trebor@uunet.uu.net (Robert J Woodhead) (08/26/90)
In article <11239@accuvax.nwu.edu> cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) writes: >I found that calls to Kuwait (country code 965) are being intercepted >with message "914-1T": "Due to an emergency situation in the country >you are calling, your call cannot be completed at this time. Please >try your call again later." At the risk of an awful joke, the intercept message could have been: "We're sorry, but the country you have called is no longer in service. Please watch CNN, and then dial again..." Robert J Woodhead, Biar Games, Inc. !uunet!biar!trebor trebor@biar.UUCP [Moderator's Note: That is funny ... but it is *not* funny, if you get my drift. Thanks to modern telecommunications, the mid-east crisis will be the first 'war' -- or police action, or whatever -- to be broadcast live to the world on television. In the second war and during the Korean operation we got the newsreels at the Forum Theatre downtown; during Vietnam we had coverage on the television; now we get live press conferences from both sides, and when the big weapons start firing (and don't you think they will soon?), CNN will be there live to show it all, from first shot to final surrender. Maybe someone will start a 900 number you can call to listen for five minutes at a time. Let's hope for a peaceful solution soon. PAT]