Silliness What is Evil Incarnate? - Page 8

vivaldirules · 09-20-2008, 08:52 PM

Ha ha! Now I resemble that remark. My ringtone's a Dylan song. I decided to have something that I was certain was unique - no question about it being someone else's phone ringing. Usually it's The Times They Are A'changin' but sometimes I switch to All Along the Watchtower. As I tell my colleagues when it rings, it's never a good time when Dylan sings.

nekokami · 09-20-2008, 10:57 PM

I went with a very plain ringing sound... and I can always recognize it when it's my phone, because everyone else has goofy tunes.

zelda_pinwheel · 09-20-2008, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

I went with a very plain ringing sound... and I can always recognize it when it's my phone, because everyone else has goofy tunes.

hee ! me too. mine is the phone that actually sounds like a phone.

montsnmags · 09-20-2008, 11:27 PM

LLama Song - I've never heard another phone with it, and I don't really give a fat rat's manky clacker what anyone else thinks of it.

vivaldirules · 09-21-2008, 12:23 AM

A fat rat's manky clacker?

llama llama duck!

RWood · 09-21-2008, 01:26 AM

True evil is Times New Roman!

Cookie Monster · 09-21-2008, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by RWood

True evil is Times New Roman!

Don't forget its sans serif fraternal twin Arial/Helvetica

zelda_pinwheel · 09-21-2008, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by RWood

True evil is Times New Roman!

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Originally Posted by Cookie Monster

Don't forget its sans serif fraternal twin Arial/Helvetica

no no no !!! you've got it all wrong. it's comic sans.

RWood · 09-21-2008, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

no no no !!! you've got it all wrong. it's comic sans.

No, according to the Font Conference first referenced at MR by Madam Broshkina, Comic Sans is the hero that saved Courier and his daughter from the clutches of Ransom.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 09-21-2008, 10:53 AM

I found a sonar ping for my phone. You should see everyone in earshot look around in surprise, like they're concerned the room they're in is about to be depth-charged.

My wife wanted something seriously unique for her phone... at her request, I set her up with the fight scene music from the Star Trek "Amok Time" episode! Now that generates looks! (I have it on my phone, too, but I don't have the stones to use it!)

nekokami · 09-21-2008, 11:01 AM

I would consider the Star Trek communicator noise, or a bosun's whistle. But I really don't like having things that make noise in my environment. I generally operate computers with the sound turned off, and when I carried a pager, I had it set to vibrate. (Though that can make quite a racket if you leave it on a metal filing cabinet!)

In the case of the cell phone, I've solved the problem by not giving anyone the number.

RWood · 09-21-2008, 11:13 AM

My cell phone came with a default set of five rings and no way to change it from that base set. I am generally the only one that has a phone that sounds like a phone.

Patricia · 09-21-2008, 05:29 PM

My mobile phone sounds like an old-fashioned phone. I've only given the number to my family and very close friends.
And mostly, it's turned off. I get enough trouble with students' phones ringing during lectures, without mine going off as well.
(I stop the lecture and look at the offender until he blushes. If he shows any sign of wanting to take the call I say, "Tell them that we're busy." I rarely have to do this twice with the same student.)

Cookie Monster · 09-21-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

no no no !!! you've got it all wrong. it's comic sans.

Times New Roman and Arial/Helvetica are evil incarnate because they are everywhere. They don't look particularly good either.

Comic sans has its uses. What other font would people use to advertise the office christmas party?

RickyMaveety · 09-21-2008, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

I found a sonar ping for my phone. You should see everyone in earshot look around in surprise, like they're concerned the room they're in is about to be depth-charged.

My wife wanted something seriously unique for her phone... at her request, I set her up with the fight scene music from the Star Trek "Amok Time" episode! Now that generates looks! (I have it on my phone, too, but I don't have the stones to use it!)

Oh, I think a sonar ping would be rather nice. I, of course, now have the first few bars of the Llama Song for my ring tone.

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09-20-2008, 08:52 PM	#106
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Ha ha! Now I resemble that remark. My ringtone's a Dylan song. I decided to have something that I was certain was unique - no question about it being someone else's phone ringing. Usually it's The Times They Are A'changin' but sometimes I switch to All Along the Watchtower. As I tell my colleagues when it rings, it's never a good time when Dylan sings.

09-20-2008, 10:57 PM	#107
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I went with a very plain ringing sound... and I can always recognize it when it's my phone, because everyone else has goofy tunes.

09-20-2008, 11:27 PM	#109
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	LLama Song - I've never heard another phone with it, and I don't really give a fat rat's manky clacker what anyone else thinks of it.

09-21-2008, 12:23 AM	#110
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	A fat rat's manky clacker? llama llama duck!

09-21-2008, 01:26 AM	#111
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	True evil is Times New Roman!

09-21-2008, 10:53 AM	#115
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	I found a sonar ping for my phone. You should see everyone in earshot look around in surprise, like they're concerned the room they're in is about to be depth-charged. My wife wanted something seriously unique for her phone... at her request, I set her up with the fight scene music from the Star Trek "Amok Time" episode! Now that generates looks! (I have it on my phone, too, but I don't have the stones to use it!)

09-21-2008, 11:01 AM	#116
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I would consider the Star Trek communicator noise, or a bosun's whistle. But I really don't like having things that make noise in my environment. I generally operate computers with the sound turned off, and when I carried a pager, I had it set to vibrate. (Though that can make quite a racket if you leave it on a metal filing cabinet!) In the case of the cell phone, I've solved the problem by not giving anyone the number.

09-21-2008, 11:13 AM	#117
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	My cell phone came with a default set of five rings and no way to change it from that base set. I am generally the only one that has a phone that sounds like a phone.

09-21-2008, 05:29 PM	#118
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	My mobile phone sounds like an old-fashioned phone. I've only given the number to my family and very close friends. And mostly, it's turned off. I get enough trouble with students' phones ringing during lectures, without mine going off as well. (I stop the lecture and look at the offender until he blushes. If he shows any sign of wanting to take the call I say, "Tell them that we're busy." I rarely have to do this twice with the same student.)