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        NOTES ۲        an error or omission, please leave a note  
         in the county-wide NET202_BBSLIST echo or  
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                         800 NUMBER CHARGES                                  
                                                                             
    If you've always thought of 800 numbers as totally toll-free, be         
    aware that there are some now that aren't.  NZ9E says via packet         
    that a recent innovation in the telecommunications industry is the       
    "chargeable 800 number."                                                 
                                                                             
    Since most people tend to think that an 800 number is free to the        
    caller, the fact that many of these calls are now chargeable may be      
    a surprise.  In fact, I've heard that some people have encountered       
    charges for these calls at 10 times the normal rate.                     
                                                                             
    NZ9E says that if you are quoted a rate or charge figure for an 800      
    number call, hang up immediately or you're likely to be liable for       
    the charges.  True 800 numbers still cost you nothing, but be fore-      
    warned that everything is not always what it seems to be today.          
                                                                             
                          Amateur Radio Newsline #930 12 Jun 1995            

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   >> You are an idiot, and you're right about that, there is no cure.       
                                                                             
   > Come on, you know better than that.                                     
                                                                             
   What?  There is a cure????                                                
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         Software Engineering Glossary of Product Terminology  (A - E)       
                                                                             
                                   -- or --                                  
                                                                             
                   The world of computer terms as seen from                  
                           a Marketing point of view                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
    ALL NEW .................... The software is not compatible              
                                 with previous versions                      
                                                                             
    ADVANCED DESIGN ............ Upper management doesn't understand it      
                                                                             
    BREAKTHROUGH ............... It nearly booted on the first try           
                                                                             
    NEW ........................ Different colours from previous version     
                                                                             
    DESIGN SIMPLICITY .......... Developed on a shoe string budget           
                                                                             
    EXCLUSIVE .................. We're the only ones who have the            
                                 documentation                               

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   >>> Putting a cool stereo in a vehicle, playing it loud enough            
   >>> to draw attention of a thief, leaving the vehicle unlocked,           
   >>> and leaving is not entrapment.                                        
                                                                             
   >>  'Course not... that's stupidity.                                      
                                                                             
   >   Can he be cited for "Stupid in a No Stupid Zone"?                     
                                                                             
    Make that "Felony Stupid".                                               
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