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Message Digest
Volume 28 : Issue 313 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Re: Google poised to become your phone company
Pinch-Hitter needed for the digest [NFP]
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Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:24:55 -0800 (PST)
From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Message-ID: <3b504204-c990-420b-bea3-88013874c362@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>
On Nov 14, 8:29 am, "Gary" <fake-email-addr...@bogus.hotmail.com>
wrote:
> ***** Moderator's Note *****
> I want Captain Kirk's communicator sound.
I think that was only two soft beeps. I also think it varied by scene
and episode--sometimes the caller's voice came on "Spock to Captain!",
other times it was the beeps. However, when the flipped the phone
open to make a call, it was a different set of beeps.
That should be easy to make (see above on recording on your own).
Write a simple little QBASIC program to generate the beeps any way
you'd like and record them. The SOUND instruction plays the pitch
and duration. With a FOR NEXT loop you can play the "red alert" siren
sound they had.
If you have episodes recorded, play one with a 'red alert' scene, and
record Uhaura or Kirk announcing the red alert. That would make for
an interesting ring tone, especially in a group of people. (But it
would probably get tedious after a while.)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:47:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Joseph Singer <joeofseattle@yahoo.com>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Message-ID: <435762.65996.qm@web52702.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Telecom Digest moderator wrote:
<<***** Moderator's Note *****
I want Captain Kirk's communicator sound.>>
http://www.tehkseven.net/ringtone/9385/communicator-startrek-mp3-ringtone.html
http://bit.ly/44x6Lz
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:10:34 -0800
From: Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Message-ID: <4AFF00AA.20408@thadlabs.com>
On 11/14/2009 5:29 AM, Gary wrote:
> "Thad Floryan" <thad@thadlabs.com> wrote in message
> news:4AFDCA93.5090004@thadlabs.com...
>> I may make that WE2500 bell ringtone my new
>> default since I'm retiring this year and don't/won't need to be able
>> to answer a phone 24/7/365. :-)
>
> In that case, maybe you should make the "SIT Tone" your ringer. :-)
I had to scratch my head and do a Google search to figure
out what you meant -- Special Information Tone -- per:
http://www.sandman.com/sounds/sit.wav [45 KB]
found at http://www.sandman.com/taliban.html (the telemarketer-
stopper website) :-)
After hearing it, I remembered I have about 30 or so such tone files
on my old Win2K box. I should put those on my website so they don't
"become lost".
> [...]
> ***** Moderator's Note *****
>
> I want Captain Kirk's communicator sound.
Bill, it's been awhile since I've watched any of those episodes. Is
there a specific episode you recall that has that sound prominently
featured? If so, it'd be trivial to extract the audio to a file ...
***** Moderator's Note *****
I think any star trek would have it: I haven't seen one in years, but
there's probably a copy of it online somewhere.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:50:20 -0600
From: bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi)
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Message-ID: <KrKdnaW2Uu5xZmPXnZ2dnUVZ_o5i4p2d@posted.nuvoxcommunications>
In article <4AFDCA93.5090004@thadlabs.com>,
Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> wrote:
>On 11/12/2009 12:47 PM, Thad Floryan wrote:
>> On 11/11/2009 11:18 AM, danny burstein wrote:
>>> I was with a group of people and a cell phone "rang". Except
>>> it wasn't one of those trendy tunes. It wasn't even
>>> the Nokia or t-Mobile default.
>>>
>>> It sounded just like... just like... a traditional "Bell 500"
>>> metal-on-metal clapper bell.
>>>
>>> I'm now using a Nokia, umm, something or another, which
>>> allows me to add one of these.
>>>
>>> Being way past my teenage years I have no idea whatsoever
>>> how to find this tone, and every search I've tried has led
>>> to even more confusion.
>>>
>>> Suggestions? Thanks muchly.
>
>The search term I used with Google to find the ringtone file named
>WesternElectric2500.mp3 was simply "bell 2500 ringtone". I did it
>again today and found the same URL reference(s). Just FYI.
>
>Given the way-too-long URL ...
>> [...]
>> so I copied the ringtone file and it's here:
>>
>> http://thadlabs.com/FILES/WesternElectric2500.mp3 [76KB]
>
>That's a free download in case it wasn't obvious. :-)
>
>I've also since learned that an MP3 is apparently the most common
>ringtone file format, but there are others. Though that ringtone works
>in my Motorola RAZR V3, the primary ringtone I use sounds more like a
>nuclear air raid warning alert -- I need(ed) something that's
>different from everything else and that could also be heard over the
>noise in a server room.
Now that one sounds "handy" (I can think of a number of 'excuses' :)
were is it available?
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:16:34 -0800
From: Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Message-ID: <6wJLm.24376$Wf2.12502@newsfe23.iad>
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> On Nov 11, 2:18 pm, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
>
>>It sounded just like... just like... a traditional "Bell 500"
>>metal-on-metal clapper bell.
>>Being way past my teenage years I have no idea whatsoever
>>how to find this tone, and every search I've tried has led
>>to even more confusion.
>
>
> I simply recorded a telephone ring to use.
>
> My old cellphone allowed me to record my own ring tone:
>
> 1) rang a plain telephone (a 302 to be precise),
> 2) recorded it ringing, (experiment with where to hold the
> cellphone),
> 3) saved the file,
> 4) Pointed to that file to be used as the ringtone.
>
> It was certainly not perfect, but better than the default tone.
>
> My new cellphone has a default ring tone that sounds like a modern
> (electronic) phone ringing, so that's good enough for me.
>
>
> To download a professional ringtone, one of the menu selections on the
> phone is "Get it Now!" or some fancy title. Click on that and follow
> the menu choices. I suggest doing it during offpeak hours as you may
> get charged for airtime. Yes, you will have to pay for it, so watch
> the prices and options carefully.
>
And, watch the ringtone scams that sign you up for a $9.95 recurring
charge to your wireless bill as a third-party "provider." It's the same
as the porn sites work except without the busty girls.
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:14:19 -0800
From: Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Google poised to become your phone company
Message-ID: <%tJLm.24373$Wf2.15355@newsfe23.iad>
John Mayson wrote:
> (Wired) -- Google is set to become your new phone company, perhaps
> reducing your phone bill to zilch in the process.
>
> Seriously.
>
> Google has bought Gizmo5, an online phone company that is akin to Skype
> but based on open protocols and with a lot fewer users. TechCrunch,
> which broke the news on Monday, reported that Google spent $30 million
> on the company.
>
> More here
> http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/13/google.phone.service/index.html
>
MY Vonage was out for most of the night recently because my cable went down.
Somehow, I don't think any of this stuff can come close to wireline for
emergency access reliability.
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:03:06 -0500
From: Telecom digest moderator <redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Pinch-Hitter needed for the digest [NFP]
Message-ID: <20091116140306.GA6574@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
I'm in the hospital, and I'm having surgery today.
The Digest will be off-line during my recovery unless one of the
readers can pinch-hit and approve posts. If you're available to
pinch-hit for a few days, please contact John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>.
Thanks for considering it.
Bill
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