The old system would disable the dial if no coin was deposited, however,
the hook switch (rest) would still pulse the line. When the handset was
lifted a resistance was put across the line allowing current to flow. At
this point the line would supply dial tone and listen for dial pulses. The
stro
On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 13:34:04 -0500, Bob Bridges wrote:
>That's a new one on me. How did tapping instead of dialing save you the
>fourpence? I'd have thought that whatever allowed the call to go through a)
>didn't know the difference between tapping and dialing, and b) wouldn't go
>without bei
That's a new one on me. How did tapping instead of dialing save you the
fourpence? I'd have thought that whatever allowed the call to go through a)
didn't know the difference between tapping and dialing, and b) wouldn't go
without being paid.
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Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 3
sage --
> From: "Mitch Mccluhan" <005d889cebf0-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>
> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu
> Sent: 28-Feb-20 12:05:35
> Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as
> placeholder]
>
> > Boomer?
> >
> >
List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of
Doug [d...@bkassociates.net]
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Boomers code better anyway.
Doug Fuerst
718.921.2620 (O)
917
Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as
placeholder]
On Feb 28, 2020, at 12:21 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
>
> Guys, on the matter of French spacing (as with the Oxford comma) neither side
> can legitimately argue that the debate is over. It's just not true that th
Gilmartin [000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu]
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:43:11 +, Pew, Curtis G wrote:
>...
>I learned th
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:43:11 +, Pew, Curtis G wrote:
>...
>I learned the two-space rule when I started typing on my
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:53:36 -0500, Bob Bridges wrote:
>
>And I remember first discovering by experiment that all a rotary phone does is
>put a counted number of clicks onto the line - and that I could "dial" a
>number equally well by just tapping on the receiver to simulate the clicks.
>...
>
I'm just barely old enough to remember that my childhood telephone number was
like that, something like "Barrymore 7-1234" where "Barrymore" indicated the
first two numbers of the exchange. Long gone, that convention.
And I remember first discovering by experiment that all a rotary phone does i
Maybe my problem is hereditary! My mom in La Mirada, California still
has a working rotary dial phone hanging on the wall. I believe it
doesn't even belong to her - they probably add a few dollars to the bill
for rent. Printed in the center of the dial is the phone number, "LA-1
" which
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:12:53 -0600, Mike Schwab wrote:
>Well, how about a rotary dial cell phone?
>https://gizmodo.com/someone-built-a-distraction-free-cellphone-with-a-worki-1841636089
>
There are limitations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=updE5LVe6tg
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> > Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:49 am
> > Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as
> > placeholder]
> >
> > Boomer :)
> >
> > On 2/28/2020 7:40 AM, Mitch Mccluhan wrote:
> >>I VOTE FOR 2 SP
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:43:11 +, Pew, Curtis G wrote:
>...
>I learned the two-space rule when I started typing on my mom’s Selectric back
>in the 70s, but I’ve gotten out of the habit now that word processors usually
>reformat my input in any case.
>
Vim is an idiot. It prefers:
Dr.
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> > From: Joel C. Ewing
> > To: IBM-MAIN
> > Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:26 am
> > Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as
> > placeholder]
> >
> > This is a sentence ending with one space. This is
Is it, really? I'm usually a good speller, but I guess I've been doing that
one wrong since I first read "The Hobbit".
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On Feb 28, 2020, at 12:21 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
>
> Guys, on the matter of French spacing (as with the Oxford comma) neither side
> can legitimately argue that the debate is over. It's just not true that the
> consensus has established "the rule"; you'll find, rather, a significant body
> of
Guys, on the matter of French spacing (as with the Oxford comma) neither side
can legitimately argue that the debate is over. It's just not true that the
consensus has established "the rule"; you'll find, rather, a significant body
of thought on both sides. I've had to settle back and agree to
Baby-boomer, I presume he means. Born during the '50s, mostly.
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/* Westheimer's Discovery: A couple of months in the laboratory can save a
couple of hours in the library. -Frank H Westheimer, chemistry professor
(1912- ) */
-Origi
-Original Message-
From: Tom Brennan
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:49 am
Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as
placeholder]
Boomer :)
On 2/28/2020 7:40 AM, Mitch Mccluhan wrote:
I VOTE FOR 2 SPACES!!! Is that loud enough? It has ALWA
ter periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as
placeholder]
Boomer?
