Threatening drawings arrive in the mail, along with eerie, static-filled phone messages that suggest that Jimmy is being stalked.
But customers didn't agree: Static-ridden phone lines and thick-accented agents befuddled by questions that veered from their pre-approved scripts, showed the model had problems.
I have conducted calm interviews with people on the other side of the planet without concern for faulty, static-filled phone connections, impenetrable accents or topsy-turvy times of day.
The static on the phone cleared up.
These variations in fine motor movements may represent the nervous system's equivalent of a bit of static on a phone line: something that can't be completely controlled but is nothing to really worry about either.
Error correction, through redundancy and other tricks, copes with a certain amount of errant static over a phone line or interference in a radio transmission.But this wide-channel approach falls apart at extremely high data rates, as it requires near-perfect transmission conditions to achieve consistent performance.
Cell phone static MOBILE PHONE companies have been hot this year.
The next corner would have a display of patents, like "how to eliminate static on a phone line – 1947".
"Because it's a big lie," I blurted through the phone static.
In the few moments of solitude, that girl would write poetry, study, or wait by the front door for the arrival of a father who only existed in occasional static-laced transatlantic phone calls, brought to life via calling cards purchased with her spare change.
