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Some people are afraid to pick up the phone and call people, especially strangers.
I get that, it's difficult to introduce yourself and state the reason for calling.
Perhaps you're not even sure if you have the right person and you could make a fool out of yourself.
In my experience, hanging up the phone is a lot more awkward though.
"I'll create a ticket and a coworker will get back to you."
"Alright, thanks."
"Thank you."
"Thanks, have a nice day."
"Is there anything else I can do for you?"
"No, all is fine, thanks." (I thought that was clear...)
"Alright, thank you and have a nice day."
"Thanks, you have a nice day too." (I already said that)
"Thanks, bye." (how many more "thanks" are we going to exchange?)
"Thanks, see you later." (wait, I'll never actually see this person)
"Bye."
*grunting noises until someone hangs up*
Still, it beats emailing someone and waiting for days until you get an answer (if ever).
Luckily I don't have any problems with actually picking up the phone and calling people 
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That makes me think of the movie Telefon (1977) - IMDb[^]
where sleeper agents were activated by a phone call with the lines:
Quote: The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I can sleep
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I'm not sure I've seen it, but it does ring a bell.
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Sander Rossel wrote: it does ring a bell.
Are you sure that's not your phone...?
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Quote: He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
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Haha, agent Griff activated 
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if you didn't have a nice day, call back to raise another ticket??
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"Have a nice day."
"You can't tell me what to do."
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Just ask them if they want to go out on a date. They'll hang up fast enough. 
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A coworker did that with a recruiter once.
I sort of dared him and he actually did it
She never called back again
Shame too, she looked good (on her LinkedIn picture) 
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Shame the American system doesn't catch on elsewhere, where you simply hang up without saying anything or acknowledging it's the end of the call.
PS I get all of my knowledge of American culture from movies
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I actually once had a customer who did that.
Didn't say hi or bye, just stated his business and if he didn't like your answer he just hung up 
An actual phone call:
"Hi, this is [coworker] from [company]."
"Is [another coworker] there?"
"He is out at the moment, but maybe I ca..."
The client already hung up.
We only knew who he was because of number recognition
That was his regular way of phone conversations.
I've heard he's actually a pretty nice person from people who know him in person.
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That looks like a very British conversation
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Very Dutch though
Brits are worse.
"Hi, this is [name]."
"Hi [name], this is Sander."
"Hi Sander, how are you?" (not interested, just "polite")
"I'm good thanks, how are you?"
"What can I do for you, Sander?" (completely ignores my response, so much for being polite)
"I was actually hoping you could tell me about..." (whatever, I hope you choke on your fake-ass politeness a**hole)
OK, that last part isn't completely true, I just roll with it and know it's just a British formality
It's fun how different cultures work though
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Haha us Brits are just far too polite
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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I never liked Snow White much to be honest...
She's probably my least favorite Disney princess[^].
Now Jasmin and Belle are HAWT!
And also, they're all under aged and contrary to popular belief they're also cartoons that aren't real 
Or are they[^]?
So my point is that the evil witch is only the second most beautiful because all the other princesses weren't drawn back then
Of course we all know the real villain in the story is the prince for kissing Snow White without her explicit permission making it assault and rape.
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heh. Gods bless problematic disney cartoons.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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On the other side, I know way too many people who don't hesitate to call me when they are bored or need to complain about things that I have no control over. 
0: The missus always calls when there's a traffic jam.
1: My retired brother-in-law calls every afternoon because he says that I need a break. If I don't answer, he leaves a nice little voicemail that I have to erase...doesn't matter anyway as he will just keep calling back until I answer. Those are mostly one-sided conversations about bodily aches and pains, doctor's visits, kids, grandkids, and much self aggrandizing on his part. He also likes to include me on group texts which is extremely annoying.
2: A weekend co-worker who feels the need to review the copious notes she has left for me and then ramble on for 30 minutes about company gossip or her daughter's wedding.
3: Not phone related, but nonetheless, a retired neighbor that I make all efforts to avoid lest I get trapped in another mostly one-sided, mindless, long-winded conversation.
4: Not me, but my wife routinely gets several facetime calls every weekend from her widowed father-in-law, mostly to talk about his dates. (her mother passed away < 2 years ago) It's weird. He called while we were in the car last weekend. Somewhere in the long conversation he mentioned that he hadn't talked to #1 in this list in a while, then commented 'that's fine, all he wants to do is talk about himself anyway'. It took some self control not to mention that he was doing the exact same thing!  I bit my tongue!
Thanks! I'm glad I got that off my chest!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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With the level shifting out of the way, I think I have found a usable variant of the PIC32 to play with: Datasheet[^]
With 80 MHz it should be able to generate a video signal and address the graphics memory quick enough. I intend to use the PIC's internal RAM as double buffered graphics memory. The CPU can access it over the PMP/PSP feature. The resolution and color depth will not be very high anyway. An old 8 bit CPU can't handle very large video memory and maintain an acceptable frame rate.
Since the PIC also has a USB port, It could also be used to access a memory stick or to emulate an IDE port. It's program memory is also big enough ro implement a file system and take care of the access functions. The CPU simply requests the directory or a file and the PIC will load it into its memory, which can again be accessed over the PSP. The other way around, the CPU can write data into a buffer and then let the PIC do all the work of storing it in the file system. That's not cheating. The C64's disk drives worked in a similar way, only that they used a serial connection and the controller boards in the drives were less capable than the PIC while being somewhat larger.
There is only one big question left: I planned to build a simple single board computer and hook up it's bus to a breadboard. This way I could expand the computer one step at a time without soldering and have boards made when everything was worked out.
Now, how can I do some prototyping with these PICs?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: Now, how can I do some prototyping with these PICs?
There are quite a few companies out there offering PIC prototype boards, which "break out" the pic pins to external headers you can wire up: pic prototype boards - Google Search[^]
They aren't generally expensive, and they will be an order of magnitude more reliable than a wire-wrap solution.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Selfish nut provides bad service. (4, 4)
Apologies for the delay, my allergies have been acting up.
Perhaps the clue is still too difficult... Should I edit to make the solution easier?
Alright so here's another clue.
United measures wine, divided is a pub. (4, 4)
Hog's Head.
modified 11-Sep-19 8:27am.
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Is this another Harry Potter spell name?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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No, but it is still related to Harry Potter. As suggested yesterday I've expanded the theme.
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