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Offline Sandwich

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on: February 24, 2005, 06:44:51 am
As many of you know, I'm in IDF reserves at the moment (until March 2nd). But, what most of you probably don't know is that this very moment as I type this, I am sitting in a guard tower north of Jerusalem. I have an IBM laptop in my lap, with a USB Bluetooth dongle sticking out the back. My cellphone is connected to the laptop via the abovementioned Bluetooth dongle, thus enabling me to surf wirelessly.

All fine and relatively standard so far.

A few minutes ago, my phone rang - a friend from my unit called me about something or another. It rang once, and then I heard his voice coming out of a loudspeaker. Now, this was confusing because my particular model cellphone, a Sony Ericsson T630, doesn't have a loudspeaker.

It took me a moment to realize that the voice was coming out of the laptop's speakers, and my voice was being carried to him via the laptop's built-in mic. And all the while, I was still connected to the net, chatting away on Trillian with some friends.

Technology.... :eek:
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #1 on: February 24, 2005, 06:46:17 am
Sweet.
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Reply #2 on: February 24, 2005, 06:46:57 am
HOLY ****! What just happened to our sigs?

Edit: OKat that was weird, for a second all that was in our sigs was ":vbscript::vbscript::vbscript::vbscript:.... and so on"
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Reply #3 on: February 24, 2005, 06:48:00 am
Hehe, dongle.
 

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Reply #4 on: February 24, 2005, 06:48:15 am
Yeah, I saw that too. My siggy was all:

[q]vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :vbscript :namic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30512" target="_blank">Goob's in a bad mood...[/q]
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #5 on: February 24, 2005, 07:08:38 am
Coolio. Glad to know you're safe, too. :)
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Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #6 on: February 24, 2005, 12:54:46 pm
Rather interesting. And also, congratulations on destroying the formatting of the board.
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Reply #7 on: February 24, 2005, 01:57:20 pm
yay

and good choice of cell phone, there.
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Reply #8 on: February 24, 2005, 06:49:58 pm
Thats nice...  I wish my tech worked together like that!
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Reply #9 on: February 24, 2005, 07:02:46 pm
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf
And also, congratulations on destroying the formatting of the board.


Oh, is it like that for everyone? I thought it was just me viewing things on a 800x600 screen. Fixed. I think.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #10 on: February 24, 2005, 07:07:15 pm
Dude, that rocks. I want.
 

Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #11 on: February 25, 2005, 05:38:05 pm
The formatting is still screwed up on all resolutions between 800x600 and 1280x1024.
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Reply #12 on: February 25, 2005, 05:41:32 pm
Kewlzor.

Hey sandwich do you have a digicam handy?
Are you able to take a pic of the view in the tower? :)
 

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Reply #13 on: February 25, 2005, 06:11:58 pm
*waits for sandwich to be arrested for treason*
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Reply #14 on: February 25, 2005, 06:35:52 pm
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Kewlzor.

Hey sandwich do you have a digicam handy?
Are you able to take a pic of the view in the tower? :)


I'll try to remember to take one tomorrow afternoon. :)
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #15 on: February 25, 2005, 09:08:43 pm
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Hehe, dongle.

Hehe, diaria.
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Reply #16 on: February 25, 2005, 09:10:28 pm
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Hehe, diaria.


Hey Lois. Diahrea.
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Reply #17 on: February 25, 2005, 09:13:26 pm
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I'll try to remember to take one tomorrow afternoon. :)


Yay. Can't wait! :D
 

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Reply #18 on: February 25, 2005, 09:15:23 pm
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Hey Lois. Diahrea.


Hey, Superman. Diarrhea.

:D
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #19 on: February 25, 2005, 09:16:08 pm
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Hey Lois. Diahrea.


Hehe, Peter.

Oh, and "the life of the wife is ended with the knife."
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