telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (02/01/90)
More special reference issues are planned for this weekend. I have a prefix table for two Canadian area codes which will be distributed; and I have a revised and up to date Country Code Listing, for international calls. These will be distributed probably Friday night or sometime Saturday. Patrick Townson
telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (04/14/90)
Two special issues of the Digest are planned for this weekend. You will receive them sometime Saturday evening or overnight Sunday morning most likely. In one, Peter J. Dotzau has provided us with a comprehensive listing of the Minitel dialup numbers (and the appropriate baud rates for each) throughout the world. Yes, the whole world. Most of you will find a local access number to use in trying out the Minitel service. In the other, John G. DeArmond takes considerable exception to the remarks of Larry Lippman, which appeared in this space last weekend. Here are just a few excerpts: >In this article, Larry the Lid, henceforth referred to as LL, ........ >wrote a scathing personal attack against me regarding an article I >had posted earlier describing my use of an infinity transmitter in >my first job with the government in the mid 70's. As if to >add credence to his story, he preceded this attack with an exposition >of his rather limited knowledge of the generic family of devices >referred to as "Infinity transmitters". ........ >LL concluded his post with a couple of paragraphs of pontificating >regarding my obvious violation of the law by using this fairy tale >device ........ >from the Ham Radio Database in some sort of effort to further discredit >me because of my age. ........ >And yet he makes a slanderous attack on my character. What a guy. ........ >So here we have a situation where a pompous ass named Larry Lippman >has decreed from his throne that a rather detailed description of >an infinity transmitter I used years ago was a lie simply because >HE had never heard of it. ........ >And finally to Pat The Moderator. Let's see if you precede this posting >with all the fanfare and glee you greeted Larry's with. After all, >fair's fair. >John De Armond, WD4OQC Of course I will! To me, glee is glee! Gimme a big stick and I'll always stir the pot. As the headline on the [Honolulu Advertiser] said on Saturday morning, December 6, 1941, the day ** before ** the 'surprise' bombing of Pearl Harbor, "Severe attack expected over weekend". You betcha! Give 'em hell, John. And so, with strains of Elgar's 'Pomp and Circumstance' in the background, I invite you to call again tomorrow for another edition of these pompous circumstances known as TELECOM Digest. Patrick Townson
TELECOM Moderator <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu> (08/12/90)
Following this issue of the Digest, two special issues will be sent, along with a third special mailing piece. Don K's article on Ship-to-Shore radio will be sent, and a copy of Len Rose's federal indictment, supplied by Mr. Rose. PT