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JabberWokky — 2008-03-13 14:04:31

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- ------ - ''2008-03-05 12:54:42'' [[nbsp]] Did anyone count how many phone numbers in movies start with 555- ??? --145.64.134.224

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2008-03-09 21:53:13

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- ------ - ''2008-03-09 21:51:45'' [[nbsp]] When phones were dialed, there was a certain type of person who, impatient with the length of time it took the dial to rewind, would try to physically drag the dial back faster with their finger. The mechanism had a lot of resistance, and you couldn't influence it that much. It was a tribute to the ruggedness of the standard dial telephone, and the tolerances built into the pulse timing at the central office that these people didn't break their phones, and got the correct numbers. - - (The wide tolerances in the pulse timing also helped if you were going to try to dial numbers by rattling the switch hook, as described above) --209.204.181.86

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2008-03-09 21:51:45

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	+ ------ + ''2008-03-09 21:51:45'' [[nbsp]] When phones were dialed, there was a certain type of person who, impatient with the length of time it took the dial to rewind, would try to physically drag the dial back faster with their finger. The mechanism had a lot of resistance, and you couldn't influence it that much. It was a tribute to the ruggedness of the standard dial telephone, and the tolerances built into the pulse timing at the central office that these people didn't break their phones, and got the correct numbers. + + (The wide tolerances in the pulse timing also helped if you were going to try to dial numbers by rattling the switch hook, as described above) --209.204.181.86

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2008-03-05 12:54:42

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JabberWokky — 2008-03-04 18:16:59

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JabberWokky — 2008-03-04 18:16:32

What the skills being added and updated seem to qualify under.

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JabberWokky — 2008-02-25 19:41:25

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- ------ - ''2008-02-25 17:52:59'' [[nbsp]] In the movie _In and Out_, a bubbleheaded starlet is faced with a rotary phone, and pokes at it in frustration. It's the first indication I ever saw that there might be people who wouldn't know how to do that! --151.207.246.4

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2008-02-25 17:52:59

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JasonAller — 2008-02-22 04:43:37

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2008-02-22 02:02:32

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JabberWokky — 2008-02-18 07:33:48

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JabberWokky — 2008-02-18 02:42:42

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JabberWokky — 2008-02-18 02:41:23

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JabberWokky — 2008-02-18 02:39:42

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JasonAller — 2008-02-18 02:35:14

trying alternative

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JabberWokky — 2008-02-18 02:30:24

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JabberWokky — 2008-02-18 02:28:25

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JabberWokky — 2008-02-18 02:22:34

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JabberWokky — 2008-02-18 02:19:32

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JabberWokky — 2008-02-18 02:19:05

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JasonAller — 2008-02-17 22:01:23

pointers to requests for help (photo requests and seed pages list)

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JasonAller — 2008-02-17 19:17:32

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PhilipNeustrom — 2008-02-17 07:33:15

killed currently for brevity's sake

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JasonAller — 2008-02-17 06:54:26

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JasonAller — 2008-02-17 04:35:37

opening discussion about a logo and a favicon

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JasonAller — 2008-02-17 04:33:00

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WesHardaker — 2008-02-17 04:25:44

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JasonAller — 2008-02-17 04:18:11

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JasonAller — 2008-02-17 04:17:48

setting up so we can rotate featured skills, makes front page more colorful

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JasonAller — 2008-02-17 03:48:57

Moving quick start information to Quick Start Page

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JasonAller — 2008-02-17 03:24:42

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	+ + This wiki is based on [http://scobleizer.com/2008/02/16/obsolete-skills/ an idea] suggested by Robert Scoble.