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Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by erik_seaberg »

tarxvf wrote: post #47
kyriakos wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes I know what a pager is but was surprised the word is still in use.

The name will live on in "PagerDuty" at a minimum.

Before mobile phones and beepers, institutions would use a public address system to announce “paging dr. whoever.” Makes me wonder whether the word comes from sending a “page” (an errand boy) to go look for dr. whoever and bring him back.

I guess now “carrying the pager” is a metaphor like “copy and paste” (from the glue used in newspaper layout).

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by Jelmerta »

Merry Christmas! I have been lurking for years and never contributed myself. Nonetheless, I appreciate all the users and their productive discussions that make this site a joy to browse.

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by nightfly »

dredmorbius wrote: post #70
sneak wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pagers are still in use. They receive signals much better (UHF) than GSM two-way devices. https://americanmessaging.net/

Amazing range, and battery life (often weeks) as well. Not to mention being robust against all kinds of physical abuse, which may itself be a useful characteristic for an on-call comms unit.

More months than weeks

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by 0dayz »

Turning 1 year older nearly broke me,

There were lots of important things in life I couldn't see,

But I got a wonderful realization that set me free,

Oh how wonderful it is to let my actions be made by me!

Merry yuletide everyone!

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