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  Encyclopedia: Telephone game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The telephone game, also known as Chinese whispers, is a game often played by children at parties or in the playground in which a phrase or sentence is passed on from one player to another, but is subtly altered in transit.
The telephone game, also known as Chinese whispers and whisper down the lane, is a game often played by children at parties Party games are games which share several features suitable to entertaining a social gathering of moderate size.
The primitive telephone was rapidly improved, the double electromagnet being replaced by a single bar magnet having a small coil or bobbin of fine wire surrounding one pole, in front of which a thin disc of ferrotype is fixed in a circular mouthpiece, and serves as a combined membrane and armature.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Telephone-game   (632 words)

  
 Telephone (game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The telephone game, also known as Broken Telephone, Chinese whispers and whisper down the lane, is a game often played by children at parties or in the playground in which a phrase or sentence is passed on from one player to another, but is subtly altered in transit.
The game has been used in schools to simulate the spread of gossip and its harmful effects, and has implications in many adult topics like bureaucracy, politics and Academia.
Telephone Game is also the name of a game played on The Price Is Right for a brief period in late 1978 and early 1979.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Telephone_game   (797 words)

  
 Telephone - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is important to note that there is no "inventor of the telephone." The modern telephone is the result of work done by many hands, all worthy of recognition of their addition to the field.
Meucci was recognised as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress, in its resolution 269 dated 11 June 2002.
On speaking into the mouthpiece, the iron diaphragm vibrates with the voice in the magnetic field of the pole, and thereby excites the undulatory currents in the coil, which, after travelling through the wire to the distant place, are received in an identical apparatus.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /telephone.htm   (3567 words)

  
 Read about Telephone at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Telephone and learn about Telephone here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The very early history of the telephone is a confusing morass of claim and counterclaim, which was not clarified by the huge mass of lawsuits which hoped to resolve the patent claims of individuals.
Timeline of the telephone for a chronological survey of the telephone's invention and development.
Invention of the telephone for a discussion of each of the critical technologies and their inventors.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Telephone   (3491 words)

  
 Telephone random number game - United States Patent 3,998,465
The game BINGO generally involves a rather restrictive requirement that all game participants commonly assemble at a selected location to permit the game to proceed until such time as one or a plurality of participants are declared "winner or winners".
The game proceeds in the same manner as the various zones of intelligence, which are isolated from one another independently, are exposed and recorded on appropriate telephone answering equipment 26, 28, 30, 32 and 34.
Thereafter, the individual organizations themselves record the exposed intelligence or their own telephone answering equipment 80-89 so that participants 90-102 can in turn call the individual organizations and be provided with or informed of the nature of the intelligence as exposed by the control commission 22.
xrint.com /patents/us/3998465   (1640 words)

  
 Telephone access video game distribution center - Patent 5051822
Each time the subscriber restarts the game, a telephone link is established with the remote game storage center for billing and authorization for use before the game may be used.
It should be noted that the telephone lines 74 connect directly the remote game storage center 60 with the home computing element 10 and also connect the remote game storage center with a headquarters 90, to be described in greater detail hereinafter.
The video game software program may be permanently stored in a removable, non-volatile memory card 25 by ensuring that a card is placed in the side slot as appears in game may be played as often as subscriber likes using the card 25 without incurring additional costs.
www.freepatentsonline.com /5051822.html   (3639 words)

  
 Telephone Game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Telephone Game was an extremely short-lived oddball car game tried in late 1978.
The play-in game is completely pointless and leaves the possibility that the contestant might not even get a chance to play for the car.
The reveal in the second part of the game is an absolute nightmare, with the three models standing dutily behind each prize's telephone.
gscentral.net /tele.htm   (277 words)

  
 Telephone spelling game method - Patent 5255925
Apparatus and method for playing a spelling game, wherein a player enters a telephone number to obtain access to a specially programmed audiotex voice communication device which enables the user to interact with the device by attempting to spell a sequence of words which are automatically pronounced for the player.
In one form, information is obtained by employing a common telephone touch pad, creating alpha or alpha-numeric signal sequences which trigger the transmission of a request for information to a remotely located data base, a synthesized voice signal being used to carry the information requested back to the telephone user.
The telephone 2, in one form of this invention, is the well known dual tone, multi-frequency type having twelve keys 12, eight of which are respectively associated with a single number digit 13 and three alphabet letters 14.
www.freepatentsonline.com /5255925.html   (2568 words)

  
 LDP Leadership - Life Skills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Every time these subjects are discussed and the coping techniques practised using skits or games, it reinforces the lesson and helps the girl to make the correct decision when she is confronted with one of these situations.
On the telephone, you could ask if it is a convenient time to call, state what you are calling about and allow time for the receiver to write down the message.
Adapt this game for Sparks by using cushions on the floor or small chairs or newspapers to stand on.
www.niagara.com /~olley/LDP2_PS_01LIF.htm   (2159 words)

