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BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 09.08.2023 14.19, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> On 01.08.2023 13.32, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>> On 27.07.2023 15.32, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
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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.
>>>>> 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*
>> 
>> And how long does it take? I need closure.
> Sorry, I don't have that information. I don't watch that type of
> programming. It's detrimental to my health.

I bet it would help you fall asleep = good for your health
> 
>> I see that Big Brother is back for it's 25th season.
>> Ugh!
> But of course it is... It's what the people want.
People are stupid!
> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>
>> And one more thing...
> Oh yeah, it must have slipped my mind for a moment...
> 
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>> 
>> But eventually they found out that I'm too stupid to be a wizard.
> Is that even possible? I thought it's an innate ability for those whom
> it is gifted.
> 
I'm more of a Rincewind type of wizard or not gifted at all.
Smoke and mirrors!
>>>
>>>>> 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...
>> 
>> Right after you build that water feature in your yard, I'm sure.
> 
> Well I won't be able to work on the water feature in winter, so I
> could do the installing then.
> 
Isn't that when you are painting the living room?
*snickers*

Anyhoo....
You should learn Python so that you can nitpit my code.