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Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?
 
 

Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?
 
 

Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?
 
 

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Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?
 
 

With landlines if you are the receiver of a call there is a delay after you hang up the phone before the call is disconnected. The duration of the delay will vary depending on your telephone provider. It can be anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes before the call is disconnected after the receiver hangs up the phone if the caller keeps the line active. While it's possible that your phone provider disconnects after a few seconds, some providers may keep the call active for up to several minutes.
 
Keeping the call active after the receiver hangs up was originally intended as a feature to allow the receiver to answer a call and then hang up the receiver and pick it up again in another room of the house without the call disconnecting. For example you get a call and you answer it on the phone in the kitchen then realise it's somebody from work calling and you want to take the call in your office instead, you can hang up the kitchen handset and pick up the handset in the office without the call disconnecting. There's no delay when the caller hangs up because the caller is the one being billed for the call by the minute. It disconnects immediately when the caller hangs up so that the caller doesn't get billed for an extra few minutes if the receiver doesn't hang up.
 
The scam was more common a few years ago and in response to the scams [and fewer people using multiple landlines within the home negating the benefits of having a longer call clearing delay] many telephone providers have shortened their call clearing/call disconnect delay down to a few seconds.
Here's an article from 2015 which discusses BT (British Telecom) shortening their call clear delay from 3 minutes down to 10 seconds and then down to 2 seconds in response to the scams.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2015/11/bt-tweaks-uk-phone-call-clearing-procedure-again-to-stop-fraudster.html
 
 
The "call disconnect delay" scam was a real scam and it was somewhat common up until a few years ago, however it seems to be much less common recently likely due to many telephone providers shortening the call clearing delay in response to the scams as well as scammers moving on to more effective tactics. It is still worth being aware of the scam as even with a short call clearing delay of a few seconds there is still a delay and even just a few seconds can still be enough especially if you're in a panic and hang up the phone and immediately pick it up again to start dialling your bank. From the article above even when the call clearing delay was only 10 seconds the scam was still effective to the point where BT had to shorten it again.
If you're unaware of the call clearing delay your provider uses it's better to assume the call may still be active for up to a few minutes after hanging up.
 
 
ThioJoe has a good video detailing what the scam is and why the hangup delay exists.
 
And here's a news video about the scam which gives an explanation of how it works and has a victim sharing how they lost $20,000 to the scam.

I made the mistake of having a nap this evening and now I'm wide awake at 1:30am wondering if I should make the spaghetti bolognese I was planning on having for dinner or just having a snack.

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With landlines if you are the receiver of a call there is a delay after you hang up the phone before the call is disconnected. The duration of the delay will vary depending on your telephone provider. It can be anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes before the call is disconnected after the receiver hangs up the phone if the caller keeps the line active. While it's possible that your phone provider disconnects after a few seconds, some providers may keep the call active for up to several minutes.
 
Keeping the call active after the receiver hangs up was originally intended as a feature to allow the receiver to answer a call and then hang up the receiver and pick it up again in another room of the house without the call disconnecting. For example you get a call and you answer it on the phone in the kitchen then realise it's somebody from work calling and you want to take the call in your office instead, you can hang up the kitchen handset and pick up the handset in the office without the call disconnecting. There's no delay when the caller hangs up because the caller is the one being billed for the call by the minute. It disconnects immediately when the caller hangs up so that the caller doesn't get billed for an extra few minutes if the receiver doesn't hang up.
 
The scam was more common a few years ago and in response to the scams [and fewer people using multiple landlines within the home negating the benefits of having a longer call clearing delay] many telephone providers have shortened their call clearing/call disconnect delay down to a few seconds.
Here's an article from 2015 which discusses BT (British Telecom) shortening their call clear delay from 3 minutes down to 10 seconds and then down to 2 seconds in response to the scams.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2015/11/bt-tweaks-uk-phone-call-clearing-procedure-again-to-stop-fraudster.html
 
 
The "call disconnect delay" scam was a real scam and it was somewhat common up until a few years ago, however it seems to be much less common recently likely due to many telephone providers shortening the call clearing delay in response to the scams as well as scammers moving on to more effective tactics. It is still worth being aware of the scam as even with a short call clearing delay of a few seconds there is still a delay and even just a few seconds can still be enough especially if you're in a panic and hang up the phone and immediately pick it up again to start dialling your bank. From the article above even when the call clearing delay was only 10 seconds the scam was still effective to the point where BT had to shorten it again.
If you're unaware of the call clearing delay your provider uses it's better to assume the call may still be active for up to a few minutes after hanging up.
 
 
ThioJoe has a good video detailing what the scam is and why the hangup delay exists.
 