  
 Telephone - All About All   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Most telephones operate by means of electric signals over a complex public switched telephone network of equipment which allows almost any phone user to speak to almost any other.
There are four principal means by which telephone signals are transmitted: through a traditional landline which uses physical dedicated wire connections; wireless or Radiotelephony, which transmits messages using either analog or digital radio signals; satellite telephones which bounce signals off of telecommunications satelites; and voice over internet protocol (VOIP) telephones, which use broadband internet cables.
It is important to note that there is probably no one "inventor of the telephone." The modern telephone is the result of work done by many hands, all worthy of recognition of their addition to the field.
www.allaboutall.info /article/Telephone   (1502 words)

  
 Playing the computer telephone acronym game
There are so many acronyms for telephone services and links between data communications and telecommunications that it's hard to keep track of what's being offered.
Telephone companies offer ISDN in two main varieties: basic rate interface (BRI), which contains two B channels and an 8-kbps D channel, and primary rate interface (PRI), which has 23 B channels and a 64-kbps D channel.
PBX (Private Branch Exchange): A telephone switch used within a business or other enterprise, as opposed to the switches used at a public telecommunication service provider's central office (CO).
ceenews.com /mag/electric_playing_computer_telephone   (1118 words)

  
 Speaking Telephone Number Software Reviews: Telephone Directory is free with no ADS; Telephone Directory is free with ...
IVM is a telephone answering machine, voice mail, call attendant and interactive voice response (ivr) program for Windows computers with voice modems or professional telephony line devices.Just run the install file and IVM will be ready to answer calls.
UK telephone number locator is a handy utility which sits in your system tray and can lookupthe location from a telephone number.
Telephone Directory is a must for those who need an easy to use phone book with no frills or ads or spyware.
www.softcetera.com /all/speaking-telephone-number.htm   (492 words)

  
 News Release -- GOT GAME Telephone Checking System Up and Running
Richmond, VA -- The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) is seeing positive results from hunters who are using the new toll-free Got Game telephone checking system.
The first question the system will ask is whether or not you have a big game license (i.e., the license with the bear, deer and turkey tags on it).
Several points to keep in mind if you use the telephone checking system are that turkeys killed in the fall and bears cannot be checked using the telephone system.
www.dgif.virginia.gov /newsroom/pr-110304-GotGame.html   (645 words)

  
 Telephone Message Game - The Ultimate Camp Resource
This game is intended for a large group of kids and/or adults, the more the better.
One person starts the game by whispering a short message into the ear of the person sitter to the right of them.
When the message reaches the person to the left of the person that started the game final the message is announced out loud and the first person can announce the original message.
www.ultimatecampresource.com /site/camp-activity/telephone-message-game.html   (110 words)

  
 EVERYONE A WINNER - BRITAINS BIGGEST TELEPHONE GAME   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
You will be asked for your personal details such as name, address, telephone number and date of birth so that we can deliver your prize and create your unique players reference number which will be issued to you to enable you to play again without re-entering these details.
No. During the telephone call all players are given the opportunity to opt out of consenting to the use of their personal data.
Whilst the game can be completed in three minutes it is possible for the caller to be online for up to 6 mins to listen to further prize options or because they need to change their personal details.
www.everyonesawinner.info /faq/faq.htm   (2358 words)

  
 A Giant Game of Telephone
It is the game where one person in a line tells a secret to the next person and it continues down the line to the last person, who then says the secret out loud.
Lately it seems as though Levittown and Island Trees have been caught in an endless game of telephone.
The game telephone may be fun for children but it can get out of hand with adults and may have serious implications.
www.antonnews.com /levittowntribune/1998/03/13/opinion   (414 words)

  
 Playing the computer telephone acronym game
ANI (Automatic Number Identification): A system that identifies the telephone number of the calling party for the call recipient.
DS-1, or Digital Signal Level One, is often used as a synonym for T-1, but it more precisely refers to the signaling and framing specifications of a T-1 line.
DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency): A description of the audio bleeps you hear when you dial a touch-tone telephone.
ceenews.com /mag/electric_playing_computer_telephone/index.html   (1118 words)

  
 Read about Telephone (game) at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Telephone (game) and learn about Telephone (game) ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Research Telephone (game) and learn about Telephone (game) here!
The telephone game, also known as Chinese whispers and whisper down the lane, is a game often played by children at parties or in the
This game is also known in various parts of the world as broken telephone, whisper down the lane, gossip, stille post (German for "silent mail"), El telèfon (Catalan for "the telephone") and telefono senza fili (Italian for "telephone without wires").
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Telephone_%28game%29   (420 words)

