The cell towers run on electricty, O, my people.
There used to be regulations in place to ensure the inviolability of that network in case of huge electrical disaster. Nowadays, you're on your own.
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hayden - Jan 06, 2006 12:41:19 pm PST #8365 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
brenda m - Jan 06, 2006 12:41:28 pm PST #8366 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I have two tin cans and some string. I'll be fine.
Hayden - Jan 06, 2006 12:42:43 pm PST #8367 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Time was that regular wired POTS had its own power generation system, separate from the grid. How wrong am I about this?
Eh, I'm being a Cassandra in my last post. This is still true. For the time being.
Trudy Booth - Jan 06, 2006 12:42:45 pm PST #8368 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The new fresca is non-caloric and uncaffeinated. Me, I find the taste too light to cover the faint (splenda?) aftertaste, but if you can deal with that, it's a nice compromise. I mean, I like ginger ale, but-- too many empty calories.
They changed Fresca? I thought they just expanded the line? And wasn't it always without calories or caffine?
amych - Jan 06, 2006 12:44:30 pm PST #8369 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Eh, I'm aware that the phones make use of the magical electron fairies, but the fact remains that 90% of the time when the power is out at my house, the wally-phone still works and the other one doesn't. Not perfect in case of a nuclear war that really truly knocks everything right the fuck out (but in that case, who cares?), but it's good enough when a tree limb comes down.
Kalshane - Jan 06, 2006 12:47:00 pm PST #8370 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I feel pretty confident assuming that the phone company has better business continuity than my apartment, and even if they don't, it's been a hell of a long time since I've been in an outage that large.
Yes. This. I think I've only had the land line and the power out at the same time once in my life. The cable used to go out whenever the wind blew the wrong way (though it's been years since outages were that rampant) and it certainly doesn't work without power.
Hayden - Jan 06, 2006 12:48:44 pm PST #8371 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Cell phone technology isn't redundant enough to ensure adequate service like POTS (that's plain old telephone service).
Gus - Jan 06, 2006 12:48:45 pm PST #8372 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
POTS still has its own 'lectric generation system.
Okay, now. Let's call somebody. All your buddies are on cell or 'net. The gob'ment ... they work for the FEDA. You are fux0red.
amych - Jan 06, 2006 12:49:21 pm PST #8373 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(and here I was wondering what the "T" was for)
§ ita § - Jan 06, 2006 12:49:36 pm PST #8374 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is it cheating to take painkillers before a biofeedback session? I think not, since I'll be hooked up to devices to measure my magical control of myself.
I think I'm going to walk down the hill to get ginger ale. I need a change.