And here's a news video about the scam which gives an explanation of how it works and has a victim sharing how they lost $20,000 to the scam.

With landlines if you are the receiver of a call there is a delay after you hang up the phone before the call is disconnected. The duration of the delay will vary depending on your telephone provider. It can be anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes before the call is disconnected after the receiver hangs up the phone if the caller keeps the line active. While it's possible that your phone provider disconnects after a few seconds, some providers may keep the call active for up to several minutes.
 
Keeping the call active after the receiver hangs up was originally intended as a feature to allow the receiver to answer a call and then hang up the receiver and pick it up again in another room of the house without the call disconnecting. For example you get a call and you answer it on the phone in the kitchen then realise it's somebody from work calling and you want to take the call in your office instead, you can hang up the kitchen handset and pick up the handset in the office without the call disconnecting. There's no delay when the caller hangs up because the caller is the one being billed for the call by the minute. It disconnects immediately when the caller hangs up so that the caller doesn't get billed for an extra few minutes if the receiver doesn't hang up.
 
The scam was more common a few years ago and in response to the scams [and fewer people using multiple landlines within the home negating the benefits of having a longer call clearing delay] many telephone providers have shortened their call clearing/call disconnect delay down to a few seconds.
Here's an article from 2015 which discusses BT (British Telecom) shortening their call clear delay from 3 minutes down to 10 seconds and then down to 2 seconds in response to the scams.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2015/11/bt-tweaks-uk-phone-call-clearing-procedure-again-to-stop-fraudster.html
 
 
The "call disconnect delay" scam was a real scam and it was somewhat common up until a few years ago, however it seems to be much less common recently likely due to many telephone providers shortening the call clearing delay in response to the scams as well as scammers moving on to more effective tactics. It is still worth being aware of the scam as even with a short call clearing delay of a few seconds there is still a delay and even just a few seconds can still be enough especially if you're in a panic and hang up the phone and immediately pick it up again to start dialling your bank. From the article above even when the call clearing delay was only 10 seconds the scam was still effective to the point where BT had to shorten it again.
If you're unaware of the call clearing delay your provider uses it's better to assume the call may still be active for up to a few minutes after hanging up.
 
 
ThioJoe has a good video detailing what the scam is and why the hangup delay exists.
 
And here's a news video about the scam which gives an explanation of how it works and has a victim sharing how they lost $20,000 to the scam.

With landlines if you are the receiver of a call there is a delay after you hang up the phone before the call is disconnected. The duration of the delay will vary depending on your telephone provider. It can be anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes before the call is disconnected after the receiver hangs up the phone if the caller keeps the line active. While it's possible that your phone provider disconnects after a few seconds, some providers may keep the call active for up to several minutes.
 
Keeping the call active after the receiver hangs up was originally intended as a feature to allow the receiver to answer a call and then hang up the receiver and pick it up again in another room of the house without the call disconnecting. For example you get a call and you answer it on the phone in the kitchen then realise it's somebody from work calling and you want to take the call in your office instead, you can hang up the kitchen handset and pick up the handset in the office without the call disconnecting. There's no delay when the caller hangs up because the caller is the one being billed for the call by the minute. It disconnects immediately when the caller hangs up so that the caller doesn't get billed for an extra few minutes if the receiver doesn't hang up.
 
The scam was more common a few years ago and in response to the scams [and fewer people using multiple landlines within the home negating the benefits of having a longer call clearing delay] many telephone providers have shortened their call clearing/call disconnect delay down to a few seconds.
Here's an article from 2015 which discusses BT (British Telecom) shortening their call clear delay from 3 minutes down to 10 seconds and then down to 2 seconds in response to the scams.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2015/11/bt-tweaks-uk-phone-call-clearing-procedure-again-to-stop-fraudster.html
 
 
The "call disconnect delay" scam was a real scam and it was somewhat common up until a few years ago, however it seems to be much less common recently likely due to many telephone providers shortening the call clearing delay in response to the scams as well as scammers moving on to more effective tactics. It is still worth being aware of the scam as even with a short call clearing delay of a few seconds there is still a delay and even just a few seconds can still be enough especially if you're in a panic and hang up the phone and immediately pick it up again to start dialling your bank. From the article above even when the call clearing delay was only 10 seconds the scam was still effective to the point where BT had to shorten it again.
If you're unaware of the call clearing delay your provider uses it's better to assume the call may still be active for up to a few minutes after hanging up.
 
 
ThioJoe has a good video detailing what the scam is and why the hangup delay exists.
 
And here's a news video about the scam which gives an explanation of how it works and has a victim sharing how they lost $20,000 to the scam.

