Re: In other news

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.

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.

And speaking of programming, I wrote a Python program today without 
taking a course.


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>>>>>>> People without a cable subscription didn't get any, I'll bet.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Probably not. No one is that nice.
>>>>> Especially not cable companies.
>>>>>
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