Cats Are the Unseen Rulers of the World (was Re: Politics (was RE:BOFHs requiring license))
On Mon, 14 May 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Alex Gough ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I appoint Greg as my Culture Adviser and as head of the church. Any volunteers for my other minions? Even if you don't want a cabinet post, please feel free to volunteer as a Henchman. You'll get 25 days holiday a year, a nice uniform and a free Hench. ... Before I kill you, Mr Bond, I want you to sign this confession of your own incompetance using your ordinary looking pen. action type=strokes naked cat What do you mean `naked'? As in one of those freaky hairless ones? Or are you in the habit of dressing your cats up in little outfits? Do lots of people dress their cats up? Is there a GAP for cats? Complete with irritatingly happy cats dancing to 70s and 80s pop music? There are some people down the road who have Cornish Rexx Cats - those ones that look like chihuahua dogs with big heads that look astonishingly like those of the classic whitley stryder grey aliens. Coincidence ? I think not. /J\
RE: like a phoenix from the flames
From: David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 10:49 PM On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 10:35:44PM +0100, Natalie Ford wrote: At 09:58 14/05/01, James Powell wrote: The Perl Journal arrived this morning... Mine too! You read Dave's article and the credits at the end of Damian's? :) It will come as no surprise to any of yhou that mine hasn't arrived :-) Ah. I'd _missed_ those emails. It's a bit like the first cuckoo of spring :) But they've only just started to appear in the UK. I haven't seen mine yet. Not that it's important or anything - I just wrote an article for the bloody thing. Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
Re: Enough!
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 11:04:43PM +0100, Natalie Ford wrote: At 15:09 14/05/01, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Please, would you take the politics elsewhere? Some of us really don't give a shit either way. Hear hear! I am getting tired of hitting delete... :) procmail++ If anybody wants a hand getting it set up to autofilter mail, give me a shout. -Dom
Re: Enough!
* Steve Mynott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Personally I find discussion of politics more interesting than American TV shows about vampires. I enjoy aspects of the thread about politics, but get bored when it all goes down old roads. However what i'd really hate is any restrictions placed on the topics of London.pm , politics should be just as welcome as BtVS. -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: Enough!
Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: and before simon gets there: use Mail::Audit; To which Johan Vromans would probably reply: use Mail::Procmail; Chacun à son goût. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
RE: Enough!
From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] However what i'd really hate is any restrictions placed on the topics of London.pm , politics should be just as welcome as BtVS. Or, even, Perl :) Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 09:57:03AM +0100, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: and before simon gets there: use Mail::Audit; Mail::Audit is for *weaklings*. My first act as Benevolent Dictator will be to ban it, and mandate procmail. I have been discussing this with my soon-to-be-announced Post and Telecoms Advisor, and we are considering funding the development of a procmail-a-like for snail-mail. It will be a delightfully Heath-Robinson mechanical whatsit which will clip on to the inside of your letter box, and will reject spam with GREAT VENGEANCE and FURY. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david
Re: Enough!
- Original Message - From: David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 4:10 AM Subject: Re: Enough! Mail::Audit is for *weaklings*. My first act as Benevolent Dictator will be to ban it, and mandate procmail. I have been discussing this with my soon-to-be-announced Post and Telecoms Advisor, and we are considering funding the development of a procmail-a-like for snail-mail. It will be a delightfully Heath-Robinson mechanical whatsit which will clip on to the inside of your letter box, and will reject spam with GREAT VENGEANCE and FURY. A starving cat in a cage suspended just inside the letterbox trained to associate the smell of Jehova's witnesses and doubleglazing salesmen with hungry dog. Been done before.
Re: Enough!
David Cantrell wrote: a delightfully Heath-Robinson mechanical whatsit which will clip on to the inside of your letter box, and will reject spam with GREAT VENGEANCE and FURY. For GREAT JUSTICE. Cheers, Phi how do smurfs make little smurfs? lip -- Philip Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Re: Enough!
Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I enjoy aspects of the thread about politics, but get bored when it all goes down old roads. However what i'd really hate is any restrictions placed on the topics of London.pm , politics should be just as welcome as BtVS. It is with me. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:10:23AM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: a delightfully Heath-Robinson mechanical whatsit which will clip on to the inside of your letter box, and will reject spam with GREAT VENGEANCE and FURY. But you're missing a critical feature. If the thoughtful Spam M[oi]ngers are kind enough to include a freepost return envelope, the machine should carefully tear up all the accompanying glossies and return them in it at their expense. For great justice... Martin
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:04:45AM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] However what i'd really hate is any restrictions placed on the topics of London.pm , politics should be just as welcome as BtVS. Or, even, Perl :) Oh, please, we have *some* standards. -Dom
Log::Agent
Has anyone used Log::Agent, or for that matter any of the other logging modules? I'm just looking for a consistent way to do logging. I've got a wheel that I reinvented, but it's a very simple one (no tyre or inner tube yet) and before I make any improvements I was just wondering if it was time to switch to one of the established brand of wheel manufactures. Recommendations anyone? (look, a perl question) Later. Mark.
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:10:23AM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: we are considering funding the development of a procmail-a-like for snail-mail. I want a procphone. -- VMS must die!
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 11:49:18AM +0100, Martin Ling wrote:
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 11:33:07AM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:10:23AM +0100, David Cantrell wrote:
we are considering funding the development of a procmail-a-like for
snail-mail.
I want a procphone.
Now that's reasonably feasible. Tap the incoming audio signal and feed
it to Viavoice + Perl. Have the phone be automatically answered with a
recording of your own voice saying 'Hello?'. Feed the conversation out
to speakers for your interception and amusement - if you want to take
the call, just pick up - otherwise, the script will listen for key
phrases in the incoming response ('double glazing', 'market research',
etc, etc...) and immediately on recieving one deliver a pre-recorded
appropriate rant before hanging up. With a little more advancement, it
could be got to respond to some simple fore-spam ('Can I speak to ...' /
'speaking', etc).
Hmm. I like it, wonder if the software's up to it though.
Heh, don't forget to have a RBL-like list of source telephone numbers.
And if it's withheld, answer with a terse message and disconnect.
My girlfriend got her first SMS spam the other week... all it said
was call this number 2320340 324 CompName EX7 TL7 (or similar).
jp
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:04:24PM +0100, James Powell wrote: Heh, don't forget to have a RBL-like list of source telephone numbers. Definitely. A whitelist too, of course. And if it's withheld, answer with a terse message and disconnect. No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern. My girlfriend got her first SMS spam the other week... all it said was call this number 2320340 324 CompName EX7 TL7 (or similar). Odd. Most of the ones I've seen are filthy. Martin
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:15:32PM +0100, Martin Ling wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:04:24PM +0100, James Powell wrote: Heh, don't forget to have a RBL-like list of source telephone numbers. Definitely. A whitelist too, of course. Now *this* is why I want programmable mobile phones. -- Be not anxious about what you have, but about what you are. -- Pope St. Gregory I
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:22:35PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: Definitely. A whitelist too, of course. Now *this* is why I want programmable mobile phones. The particularly (interesting|annoying) bit is that recent phones have hardware capabilities sufficent for a procphone - same code as does the voice dialling. Ho hum. If I wasn't trying to get some work done, I'd grab sphinx and write some code. Martin
JOB: There's one going here!!!
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Re: Enough!
