Editing Talk:1072: Seventies

Can someone comment on the S-es in image's title text? I can read it, but don't know what they mean. Probably some old spelling.


Done [[User:Blaisepascal|Blaisepascal]] ([[User talk:Blaisepascal|talk]]) 16:52, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s

Answering machines certainly had been invented by the 1970s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answering_machine). The first practical commercial models started appearing in the 1960s and I had one that used an endless reel of magnetic tape in the 70s. [[User:Jonat|Jonat]] ([[User talk:Jonat|talk]]) 16:20, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Touch tone phones were certainly around in 1974, although dial phones were still prevalent. Touch Tone dialing was introduced in the late 60s (it was a sufficient novelty that if you visited someone with TouchTone, they'd show it off)  The "press 1" aspect came much later, with automatic voice response (AVR) systems, probably mid 80s, although dial phones were still in use ("or wait to be connected to an operator").  As noted by Jonat, answering machines with cassettes, loops, or reel to reel tapes were quite common in the 70s, as a result of the Carterfone decision allowing interconnection to the public switched system in the US.[[Special:Contributions/71.177.151.10|71.177.151.10]] 04:56, 22 January 2013 (UTC)Jim Lux

I've never encountered those "press 1 to leave a message"-type answering machines, only ones where it says: "[person you wanted to call] is not available at this moment. Please leave a message after the beep. *beep*". Maybe it's a US thing. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.231.223|108.162.231.223]] 11:59, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

: Most voicemail systems here in the US, you just leave a message after the beep, and press 1 at the end for more options afterward before sending your message (e.g., to delete it and re-record). Some answering machines, though, (like the one on my landline) let a caller choose from several mailboxes by pressing a mailbox number during the outgoing message (e.g., "To leave a message for Aaron, press 1. To leave a message for Bob, press 2.").  Most likely, Randall's just [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfFunny taking a small liberty to make the joke work]. --[[User:Aaron of Mpls|Aaron of Mpls]] ([[User talk:Aaron of Mpls|talk]]) 20:20, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
:: I've used a dial phone on those sorts of machines. Dialing "1" (or whatever number it was) worked fine, surprisingly. But evidently the person on the other end of the phone is baffled, and hasn't tried the obvious. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.6.128|162.158.6.128]] 20:44, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Why does [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1072:_Seventies&oldid=62864 this revision] say he has an incredulous look on his face, when he doesn't have a face? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.30|108.162.216.30]] 03:04, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
: I've seen many incredulous chins in my time, and that chin reeks of incredulity. [[User:Kev|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev|talk]]) 22:45, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Anyone care to comment on why the alttext starts the quote with a single quote (UK-style, "'") and ends with a double (US-style, '"')? Was that a thing in the 17th century? [[User:Hppavilion1|Hppavilion1]] ([[User talk:Hppavilion1|talk]]) 00:57, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

The image file seems to be missing here. Can someone look into it? [[User:RamenChef|RamenChef]] ([[User talk:RamenChef|talk]]) 13:39, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
:Thanks for bringing this up. The picture was removed in 2012. Maybe copyright.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:41, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

the title-text looks like 
"Wherefore this demonic inftrument? By what forcery does it produce fuch founds?"
:That is called a "long S" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.50|108.162.249.50]] 06:12, 10 June 2021 (UTC)