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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | {{incomplete|Language is bad, a backup could also be a replacement, internal and maybe external links missing. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
| − | Cueball gets stressed when | + | A backup battery is a source of energy that may be used to recharge an electronic device. Backup batteries for phones are typically similar in size, shape and energy capacity to a smartphone. Cueball gets stressed when at low battery because a low battery may run out at any moment, interrupting activities being done with the phone. |
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| + | In an effort to prevent stress, Cueball decides to carry a backup battery. This way he can recharge his phone should its battery run low. Cueball realises that the backup battery is itself prone to depletion, and so carries a second. He then comes to the same realisation for the second backup battery, and indeed every subsequent battery he can carry. This leads to an unending series of backup batteries, hence his speech is cut off, becoming unending as well. | ||
What Cueball never grasps is that his irrational need to hoard a supply of batteries tending to the infinite is the real cause of his stress. In reality, he only needs to consider the maximum amount of time that he spends between recharging his phone, and divide that by the average lifespan of a phone battery, and round up that figure to get the minimum number of batteries required to avoid a power outage (multiplied by 1.5 if the mere state of running low causes stress). If he charges up his phone and backup batteries every night, he would only need 2 to 3 backup batteries, tops. | What Cueball never grasps is that his irrational need to hoard a supply of batteries tending to the infinite is the real cause of his stress. In reality, he only needs to consider the maximum amount of time that he spends between recharging his phone, and divide that by the average lifespan of a phone battery, and round up that figure to get the minimum number of batteries required to avoid a power outage (multiplied by 1.5 if the mere state of running low causes stress). If he charges up his phone and backup batteries every night, he would only need 2 to 3 backup batteries, tops. | ||
| − | The title text says that Cueball's backpack will turn red if it is | + | The title text talks says that Cueball's backpack will turn red if it is below 20% of its energy capacity, which the same thing happens to the battery indicator on an iPhon |
| − | + | e/most Android phones when at low battery to warn the user. Cueball gets similarly stressed when that happens, perhaps requiring a backup backup-battery backpack. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
