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Other Stuff That Has Little To Do With PLA => Phones in the News => Topic started by: rbcp on August 29, 2007, 03:40:39 PM
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from http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus29aug29,0,2466396,full.column?coll=la-home-center (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus29aug29,0,2466396,full.column?coll=la-home-center)
It's the end of time, at least as far as AT&T is concerned.
The brief note in customers' bills hardly does justice to the momentousness of the decision. "Service withdrawal," it blandly declares. "Effective September 2007, Time of Day information service will be discontinued."
What that means is that people throughout Southern California will no longer be able to call 853-1212 to hear a woman's recorded voice state that "at the tone, Pacific Daylight Time will be . . ." with the recording automatically updating at 10-second intervals.
"Times change," said John Britton, an AT&T spokesman. "In today's world, there are just too many other ways to get this information. You can look at your cellphone or your computer. You no longer have to pick up the telephone."
Indeed, time already has stopped in 48 other states, he said. California and Nevada are the two remaining holdouts.
This is a really long article and I won't post it all here. But you should click here (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus29aug29,0,2466396,full.column?coll=la-home-center) and read the whole thing. It's really interesting. To hear the time recording, dial 310-853-1212.
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FUCK BRAD YOU ARE WORSE THAN SIDEPOCKET! FUCKING HIPOCRITE!
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SHUT UP OR I'LL BAN YOU BECAUSE I'M DRUNK WITH POWER!
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NOT IF I BAN YOU FIRST MOTHERFUCKER! I AM GOING TO RULE YOUR SITE BECAUSE I AM AN ELITE HACKER!
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WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?