No, telephones are the work of good American scientist who want to make life better for taxpayers. The way they work is simple. See, no government intervention from our wonderful government. God bless the phone, America and President George Walker Bush. I consider myself to be an average simple man with average simple tastes and if a product is to find any mass market success it has to appeal to me and my fellow simple man.
Phones are just too damn complex.
After many hours of careful explanation I have a basic understanding of these god-awful devices. Apparently everyone is assigned a seven digit code that could include numbers AND letters. If you have seven friends, that is 49 units of code, not to mention that if you want people to call you, you have to memorize your own personal code. I live a busy life. I don't have hours after I come home from work to sit and memorize these codes.