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| From | BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup |
| Subject | Re: In other news |
| Date | 2023-08-06 11:41 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <uanpse$26g26$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (12 earlier) <XnsB04973AA88EE9Kamilot@135.181.20.170> <u9oc0a$13rsf$2@dont-email.me> <XnsB04E612805391Kamilot@135.181.20.170> <ua3bqo$2ladp$1@dont-email.me> <XnsB0534CB6716FCKamilot@135.181.20.170> |
On 01.08.2023 13.32, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:ua3bqo$2ladp$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> On 27.07.2023 15.32, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:u9oc0a$13rsf$2@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:u9bfp4$2o7m6$2@dont-email.me:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:u8rdr1$sro$2@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>> news:u8hi9m$2jid9$2@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>> news:u8a1rk$1etv2$2@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u813bf$3m74$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u7mb17$2h0fa$2@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 28.06.2023 13.31, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I got a new phone and a better plan.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why are cell plans so much more expensive in my country
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vs the US?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CAPITALISM! It's always capitalism. We've been over
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sure. Are you sure that it's not related to population
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> base?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you pay the same country-wide and you the same coverage
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in sparsely populated areas (I know you have some of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> those), then maybe. But most likely capitalism.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ugh!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I got a new S21 and 20GB of data for $47/month taxes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I pay a base fee of ~$4/month (deducted from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> consumption) with slightly higher per-minute charge and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no free data. But then I only use data in emergency
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (which haven't happened yet) and make maybe two calls
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and two texts/month.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I used to have a prepaid cell for like $10 a month back
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in 2003 when it was my emergency phone.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Once I started using it all the time, it was more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cost-efficient to have a plan with unlimited talk and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> text. I would say that I am most frequently contacted by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> text than by other modes i.e. voice call or email.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On the other hand I still pay for a landline (IP) even
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> though it hasn't made a sound (or call) in several
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> years.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I also have a landline. My Dad calls it and a few places
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> where I keep forgetting to change my contact info to my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cell. I think the landline isn't VOIP it's whatever came
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> before that but after rotary dial phones.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Analog... (rotary dials relied on counting the impulses -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one for each digit passed on return; pushbutton 'dialing'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relied on the frequency of the tone correspondig to each
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> digit/button)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They will probably phase it out eventually.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Like they did with teevee signals, thus making everyone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get new teevees...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I thought I got a new tv because the old one stopped
>>>>>>>>>>>>> working.
>>>>>>>>>>>> That may be, but lots of people got new tvs because their
>>>>>>>>>>>> old one couldn't receive/decode the digital signal.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The cable company gave out digital conversion boxes to
>>>>>>>>>>> people.
>>>>>>>>>> Can you still get one of those. To use on an old teevee that
>>>>>>>>>> you buy at an antique shop?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I doubt anything would work on a tv that old.
>>>>>>>> In theory it would. It would require a digital to analog
>>>>>>>> conversion and probably a granularity reduction from HD to PAL
>>>>>>>> or [whatever the American format is called]. An old cable
>>>>>>>> converter might just work if one could bypass the subscription
>>>>>>>> bit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It could work from an antenna. Some channels are in the air. In
>>>>>>> HD even.
>>>>>> That's what I meant, using the antenna as input for the box. A
>>>>>> really old TV will probably make a mess of an unaltered HD signal.
>>>>> I can imagine.
>>>>> It would probably make a mess of SD signals too.
>>>> And if by some miracle it could be made to work, there probably
>>>> wouldn't be anything good on anyway.
>>>>
>>> Nonsense! There are always quality programming available like those
>>> reality shows were a farmer needs a wife.
>> Grrr! No matter when I look it seems to be all American 'Married at
>> first sight' or some survival show...
>
> There's now a couple of them on about finding a spouse for farmers.
And some where they put couples in an isolated spot and see how long it
takes for people to cheat on their partners. *sigh*
>
>> They do show Colombo (again) but late at night and I still remember
>> all the plots from last time.
>
> I don't remember all the Columbo plots. Doesn't matter since they show
> you who did at the beginning of the show.
Yes but Colombo is more about howdonit than whodunit... and Colombo
pretending to be dumb but really being very smart of course.
>>
>>> I have Acorn and BritBox now so I can catch up on all my British
>>> murder mystery shows. I feel with the writer and actor strike that
>>> there may be a long tv show drought.
>> I get BritBox as well (on that streaming service). They have Yes
>> Minister/Prime Minister.
>
> I never watched that one.
It's a good introduction into how gubbernment *really* works... sort of.
> I'm going to finish Good Omens and then watch the latest season of The
> Witcher. The next season of The Wheel of time starts September 1.
>
>>
>> I did see a Canadian police series in french. It had all the right
>> characters:
>> - a neuro-divergent sketch artist with 'amazing' abilities,
>> - a wheel-chair bound, female chief always wearing a baseball cap,
>> - a young arab gay forensic investigator,
>> - a semi-alcoholic older detective who broke all the rules (violently)
>> - a middle aged female researcher, who was a former elite hacker.
>> And that was just the Good Guys(tm).
>>
>
> I don't know that one. I used to watch 'District 31' when I was on
> language training.
'Portrait Robot' in Canadian. ('The Sketch Artist' in 'danish').
I don't know 'District 31' but I do have a Belgian series of all things,
all about sex-crimes.. in Flemish language.
>>> And speaking of programming, I wrote a Python program today without
>>> taking a course.
>> I had no idea you were a parseltongue.
>
> Well, I had to do something after I failed out of wizard school.
Is that even possible. I thought you would just have to take the year
again. Or become Key Warden or something.
>> One of these day I'm gonna install the ADA pre-compiler for gcc again
>> and think of something to code in it... Something with a lot of things
>> happening at the same time.
>>
>
> No, you won't.
I will. Some day...
--
BeH
" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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