.

8. Remember, being in confined quarters for a few days is like being in an elevator. Hold in your farts, and no smoking.

9. If you have really long hair, consider cutting it. It will look like you've stuck your finger in an electrical socket in space, floating all over the place. If you can't cut it, at least tie that shit down.

10. If you don't mind, perhaps you can do a bit of blogging from space for Gizmodo, taking some key gadgets along and letting us know how they work out there, or even inviting us along as your loyal and most entertaining assistants. – Charlie White

Astronauts offer etiquette lessons to space tourists [NewScientistSpace]

Dan Briody, Infoworld columnist extraordinaire, hates cellphones. Easy enough. He tossed together a list of the ten commandments of cellphone etiquette. It ranges everywhere from turning off the cellphone in public places, to sitting the cellphone on the table at dinner, to using the cellphone in inappropriate places, to having doofy ringtones.

It actually isn't that bad of a list and I catch myself violating some of these commandments on occasion, but now it is noted that there are anal retentive people out there, like Dan, who are damn near suicidal when a cellphone user is in their general vicinity. Sorry, Dan, if your rules came into play it seems the only acceptable usage time for a cellphone would be in the privacy of the home, which is pointless. My one commandment: Dan Briody, thou shalt shuteth the fucketh upeth and accept the fact that cellphones are here to stay. Jesus cellphone picture courtesy of The Raw Feed – Travis Hudson

The Ten Commandments of cell phone etiquette [InfoWorld]

Information Page [Via Techeblog]

Take our own special Gizmodo poll about inappropriate cellphone usage after the jump. – Charlie White

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Study: Some Public Cell Phone Chats OK [Wireless Week]