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This app[0] made the rounds last year and caused a bit of a stir: it keeps your android phone's battery at a constant state, prevents the screen from turning of
by krebby 12y ago
This app[0] made the rounds last year and caused a bit of a stir: it keeps your android phone's battery at a constant state, prevents the screen from turning off, and flips the screen orientation, all of which from a disconnected interpretation of halacha should be permissible. Problem is, any touch to the screen completes a circuit (one of the prohibited categories of work) so the whole thing is a bit ridiculous anyway.
[0] http://shabbosapp.com/how-it-works/ http://shabbosapp.com/how-it-works/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEDHi09oyXY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEDHi09oyXY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabbos_App http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabbos_App
- MichaelAza 12y agoAFAIK, capactive touch screens are permisable from a Jewish law standpoint. For example [1] which is a phone for use on shabbat and uses capactive buttons to avoid closing a circuit. [1] http://www.zomet.org.il/eng/?CategoryID=249&ArticleID=99 http://www.zomet.org.il/eng/?CategoryID=249&ArticleID=99
- krebby 12y agoIt really depends on your definition of the 39 melakhot. Even the idea of "closing a circuit" being the same thing as "starting or tending a fire" is a modern invention, so some people abide and others don't. In my opinion if you're closing a circuit you're closing a circuit, and capitative screens count. Others go so far as to disable thermostats since a person's very presence in a room affects the temperature by a few degrees and could trip the circuit. Depends how deep down the rabbit hole you want to go I guess.
- driverdan 12y agoAll of this stuff is ridiculous.
- ars 12y agoThat site/app likes like satire to me, not a real app.