  
 Techdirt Corporate Intelligence: Techdirt Wireless How Skype Hype And A Game Of Telephone Morphs Millions Into Billions
You know the children's game of "telephone," where kids sit in a line and the first one whispers something to the next one, who is supposed to whisper it to the next kid on down the line until the end -- when whatever has been said has inevitably changed?
Skype may be a type of telephone system, but it seems that some reporters have been playing a game of "telephone" with reports about the company's revenue.
We've discussed the ridiculous levels of Skype-hype (Skhype) before, where we noted that the common consensus was that the company was making $6 million to $10 million in revenue, which made it difficult to justify valuations of $1 billion or $3 billion.
www.techdirt.com /news/wireless/article/5817   (593 words)

  
 CareerGames Telephone Game Answers
When searching for a job, the telephone has at least seven different functions because it can be used:
this is the accepted average obtained by people who have a basic knowledge of telephone techniques;
A good telephone conversation is fairly short and not fairly long because:
www.careergames.com /PhoneGame/phres.html   (4590 words)

  
 CFO Asia -- June 2000 -- Dealwatch -- The Telephone Game
CFO Asia -- June 2000 -- Dealwatch -- The Telephone Game
In stage two, the prospective owners will engage in a game of musical shares, rejiggering the ownership of Globe to allow Deutsche to take an interest in the deal.
The resulting structure will allow the three major shareholders - Ayala Corp, STI and Deutsche Telekom - to have an equal amount of economic interest in the common shares of Globe, at 27.8 percent of total for each of them.
www.cfoasia.com /archives/200006-19.htm   (1404 words)

  
 Playing the telephone game - Fall 2004 - Research Works
Whenever a cell phone connects two people, or one computer links to another through the Internet, information is always lost.
A common way of solving the problem is to add redundancy to the information being sent.
This gives the receiver the directions it needs to understand a message even though some of it is missing.
www.researchworks.carleton.ca /2004_Fall/63.htm   (304 words)

  
 THE TELEPHONE GAME 6-27-2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
You sit in a circle and the first person whispers something in the ear of the next person and it continues around till it gets to the last person, that person then says out loud the message they heard.
In a game like this it is fun; however, in life it can have very serious effects.
We are all responsible at one time or another of gossiping, even if we do not want to admit it.
www.breadfortoday.org /June%202002/6-27-2002.htm   (812 words)

  
 E-Mail Telephone - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Remember the childhood game of telephone, where you'd whisper a message in a friend's ear, they'd whisper it to someone else and on from person to person until the final message was comically distorted?
The game is easy to set up--all you have to do is follow our simple instructions and recruit a few other players.
By playing a simple game like telephone, you can see how easily information is lost and gained as people communicate.
images.forbes.com /2005/10/20/email-telephone-game_comm05_cx_de_1024telephoneintro.html   (508 words)

  
 Telephone Pad Game
Anyone who has ever placed a telephone call is familiar with the fact that the 2-9 keys of a standard phone dial are each labeled with three letters of the alphabet (the letters Q and Z do not appear).
The phone keypad and either an LCD display or text-to-speech synthesizer facilitate arbitrary interaction with a computer, enabling the user to read and write E-mail from a conventional or cellular phone without additional hardware.
With a computer-enhanced telephone, a hearing-impaired user could make and receive calls to a conventional telephone without the intervention of an outside operator.
www.cs.sunysb.edu /~skiproj/tel2/phone.html   (281 words)

  
 Telephone Game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Introduce and practice one-on-one (using the Criss Cross Game or Last Person Standing) your target conversation.
But instead of the ball, use the two telephones.
This game can get quite advanced can be used as a warm up lesson for the "What do you like" Bingo game.
www.genkienglish.net /Telephone.htm   (190 words)

  
 MemeStreams | The Bells Struggle to Survive a Changing Telephone Game
When the United States telecommunications industry imploded a few years ago, with upstart carriers disappearing by the dozens and investments vanishing by the billions, it looked as if the regional Bell companies had won the telecom wars.
But it is clear now that the Bells merely survived the first wave of what may be decades of difficulties.
The local communications game itself is changing -- and not in the Bells' favor.
www.memestreams.net /users/jlm/blogid3463810   (152 words)

  
 990924 Contact author of article on medical practice; Telephone Game solution.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Contact author of article on medical practice; Telephone Game solution.
221677 - Telephone game from the record on 971229, ref SDS 21 1526, is a 221678 - humorous example of "meaning drift," presented in first para.
221790 - Cognition must be helped to fix telephone game of meaning drift.
www.welchco.com /sd/08/00101/02/99/09/24/124726.HTM   (1948 words)

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