No longer relevant pro tip - an extra pair was typically left at the incoming service, which was used for testing. It worked as a second line and didn’t interupt the main pair, allowing for a functionally free second phone line (that didnt have incoming service).
Perfect for modem use!
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You tell we’re all old as fuck Millennials, because nobody else would make this joke. Lol.
k0e3@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I can’t even explain dial up modems to my son because I’d have to start by explaining what phone lines are.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I had a Gen Z person ask me how I got a “3D printer save button” when I had a floppy disk for some reason.
ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Indeed.
“…you must first invent the universe”.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It wasn’t about the lines. It was always about the switches. And while they are no longer actual hardware, but rather software, those are still the what makes phones work.
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I think that’s a big part of why I like lemmy.
There are plenty of tech-savvy critical thinkers in the younger generations, but the naïveté, tech illiteracy, and lack of critical thinking ability of the average internet commenter / poster is appalling.
I’ve seen it just get worse and worse.
The internalized self censorship, the laissez faire attitude towards digital privacy, just pure fucking idiocy.
Wake me up when September ends.
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sorry friend, it is Eternal.
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 4 weeks ago
I am 26 and this is my childhood too.