* Simon Cozens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:15:32PM +0100, Martin Ling wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:04:24PM +0100, James Powell wrote: Heh, don't forget to have a RBL-like list of source telephone numbers. Definitely. A whitelist too, of course. Now *this* is why I want programmable mobile phones. nokia 9210 -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:30:59PM +0100, Martin Ling wrote: The particularly (interesting|annoying) bit is that recent phones have hardware capabilities sufficent for a procphone - same code as does the voice dialling. Ho hmm... Nokia appealing to Linux coders to help with their new set-top boxes, saying We are convinced that openness is the way forward. So, you'll be letting us at the firmware for this nice little phone then... Martin
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:30:59PM +0100, Martin Ling wrote: Ho hum. If I wasn't trying to get some work done, I'd grab sphinx and write some code. One of the things I plan to do on my way around America after TPC is sit down with Kevin and DHD and start writing some funky robots. sphinx + infobot + reefknot + festival -- why hire a secretary when you can write one? :) -- An algorithm must be seen to be believed. -- D.E. Knuth
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:38:16PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: Now *this* is why I want programmable mobile phones. nokia 9210 Bleh, wearable and a GSM card. Martin
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:15:32PM +0100, Martin Ling wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:04:24PM +0100, James Powell wrote: Heh, don't forget to have a RBL-like list of source telephone numbers. Definitely. A whitelist too, of course. And if it's withheld, answer with a terse message and disconnect. No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern. That's what the terse message is for (reveal yourself, or bugger off). I suppose it could go to answerphone. jp
Re: Enough!
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Martin Ling wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:04:24PM +0100, James Powell wrote: Heh, don't forget to have a RBL-like list of source telephone numbers. Definitely. A whitelist too, of course. And if it's withheld, answer with a terse message and disconnect. No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern. ??? ... its simple. If they choose to withhold their number I choose to reject their call. they can always dial code to release their number if they choose. Many large organisations have an alternate presentation number so you get the number of the switchboard ratehr than the office extension number. I simply don't want people phoning me up who refuse to own up to who they are before they invade my privacy. -- Robin Szemeti The box said requires windows 95 or better So I installed Linux!
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:43:59PM +0100, James Powell wrote: No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern. That's what the terse message is for (reveal yourself, or bugger off). I suppose it could go to answerphone. Caller detect doesn't work for international calls either. -- but I'm one guy working weekends - what the hell is MS's excuse? We don't care, we don't have to, we're the phone company. - Ben Jemmet, Paul Tomblin.
Re: Enough!
Simon Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:43:59PM +0100, James Powell wrote: No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern. That's what the terse message is for (reveal yourself, or bugger off). I suppose it could go to answerphone. Caller detect doesn't work for international calls either. Untrue. When I get calls from friends in Sweden I can see who they are. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 01:25:23PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Simon Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Caller detect doesn't work for international calls either. Untrue. When I get calls from friends in Sweden I can see who they are. And when I get calls from Japan, which happens about twice a week, I can't. -- Britain has football hooligans, Germany has neo-Nazis, and France has farmers. -The Times
Re: Enough!
Simon Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 01:25:23PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Simon Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Caller detect doesn't work for international calls either. Untrue. When I get calls from friends in Sweden I can see who they are. And when I get calls from Japan, which happens about twice a week, I can't. Ok, so you should have said Caller detect doesn't work for some international calls either. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:48:26PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern. ??? ... its simple. If they choose to withhold their number I choose to reject their call. Okay, whatever, I don't, it's an *option*. Martin
Re: Enough!
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Simon Cozens wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:43:59PM +0100, James Powell wrote: No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern. That's what the terse message is for (reveal yourself, or bugger off). I suppose it could go to answerphone. Caller detect doesn't work for international calls either. yeah .. thats fine .. it doesn't work from creaky old strowger exchanges either (are there any of those left ? ) but there is a subtle difference between 'number withheld' and 'number unavailable' ... rejecting on withheld is reasonable, reject on unavailable might not be such a good idea. -- Robin Szemeti Redpoint Consulting Limited Real Solutions For A Virtual World
Re: (Ab)Using substr
On Thursday, May 10, 2001, at 12:24 PM, Robin Houston wrote: On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 09:16:25AM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: #!/usr/bin/perl -w # how to (ab)use substr use strict; my $pi='3.14159210535152623346475240375062163750446240333543375062'; Well, it's more just taking advantage of the fact that most people don't know more than six decimal places of Pi :-) Well, Dave *did* say my $pi It's not the official one. Marcel -- We are Perl. Your table will be assimilated. Your waiter will adapt to service us. Surrender your beer. Resistance is futile. -- London.pm strategy aka embrace and extend aka mark and sweep
Re: Enough!
