This setting reminds me of a rural commute from big cities into satellite communities. When you turn on the traffic lights this is almost exactly like a residential intersection on a feeder highway heading out of town.
The only difference here is the traffic lights seem to predict traffic better than in the real world. In the real world red lights constantly back up traffic and it takes about two hours to get home because you're waiting on poorly timed lights and accordion driving patterns.
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(Hint: Read up on SS7 sometime. Good luck making a call without it.)
MF signalling is still in widespread usage in the US and Canada. R2 bidirectional signalling is still used throughout the world. It is quite possible to make telephone calls without using SS7 at all. MF is a bitch to troubleshoot when calls fail but it is still out there... I chase calls that leave the SS7 world all the time.
"if you're inside when you call, many times it won't get your location even close to where you are."
Prey tell, worker in the cell phone industry...
How in the hell does being inside or outside change the relative ESZ reported to the PSAP by the cellular tower?
The cell site (or landline switch it translates through) provides the 10-digit callback number of your unit and the specific cell vector info to the PSAP long before you even talk to a human.
If that 10-digit number isn't available to the PSAP the responder almost immediatly asks "What is your location?"
It is perfectly logical to dial 911 from any cell phone providing wireless E911 services. If you ARE truthfully dealing with WSP E911 services and don't know this sort of thing...
Please, please, please tell us where you work so we can pick an alternate service provider with E911 service that actually works!
You've obviously never been on a construction site. The illiterate framer started as an apprentice with a gruff incharge who said "That's not how I fucking showed you how to do that!" anytime the gronk did anything wrong.
Gronks don't need to read instructions because they get the equivalent of books on tape.
Circular saws are NOT intuitive. If you've never used a circular saw before you couldn't even begin to understand the concept of kickback.
Lots of people hurt themselves with power tools by not even knowing the directions.
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This setting reminds me of a rural commute from big cities into satellite communities. When you turn on the traffic lights this is almost exactly like a residential intersection on a feeder highway heading out of town.
The only difference here is the traffic lights seem to predict traffic better than in the real world. In the real world red lights constantly back up traffic and it takes about two hours to get home because you're waiting on poorly timed lights and accordion driving patterns.
MF signalling is still in widespread usage in the US and Canada. R2 bidirectional signalling is still used throughout the world. It is quite possible to make telephone calls without using SS7 at all. MF is a bitch to troubleshoot when calls fail but it is still out there... I chase calls that leave the SS7 world all the time.
"if you're inside when you call, many times it won't get your location even close to where you are."
Prey tell, worker in the cell phone industry...
How in the hell does being inside or outside change the relative ESZ reported to the PSAP by the cellular tower?
The cell site (or landline switch it translates through) provides the 10-digit callback number of your unit and the specific cell vector info to the PSAP long before you even talk to a human.
If that 10-digit number isn't available to the PSAP the responder almost immediatly asks "What is your location?"
It is perfectly logical to dial 911 from any cell phone providing wireless E911 services. If you ARE truthfully dealing with WSP E911 services and don't know this sort of thing...
Please, please, please tell us where you work so we can pick an alternate service provider with E911 service that actually works!
You've obviously never been on a construction site. The illiterate framer started as an apprentice with a gruff incharge who said "That's not how I fucking showed you how to do that!" anytime the gronk did anything wrong.
Gronks don't need to read instructions because they get the equivalent of books on tape.
Circular saws are NOT intuitive. If you've never used a circular saw before you couldn't even begin to understand the concept of kickback.
Lots of people hurt themselves with power tools by not even knowing the directions.
Even something as simple as unplugging a tool before changing blades doesn't occur to some people.
http://www.handctr.com/powersawsafetytips.htm
Why else would this site exist?
Even better reading! The "Constitution Of The United States Of America!"
Enlisted soldiers DO swear to support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.
First hard target? CNN. Lock and load.