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Volume 28 : Issue 59 : "text" Format
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Re: Windows area code rules
Re: Technical Demo turns political 2/26/1909 (was Re: Time for a muzzle)
Re: Technical Demo turns political 2/26/1909 (was Re: Time for a muzzle)
Re: Technical Demo turns political 2/26/1909 (was Re: Time for a muzzle)
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:49:49 GMT
From: tlvp <PmUiRsGcE.TtHlEvSpE@att.net>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Windows area code rules
Message-ID: <op.upz2q5qmwqrt3j@acer250.gateway.2wire.net>
On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:11:59 -0500, John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
>>> Now in XP pro, I can't find it. It wants me to enter each area
>>> code individually, then for THAT area code, dial a '1' and the
>>> area code first.
>>
>> Control Panel / Phone and Modem / Dialing Rules
>
> Are there still places in the US where the switch won't complete the
> call if you dial a full 1-NXX-NXX-XXXX number?
>
> R's,
> John
In [Area Code] 203, any call deemed "local" from a POTS phone to a
203-NXX-XXXX number *must* be dialed as NXX-XXXX or it gets an
interrupt message stating that requirement.
Cell phones are much more intelligent/forgiving in that regard.
Cheers, -- tlvp
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Date: 27 Feb 2009 12:23:57 -0000
From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Technical Demo turns political 2/26/1909 (was Re: Time for a muzzle)
Message-ID: <20090227122357.46406.qmail@simone.iecc.com>
>The New York Times reported that a technical demonstration of wireless
>communication at Bernard College in New York City. The demo turned
>into a political tirade as speakers used the instrument to clamor for
>womens' rights.
That would be Barnard College, Columbia University's women
undergraduate college.
> Hoover instituted some recovery programs, such as construction of
> the Hoover Dam
Actually, the dam project was signed into law by President Coolidge in
1928. It turned out to be a great jobs project, but no thanks to
Hoover.
Hoover was a very effective administrator, particularly running
European relief after WW I, but he was utterly unprepared to meet the
challenges of the 1929-30 economic implosion.
ObTelephone: he lived a very long time afterwards. Here's a clip of
him talking to JFK on the phone about the Cuban Missile Crisis in
1962:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs7my3gUx54
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:12:51 -0800 (PST)
From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Technical Demo turns political 2/26/1909 (was Re: Time for a muzzle)
Message-ID: <4cbf0907-963c-4f8f-a6a6-03bf17d66843@q11g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 27, 11:34 am, John Levine <jo...@iecc.com> wrote:
> > Hoover instituted some recovery programs, such as construction of
> > the Hoover Dam
>
> Actually, the dam project was signed into law by President Coolidge in
> 1928. It turned out to be a great jobs project, but no thanks to
> Hoover.
The dam project was sitting still for a long time. The initial
appropriation for construction was made while Hoover was president and
he played an instrumental role in its construction. Hoover, as Sec.
of Commerce, worked out an agreement among the several states to share
the waters from the project. The FDR administration promptly changed
the name of the project, but later Congress wholeheartedly switched it
back to Hoover Dam.
> Hoover was a very effective administrator, particularly running
> European relief after WW I, but he was utterly unprepared to meet the
> challenges of the 1929-30 economic implosion.
Hoover did more to fight the Depression than he is given credit for.
He does deserve credit for the Hoover Dam and making it a public works
employment project. His administration created the RFC and pushed
govt spending and operations to unprecedented levels to fight the
Depression. He attempted to do more but the Democratic congress
blocked him, wanting him to get the full blame of the Depression.
However, unlike FDR, Hoover believed that deficit spending would
ultimately make things worse (a common feeling at that time) and
Hoover did not support the massive social programs that FDR
implemented.
As mentioned, Hoover was a terrible spin doctor. He gave the
impression he was indifferent to the suffering of the poor which was
not true. His speeches and press relations, consistent with the
presidency until that time, did not arouse the people.
In contrast, FDR was a expert at handling the press and at "spin".
His fireside chats gave the people the sense that someone cared about
them and was working on their behalf. That was a critical
contribution, giving the people hope for the future. But FDR's
programs did not end the Depression, spark a business recovery and for
many people did nothing to alleviate the suffering. People forget
that FDR didn't like deficit spending either and in the late 1930s cut
back on social programs, FDR's cutback brought a fresh business
slowdown.
An example of FDR's excellent radio communication skills was taking
complex matters and making them straight forward for people to
understand. For example, in explaining Lend-Lease, he explained that
a person would gladly lend a neighbor a hose to put out a fire so that
the fire didn't spread to his own house. (Interestingly, Lend Lease
was neither a loan nor a lease, but a gift; it was made to sound like
a loan for public consumption).
> ObTelephone: he lived a very long time afterwards. Here's a clip of
> him talking to JFK on the phone about the Cuban Missile Crisis in
> 1962:
I believe Hoover made the first television transmission.
I suspect under FDR the White House internal telecommunications system
greatly expanded, though I don't know the details. Washington went
dial around 1930, though some congressmen didn't like it and felt they
were being shortchanged by the telephone company as they were now
doing the phone co's work.
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:35:02 -0600
From: "Kenneth P. Stox" <stox@sbcglobal.net>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Technical Demo turns political 2/26/1909 (was Re: Time for a muzzle)
Message-ID: <_93ql.21319$Ws1.4445@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com>
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> In contrast, FDR was a expert at handling the press and at "spin".
> His fireside chats gave the people the sense that someone cared about
> them and was working on their behalf. That was a critical
> contribution, giving the people hope for the future. But FDR's
> programs did not end the Depression, spark a business recovery and for
> many people did nothing to alleviate the suffering. People forget
> that FDR didn't like deficit spending either and in the late 1930s cut
> back on social programs, FDR's cutback brought a fresh business
> slowdown.
Whether or not the New Deal ended the depression is arguable, but
without the New Deal we would have lost Europe and the Pacific in WWII.
We would not have been able to mobilize at nearly the speed we did. Had
the TVA not been constructed, we would not have been able to develop
the atomic bomb as quickly as we did.
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