-Original Message-
From: Tom Brennan
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:49 am
Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as
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Boomer :)
On 2/28/2020 7:40 AM, Mitch Mccl
Boomer?
-Original Message-
From: Tom Brennan
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:49 am
Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as
placeholder]
Boomer :)
On 2/28/2020 7:40 AM, Mitch Mccluhan wrote:
> I VOTE FOR 2 SPACES!!! Is that loud eno
Boomer :)
On 2/28/2020 7:40 AM, Mitch Mccluhan wrote:
I VOTE FOR 2 SPACES!!! Is that loud enough? It has ALWAYS made reading,
easier.
Mitch
-Original Message-
From: Joel C. Ewing
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:26 am
Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE
I VOTE FOR 2 SPACES!!! Is that loud enough? It has ALWAYS made reading,
easier.
Mitch
-Original Message-
From: Joel C. Ewing
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:26 am
Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as
placeholder]
This is a sentence
This is a sentence ending with one space. This is a sentence ending with
two spaces. My email client is supposedly using a proportional,
variable width font, and the typical smaller width used for a space
character tends to make sentences merge together visually when only a
single space is use
The rule now is 1 space after a period.
Two spaces after a period was the rule on a typewriter, because the fonts
weren't proportional, they were monospace. This led to uneven spacing of
words on paper, so two spaces was the rule.
Nowadays, on a computer, the fonts are proportional. For instance
Vs e e cummings.
https://cummingsatsilverlake.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/cummingscartoon.jpg
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 9:55 PM David Spiegel wrote:
>
> *JRR Tolkien
>
>
>
> On 2020-02-27 22:43, Bob Bridges wrote:
> > I think most people spell that without any spaces at all, ie "i.e.". Also
> >
As a Yorkshireman, two spaces is a waste of paper :)
Then there's the tale of the Scotsman and the pins in an early stock
control system.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 4:01 PM zMan wrote:
> It's considered "old" because it's how people were taught to type on
> typewriters, so the theory is "If you do
It's considered "old" because it's how people were taught to type on
typewriters, so the theory is "If you do this, you learned back when people
learned on typewriters, which makes you old". In any case, it's not
considered standard any more: style guides eschew it.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 10:44 P
*JRR Tolkien
On 2020-02-27 22:43, Bob Bridges wrote:
I think most people spell that without any spaces at all, ie "i.e.". Also "e.g.". Me, I eschew periods in abbreviations that
are common enough; "ie", "eg", "Mr", "Dr", "JRR Tolkein" and so on. I add them to my dictionary so
spell-check
I think most people spell that without any spaces at all, ie "i.e.". Also
"e.g.". Me, I eschew periods in abbreviations that are common enough; "ie",
"eg", "Mr", "Dr", "JRR Tolkein" and so on. I add them to my dictionary so
spell-check doesn't get annoyed. (Spell-check always believes me, sm
Single space after a period if not end of sentence. I. E. abbreviations.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 2:59 PM Paul Gilmartin
<000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:48:44 -0500, Steve Smith wrote:
>
> >Thanks for another reminder I'm "really old" :-). The ru
On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:48:44 -0500, Steve Smith wrote:
>Thanks for another reminder I'm "really old" :-). The rule, btw, is two
>spaces at the end of a sentence. And I think it makes at least as much
>sense for proportional fonts as mono. You can (and I do) have Word check
>to make sure they're
Thanks for another reminder I'm "really old" :-). The rule, btw, is two
spaces at the end of a sentence. And I think it makes at least as much
sense for proportional fonts as mono. You can (and I do) have Word check
to make sure they're always there...
sas
...
>
>
> P.S. I've heard that you
metz3
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(ROFLOL) I resemble that remark! Two spaces after every period that ends a
sentence was the ironclad rule they taught us in high school typing class on
those old manual typewriters, and it still makes sense today!
Two spaces after periods makes paragraphs typed in the monospace fonts (yay for
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