Robin Szemeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 15 May 2001, Simon Cozens wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:43:59PM +0100, James Powell wrote: No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern. That's what the terse message is for (reveal yourself, or bugger off). I suppose it could go to answerphone. Caller detect doesn't work for international calls either. yeah .. thats fine .. it doesn't work from creaky old strowger exchanges either (are there any of those left ?) http://www.light-straw.co.uk/ate/strowger.html -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
Re: Enough!
At 12:48 15/05/01 +0100, you wrote: extension number. I simply don't want people phoning me up who refuse to own up to who they are before they invade my privacy. This response inspired by not directed at previous poster i.e. not personal Yeah, me neither. Damn strangers, I don't talk to them and neither do my kids. And if there's an unexpected knock at the door, I pretend I'm out. Too much crime. Too many weirdos. I don't open letters without a return address - and if they've been _hand delivered_ with unknown handwriting - that's just sick, man. And if someone stops me in the street and asks for directions I _always_ ask to see ID. Now, If my mate phones me up in the restaurant or the train, well I always take the call, I mean communication is the cornerstone of society, man, yea I always have a good old laugh on the mobile in the pub, down the shops, in the library. It's just invasion of privacy I'm against. -- Jonathan Peterson Technical Manager, Unified Ltd, 020 7383 6092 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Privacy, its their choice! ( was Re: Enough!)
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Robin Szemeti wrote: On Tue, 15 May 2001, Martin Ling wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:04:24PM +0100, James Powell wrote: Heh, don't forget to have a RBL-like list of source telephone numbers. Definitely. A whitelist too, of course. And if it's withheld, answer with a terse message and disconnect. No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern. ??? ... its simple. If they choose to withhold their number I choose to reject their call. they can always dial code to release their number if they choose. Many large organisations have an alternate presentation number so you get the number of the switchboard ratehr than the office extension number. I simply don't want people phoning me up who refuse to own up to who they are before they invade my privacy. I also have killfile entries for all the usenet anonymizers that I know of for precisely the same reason. /J\
Re: Enough!
From: Robin Szemeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] well .. I believe you have extended the analogy just a little bit too far :) . .the main reason _I_ decline to answer 'withheld number' calls is because almost every single one is a halfwit trying to sell me insurance/glazing/burglar alarms/toilet roll (yes.. really) even though Yes - they generally call me between 6pm and 8pm. If we leave the phone to the answering machine around this time, and the caller doesn't leave a message, then 1471 always tells me that The caller withheld their number. We keep winning free holidays/windows/kitchens etc I say No - I do not want a free $gift and the people at the call center get quite indignant that I do want it, and that I musn't understand the offer. I have worked as a telemarketer, so feel a bit sorry for them as it's a shit job, so I just say No thanks and hang up. /Robert
Re: Enough!
Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Simon Cozens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:15:32PM +0100, Martin Ling wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:04:24PM +0100, James Powell wrote: Heh, don't forget to have a RBL-like list of source telephone numbers. Definitely. A whitelist too, of course. Now *this* is why I want programmable mobile phones. nokia 9210 But is it actually programmable by the end user? -- 1024/D9C69DF9 steve mynott [EMAIL PROTECTED] /\ \ / x ascii ribbon campaign against html e-mail / \
One liner
Probably all you people who program for a living think this is [crap/obvious/can be done in 3 bytes] but I liked it: $|++; print qw(\ | / -)[$i%4].\r; $|--; Put a spinning progress thing in your loops... -- Jonathan Peterson Technical Manager, Unified Ltd, 020 7383 6092 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
T-Shirts
I was just wondering, have the secret T-shirt designs been sent off to the printers yet ? The reason I ask is that I'd really like one of them to be Hitch-Hiker related; or maybe we could have a special run of ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha.PM shirts done. -- Robert
RE: T-Shirts
From: Robert Shiels [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 5:23 PM I was just wondering, have the secret T-shirt designs been sent off to the printers yet ? The reason I ask is that I'd really like one of them to be Hitch-Hiker related; or maybe we could have a special run of ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha.PM shirts done. Wierdly enough, that has always been one of the designs on the list. Dave... [waiting for Simon to send his bank details so he can bankroll the deal] The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:15:32PM +0100, Martin Ling wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:04:24PM +0100, James Powell wrote: And if it's withheld, answer with a terse message and disconnect. No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern. And me refusing to answer them is *my* legitimate privacy concern. I find that refusing to answer CLID-free calls, and using the answering machine, is a sufficient procphone. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ Rip, Mix, Burn, unless you're using our most advanced operating system in the world which we decided to release incomplete just for a laugh
