From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06267138010 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:26:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CCD6121C04F; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:26:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from s-out-001.smtp25.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3DEF21C017 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:24:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-111-72.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.111.72]) by s-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id qA1GOpIf001572 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 12:24:51 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qA1GOo57015464 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 12:24:50 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: wireless dropping connections In-reply-to: <20121101172109.2903851b@khamul.example.com> References: <20121030132943.41800e1a@khamul.example.com> <20121101020736.0f389564@khamul.example.com> <201211010149.21290.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> <20121101172109.2903851b@khamul.example.com> Comments: In-reply-to Alan McKinnon message dated "Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:21:09 +0200." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.2 Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:24:50 -0400 Message-ID: <15463.1351787090@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 71.171.111.72 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-qA1GOpIf001572 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 0d1c3a21-d7d9-4d14-8f4d-700e156fb685 X-Archives-Hash: 9f758bf67fd9568741a48d4f7a548799 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 01:49:21 +0000 > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > On Thursday 01 November 2012 00:07:36 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > > that phone is the master base station for the other two slave > > > handsets. Unplug it, and the house phone stops working; this will > > > upset missus/daughter mightily as they can't speak to granny 10 time > > > a day anymore. [ don't ask, please don't ask :-) ] > > > > Ah, sympathy duly offered. > > > > Surely you could negotiate a period of a few minutes in which to > > conduct a test? At least then you'd know. > > > > I'd need a full day to do a reasonable test. > > I suppose I could just issue a decree: > > "Nov 3 shall now be known as No Phone Day"! Why not just forward the line to a cell phone for a few hours? -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com