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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by blantonl on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @11:04PM (#41575357)
Pagers don’t “connect” to networks.
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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by alphan0n on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @11:23PM (#41575459)
What do they do, then? Are you implying that connections can only exist as a two way relationship? Are rivers not connected to streams, tributaries, etc?

Receiving data from a network is a connection, no matter how you want to define it.

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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by blantonl on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @10:51PM (#41588005)
Yes, I am definitely implying that a connection only exists in a two way relationship. Don't be obtuse.
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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by alphan0n on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:51PM (#41588322)
Don’t be vague then. What do pagers do, if not connect?
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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by Taniwha on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @02:16AM (#41576371)
The towers resend the message for a while so that they get through - some guy might be in a plane on approach to Beirut right now his pager coming into range as they land ....
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