Mods keep changing the title of this thread and I can never find it. Only old frogs remember when this thread was about moderators on the forum.
 
Speaking of not being able to find posts... It's always really annoying whenever I find one spam reply in a thread then scroll up and find that there were more spam comments in the thread that went unnoticed for months. I just saw one spam reply that tried to hide spam links inside a quote from another reply, and the reply they were quoting was also spam. It's frustrating knowing that the only reason I found it was because I just happened to click on that thread to look at another comment. I really do wonder how much spam there is on the forum that has been missed.

Mods keep changing the title of this thread and I can never find it. Only old frogs remember when this thread was about moderators on the forum.
 
Speaking of not being able to find posts... It's always really annoying whenever I find one spam reply in a thread then scroll up and find that there were more spam comments in the thread that went unnoticed for months. I just saw one spam reply that tried to hide spam links inside a quote from another reply, and the reply they were quoting was also spam. It's frustrating knowing that the only reason I found it was because I just happened to click on that thread to look at another comment. I really do wonder how much spam there is on the forum that has been missed.

You literally can't hang-up on a scammer if you are using a landline (this is a feature not a bug).
On a recent WAN show they talked about how good some of the phone scams are getting. There suggested action was to hang up and call the bank or institution the call claims to be from. If you are on a land line this is not always an option. I got a scam call where they claimed issues with my bank or credit card account and instructed me to phone the number on the back of the card. I believe they then played a click sound followed by a dial tone sound that stopped when I started dialing. Even though I hung up the phone before dialing the number they did not hang up and forced the call with them to continue. It takes 2 minutes for hanging up the phone to actually end the call (on a landline). One test of this scam being used is to try to phone a friend first (who's voice you know).
This article provides more details.
https://www.consumerprotectionbc.ca/2021/10/caution-your-loved-ones-about-the-hang-up-delay-scam/
 

Went to the website. First thing I see is a fake limited time special offer countdown. Closing the page and opening it again in incognito mode resets the countdown to 20 minutes. Go through to the order page and it's showing the same fake limited time offer countdown but now it's counting down in deciseconds (seriously?)
When the countdown reaches 0 it simply removes the "Deal ends in" countdown element from the page but the same offer still shows.
 

 
 

 
These fake countdowns are used to trick prospective customers in to a false sense of urgency to push people to purchase on impulse without properly considering what they're subscribing to. If you need to rush customers to sign up before they think about it for a few minutes then it's probably a bad deal. I know LMG has taken issues with sponsors misleading customers with these fake countdowns in the past (cough Nord cough).
 
Using misleading pressure sales tactics along with the complaints about how difficult it is to cancel the subscription are pretty big red flags for me and gives me the impression that they're probably a pretty scummy company that I wouldn't buy from.

Thread locked. Posting for the sake of posting (such as those types of threads) is considered spam.  Please see the Off Topic posting guidelines:
 
First of all, ALL the items of the Community Standards apply to the Off-Topic section. The Off-Topic section is NOT for junk posts, SPAM, trolling and just any old thing. The Off-Topic section IS for productive threads that may not fall into one of the already laid out sections of the forum. At all times though, this is a tech centered and focused forum.

If it's a software issue then trying to brute force it with faster CPU probably won't help that much. What game is it? What CPU do you have?

You need to check what connectors each power supply comes with. This is usually displayed on the box and on the manufacturers website.

You need to check what connectors each power supply comes with. This is usually displayed on the box and on the manufacturers website.

My advice; Keep the bag you currently have. Use it till the wheels fall off so to speak and if you do ever have a problem with the bottom of the bag get it replaced under warranty. By the time you wear through the bottom of the bag (if ever) they'll hopefully have these issues fixed and the replacement bag you get would be good. If the single layer bottom bag you have never wears through with normal use then you avoided having to go through the hassle of exchanging the bag.

Accepting the $25 coupon doesn't mean you can't claim warranty if there's ever a problem with the bottom layer. It's just a little extra compensation on top.
 
 
Though, yeah. I would like to see the coupon expiry date extended at least a few more months.

That's 7 years old. The first two numbers in the serial number are the year it was made.

What phone do you currently have? How much does your phone plan cost per month? Is your phone plan just for the service or does the plan also include the device?
 
What's scoped storage?
As far as I know there's no date set for when 4G will be phased out. 3G is still being slowly phased out in some areas. As long as the phone supports 4G networks, which should basically be any flagship phone from the last 10 years, it will still operate for many years to come.
If you're worried about breaking your phone by doing dumb stuff to it, don't do dumb stuff to it.

That's 7 years old. The first two numbers in the serial number are the year it was made.