Cell phone technology isn't redundant enough to ensure adequate service like POTS (that's plain old telephone service).
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
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 12:48:44 pm PST #8371 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
amych - Jan 06, 2006 12:54:33 pm PST #8379 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I now realise that Earthlink DSL provided me with dialup backup, but the cablemodem doesn't.
I was just having that same thought.
bon bon - Jan 06, 2006 12:56:26 pm PST #8380 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The cell towers run on electricty, O, my people.
I seem to remember using my phone during the blackout.