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.
Marco: Do we look reasonable to you? Mal: Well. Looks can be deceiving. Jayne: Not as deceiving as a low down dirty... deceiver.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
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?
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.
§ ita § - Jan 06, 2006 12:50:40 pm PST #8375 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Let's call somebody. All your buddies are on cell or 'net. The gob'ment ... they work for the FEDA. You are fux0red.
Well, Jesse's on cell. I can call all my sensible friends. Or I can use my laptop battery and dial outside the blackout zone and connect to the internet that way.
Not that I've ever done that in a blackout.
P.M. Marc - Jan 06, 2006 12:52:19 pm PST #8376 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Or I can use my laptop battery and dial outside the blackout zone and connect to the internet that way.
That's how we figured out what the heck was up with our power outage last month. We have an emergency dial up connection for just that sort of event.
Gus - Jan 06, 2006 12:53:20 pm PST #8377 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Or I can use my laptop battery and dial outside the blackout zone and connect to the internet that way.
Augh!
The internet is down, chica. What now?
§ ita § - Jan 06, 2006 12:53:30 pm PST #8378 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We have an emergency dial up connection for just that sort of event.
I used to, but it's certainly possible that I've signed up for a temporary AOL account on the fly.
I now realise that Earthlink DSL provided me with dialup backup, but the cablemodem doesn't.
The internet is down, chica. What now?
Life is no longer worth living. I just type my suicide note into my PDA and end it all.