Usual Telephone Lines posts
The Wall Street Journal Spring break for hundreds of thousands of Delta Air Lines passengers was disrupted by thunderstorms in Atlanta. At the root of 4,000 canceled flights: telephone busy signals.
What Caused an Epic Meltdown at Delta
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The airline’s internal investigation blames jammed phone lines for cascading problems. After pilots and crews got busy signals, they didn’t know where to go. The Middle Seat has the changes to come before the summer.
107 months ago
MSN News
Robocaller bait: Your old, recycled phone numbers
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Thousands of telephone lines sit on a Federal Trade Commission “honeypot” computer, answering and trapping incoming calls, and capturing caller IDs and voice recordings. Many of the telephone numbers used in this technological trap were aba Read more ... ndoned by consumers because they were flooded by illegal ...
107 months ago
The Economist Reading between the lines: A woman peers at books in a decommissioned red telephone box in London, England on January 4th 2017. Sebastian Handley bought the disused red K2 model for just £1 from British Telecom, on behalf of the Brockley Society, to Read more ... become London's smallest library. More and more telephone kiosks are being put to inventive uses by members of the public, from miniature art galleries and coffee shops to pint-sized pubs. Credit: EPA/Facundo Arrizabalaga
Instagram photo by The Economist • Jan 4, 2017 at 5:11pm UTC
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110 months ago
Huffington Post UK A row over timed toilet breaks could make you late for work tomorrow.
If You Use The Hammersmith And City And Circle Lines Then Start Making Alternative Plans
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TFL is warning the District and Piccadilly lines will also be busier than usual.
114 months ago
Life.com On this day in 1914, the transcontinental telephone service began with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco.
See Photos of Telephone Operators Through the Decades
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On this day in 1878, the first female telephone operator started work at a dispatch company in Boston
116 months ago
Mashable - Tech The NSA can see a LOT from telephone metadata.
How researchers identified a heart condition using telephone metadata and search engines alone
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Telephone metadata can reveal a lot more than you think.
118 months ago
CBS News You may have noticed that TSA security lines are longer than usual, and they're only expected to get worse.
119 months ago
Life.com On this day in 1878, Emma Nutt became the first-ever female telephone operator.
See Photos of Telephone Operators Through the Decades
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On this day in 1878, the first female telephone operator started work at a dispatch company in Boston
127 months ago
Alex Maffei 2.12.15 I was made a tacky quaker in flushing, localized in other zones by an interviewer on unomattina italian government connected tv rai currently run by nazifascit concealed lega, coalescing me with too far gone into fascism and crime estranged Read more ... family, as usual, false arrest as usual, would be -slave- in a world busy defining a new gender category and of next door ? who want me to generate their spunk as usual, or not do anything but listen to their abuse until I go completely schizophrenic as usual, as usual, as usual. i report : - til it.s over.
134 months ago