U.S. National Do-Not-Call Registry is Law

extra88 writes "Bush has signed the Do-Not-Call Registry into law. The registry will be run by the FTC and funded by fees collected from telemarketers. Telemarketers can be fined up to $11K for calling someone on the list. Politicians, surveys (loophole?) and charities are exempt from using the list. The FCC oversees certain industries (airlines, banks and phone companies) and will have to "buy in" to the registry for it to affect those industries. Slashdot covered this story when the bill went through House of Representatives."

Comments

any chance

[Squareball]

Any chance that to inform the masses about this they will do a mass calling at 6:30pm (dinner time) ? ;)

Hello Mr Jones

[JustAnOtherCodeSerf]

We'd like you to take a survey...
1) What do you think about our new offer we're sending to people?
2) Would our recent pricing changes convince you to switch to our company?
3) PROFIT!

Woo

[grub]

* ring ring *
Hello?
Hallo, dees iz Al Quaeda fund raising group, please geef uz moe-nee.
I'm on the National Do Not Call list!
Ah.. forgiff my mistake, American Infidel. I shall call next perzon on list. Haff a nice day.
No problem, g'day.

how to break

[Joe the Lesser]

Phase 1:All telemarketers stop for n months.

Phase 2: No fines = no funds to enforce law.

Phase 3: Resume telemarketing

Phase 4: Profit!

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Let me help them build the list

[product byproduct]

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
int i, j, k;

for (i = 100; i <= 999; i++)
for (j = 100; i <= 999; j++)
for (k = 0; k <= 9999; k++)
printf("(%03d) %03d-%04d\n", i, j, k);
}

Re:Let me help them build the list

[davinciII]

for (i = 100; i = 999; i++)
for (j = 100; i = 999; j++)--
for (k = 0; k = 9999; k++)
printf("(%03d) %03d-%04d\n", i, j, k);

You've got yourself an endless loop. The second for statement will execute indefinitely, as i will always be 100 throughout the iteration.

Ahh, the beauty of open source ;)

Re:Let me help them build the list

[rworne]

In order to post code for a code review, we must first:

1) Have a Premilinary Design Review
2) Have a Critical Design Review
3) Submit your code package to CVS
4) Call for a review meeting at least 5 business days in advance
5) Submit a package for review at the time of the meeting notice complete with Engineering Notes, Class Diagrams, Structure Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams.

Thank you.

My name is Jim...

[greenskyx]

I'm running for congress... would you be interested in switching to AT&T?????????

Re:sign up

[Hamster Of Death]

Don't worry, they'll call you and ask if you want to sign up!

Re:Surveys...

[avandesande]

Porn is protected because politicians watch porn. My guess is that many of these politicians were getting calls from telemarketers at home... You figure it out.

Re:Wow!

[foistboinder]

Holy shit, GW actually did something right. I mean, I know it's not that hard picking up a pen and putting your signature where your political advisors tell you to. Still, this law rocks. I love it. If I could, I would marry it. I am so on that list A.S.A.P

Sometimes, even a blind squirrel finds a nut.

Congress' Next Job

[jazman_777]

A "Do Not /." List for websites.

When and were to sign up.

[kalislashdot]

For all those asking when and were to sign up let me make it simple. It says Summer. It is administrated by the FTC.

So that means in July go to either firstgov.gov or ftc.gov and search for "do not call". Simple huh? Well stop whining... "when, where, oh boo hoo".

I think the real solution is...

[CommieLib]

Hook up ELIZA with her own voice and let the telemarketer spin their wheels for half an hour or so:

Telemarketer: Would you like to learn how to save on your long distance bills?

Eliza: Oh, i like to learn what to save on my long distance bills.

Telemarketer : Well, with our super saver program you can make long distance calls for just 39 cents a minute!

Eliza: Oh, i can make long distance calls for just 39 cents a minute.

Telemarketer: Uh, yes. So can I sign you up?

Eliza: You are sure?

Telemarketer: Um, yeah. Are you interested in signing up for our long distance service?

Eliza: Would you prefer if I were not interested in signing up for our long distance service?