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:38:16PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Simon Cozens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Now *this* is why I want programmable mobile phones. nokia 9210 Which is still, AFAIK, unobtainium. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ Rip, Mix, Burn, unless you're using our most advanced operating system in the world which we decided to release incomplete just for a laugh
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 01:15:57PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:43:59PM +0100, James Powell wrote: No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern. That's what the terse message is for (reveal yourself, or bugger off). I suppose it could go to answerphone. Caller detect doesn't work for international calls either. I think this depends on the telcos. It works perfectly for calls between Vodafone and whatever GSM provider it is that covers NYC. Anyway, we accept imperfect mail filtering, we'll accept imperfect phone filtering. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ Rip, Mix, Burn, unless you're using our most advanced operating system in the world which we decided to release incomplete just for a laugh
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 02:08:31PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 01:38:26PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Ok, so you should have said Caller detect doesn't work for some international calls either. But, you see, if a call ID is withheld, you can't tell whether they're international calls with non-working caller detect or domestic calls from ex-directory/paranoid numbers. So filtering on withheldness is BAD BAD BAD. No it's not bad. They get filtered to the answering machine so I can deal with them later*. As far as I'm concerned, it's THEIR FAULT that I can't id them. I *really* don't care if their telco is broken. Everyone who I can envision needing to talk to me urgently (family, close friends) has CLID enabled. * - if I'm filtering. I'm not filtering at the moment. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ Rip, Mix, Burn, unless you're using our most advanced operating system in the world which we decided to release incomplete just for a laugh
Re: Enough!
* Steve Mynott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Simon Cozens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:15:32PM +0100, Martin Ling wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:04:24PM +0100, James Powell wrote: Heh, don't forget to have a RBL-like list of source telephone numbers. Definitely. A whitelist too, of course. Now *this* is why I want programmable mobile phones. nokia 9210 But is it actually programmable by the end user? yes -- 1024/D9C69DF9 steve mynott [EMAIL PROTECTED] /\ \ / x ascii ribbon campaign against html e-mail / \ -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: Enough!
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Simon Cozens wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 02:09:47PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: yeah .. thats fine .. it doesn't work from creaky old strowger exchanges either (are there any of those left ? ) but there is a subtle difference between 'number withheld' and 'number unavailable' There is, but not all phones make the distinction. well if I was intending to base my filtering on withheld/unavailable I would make sure my phone *did* make the distinction .. most do. Also BT are intending to introduce a service called 'choose to refuse' where for a simple one-off payment you can automatically offer 'withheld' callers the option of pressing '1' to release their number or some such. AIUI 'not availbale' numbers can be passed on with a 'distinctive ring' -- Robin Szemeti Redpoint Consulting Limited Real Solutions For A Virtual World
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 05:00:28PM +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: I have worked as a telemarketer, so feel a bit sorry for them as it's a shit job, so I just say No thanks and hang up. You can buy these little devices that emit a canned request to be removed from the lists which these people are legally required to do or else face being in quite some trouble. It's quite funny, hold the keychain toy up to the mic and let it rip. Paul
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 05:43:52PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: nokia 9210 Which is still, AFAIK, unobtainium. I know someone who knows someone who has a test model - I'll prod on programmability. Martin
Re: Enough!
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 08:59:32PM +0100, Martin Ling wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 05:43:52PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: nokia 9210 Which is still, AFAIK, unobtainium. I know someone who knows someone who has a test model - I'll prod on programmability. Greg has (had?) one to play with. It is programmable. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ Rip, Mix, Burn, unless you're using our most advanced operating system in the world which we decided to release incomplete just for a laugh
