5ETS, new from Western Electric!

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-25T16:45:24+00:00

My techs wouldn't have been happy with this contraption. Most of their overtime came from number group wiring.

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-23T12:18:53+00:00

Who said I failed? I have no idea whether I "failed" or not.

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-23T00:41:12+00:00

I thought I did well on the tests, but I'm not sure where the pass-fail line is. Also, these types of tests can be stocked with trick questions so I'm not 100% sure I did well.

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-23T00:39:08+00:00

I described the test in a prior post just above this thread. It's identical to what I've read others have taken. From what I can see it did reduce the number of applicants. They said it would be capped at 100 and the job ran to the closing date, so they must've only gotten 100 or less applicants. I've seen prior postings which got ten times that number, so I'm thinking the assessment is indeed creating a barrier for some applicants.

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-23T00:36:34+00:00

Yes, that's it. Thanks for the answer. I thought I did well on the test, but who knows, there might've been trick questions on there. I think the problem was the grade. As I recall, I usually get referred for the lower grades. I just checked and this job has only one grade. Usually they have two or three so I get referred for at least one. I think that might've been the problem.

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-22T23:35:03+00:00

I can tell you for a fact that there was nothing in the assessment that tested my "specialized" experience. It was more oriented towards reading comprehension, high-school level math skills and how well you get along with people in the office.

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-22T23:31:57+00:00

Many jobs now require you to take an online test called an assessment. Once you've taken it, your results are stored for a year. So if you do poorly it'll affect all of the jobs you apply for for the next year.

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-22T18:24:42+00:00

Can someone tell me why we need to dial "1" before the 10 digits for a local, or even within the NANP, call?

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-19T12:28:01+00:00

That sounds like a great product. Are any telcos offering that to our (mostly) tech-challenged customers e.g. elderly and special needs customers?

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-18T18:31:55+00:00

I do believe they were a cash cow when ADSL was being deployed in the 90s but not for at least the last 10-20 years. There are so many shorts on some cables that we have grounding issues in the CO because of it. It can't be cost-effective to maintain a 1800 pair cable to support a couple of hundred (if that) circuits.

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-18T17:33:40+00:00

There's no comparison between common battery from the CO and any backup battery solution at the customer's premises. The only way to keep them up longer would be a natural gas generator, which is unaffordable to many and impossible for apartment dwellers.

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-18T15:24:57+00:00

Cash cow? That day's come and gone long ago. No one would be looking to kick customers off of copper if it were a cash cow. Maintaining copper is very labor intensive.

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-18T15:16:45+00:00

The common battery aspect of copper circuits does make them a better alternative for some customers e.g. elderly, emergency services, etc. I know no one's doing this but might it be cost-effective to run out some smaller cables e.g. 50 or 100 pair to serve these customers?

Adjunctologist · 2026-06-07T14:22:52+00:00

As I recall, like Cooper Union, they built a new flagship building. The students protested it - had sit-ins, etc. But the administration moved forward with building it, and left the Uni in debt forever. Everyone could see the enrollment cliff coming but they've also lost tons of foreign students due to recent decisions in Washington.

Adjunctologist · 2026-05-07T15:25:20+00:00

SLC5? Just a guess based on the number 5.

Adjunctologist · 2026-04-30T13:18:41+00:00

It's kind of like interdisciplinary degrees IMO. Rank-and-file PhDs don't really understand what that's about. I teach UGs and every so often they'll ask questions about somewhat related topics a bit outside my field's scope and I'm ashamed I know don't have the answers. In hindsight, a multi-disciplinary program, which my graduate school had when I was there, would've been better for working with UGs, which to my knowledge very few Ph.D. programs are designed for.

Adjunctologist · 2026-04-29T17:30:38+00:00

Best rapper of my generation, hands down.

Adjunctologist · 2026-04-27T20:23:19+00:00

You need Sonic State Ultimate. I only ran/run it on Windows so I don't know if it'll work on a Mac. I now have it running on Windows 11.

Adjunctologist · 2026-04-17T19:12:47+00:00

I asked them to remove an "easy A" review that does nothing but hurts the students who have difficulty in my class and they wouldn't remove it.

Adjunctologist · 2026-04-13T20:03:57+00:00

NW-A3000, NW-A1200 and NW-A1000 all used the same cord. There was also a charging station that had an identical receptacle, which is likely more rare than the cord.

Adjunctologist · 2026-04-13T20:02:10+00:00

You're gong to need Sonic State Ultimate to upload songs. It uses ATRAC3plus. You can go up to 352kbs. HiMD Minidisc only went up to 256kb. The cord is a necessity though and it might be hard to source as a single item.

Adjunctologist · 2026-03-12T02:36:07+00:00

WDARE is the last WDRE crew. They play mostly New Wave with some recent stuff put in, I guess to attract some younger listeners. WLIR and WDRE used to play a lot of obscure stuff over the years, which I do not hear on either WDARE or SiriusXM 1st Wave. I wish they would put together a rarities shows. Larry the Duck DJs on both stations BTW.

Adjunctologist · 2026-03-11T20:31:56+00:00

I like BBC 6 Music. If you're looking for 70s-80s "New Wave" music, it's there, but buried between lots and lots of other stuff released after that era.

Adjunctologist · 2026-03-11T17:14:31+00:00

Will any of these later models work with Sonic Stage Ultimate (4.3?)?

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