Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Real Bev Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:50:05 -0700 Organization: None, as usual Lines: 66 Message-ID: References: <1w4pvoyf4iu0k.6b8awc049ol6$.dlg@40tude.net> <3h7eckxatm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:50:07 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f851770f69c20cb5fd406c53cfd2cc4a"; logging-data="2576297"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19BNt/pxhynXTSB5BHIJlRUdjhNOed3qW4=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0 Thunderbird/68.12.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:KWGsX4VvBm7qruXrmZTgXEum+uk= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3912 On 3/15/24 11:21 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote: > Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2024-03-15 14:40, J=F6rg Lorenz wrote: >> > On 15.03.24 14:04, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> >> On 2024-03-15 13:49, J=F6rg Lorenz wrote: >> >>> On 15.03.24 12:34, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> >>>> On 2024-03-15 07:42, J=F6rg Lorenz wrote: >> >>>>> On 14.03.24 21:13, Carlos E.R. wrote: > [...] >> >>>>>> It is so in his country, to my understanding. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> The Swiss I know have a tendency to think that the changes appl= ied in >> >>>>>> their country have also been applied elsewhere :-D >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Like no TV over the air. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Very Old Style! We use satellite or fibre-based IP-TV. More=20 >> >>>>> reliable and >> >>>>> much better quality. >> >>>> >> >>>> Tsk, tsk. Actually, in Spain, some channels transmit in better qu= ality >> >>>> over the air than via fibre. Just a fact, they do. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> BTW: Classical TV is a thing of the past. >> >>>> >> >>>> I know you would say that. But it is not classical TV over here, = it is >> >>>> digital, and it is going strong. >> >>> >> >>> You do not know what classical TV is: Linear TV. Has nothing to do= with >> >>> digital or not. >> >> >> >> Analog TV over the air is dead here; it is probably what you call >> >> "linear TV". Digital TV broadcasted over the air, which is somethin= g you >> >> Swiss do not have and probably did not even seriously tried, is >> >> flourishing. >> >=20 >> > You really do not understand linear TV and modern TV concepts at all= =2E >> >=20 >> > For your: https://www.vplayed.com/blog/what-is-linear-tv/ >>=20 >> Maybe because it is a concept used only by you. Instead of insulting, = >> you could start the conversation by describing it. >=20 > Exactly! His term "classical TV" didn't mean a thing to me, way too > ambiguous. OTOH, I knew what "linear TV" means. Is it the opposite of logarithmic TV? I've been watching it since 1948=20 or so and I've never heard that term. OTA? >> Now that I know what you mean, I say "no, it is not a thing of the pas= t,=20 >> except in Switzerland", which is what I said initially. >=20 --=20 Cheers, Bev The early bird gets the worm, the second mouse gets the cheese.