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41 Million Sign Up for National Do-Not-Call List

Posted by michael on from the but-everyone-loves-spam dept.

ejbst25 writes "The first wave of the do not call registry sign up ends 8/31. There is plenty of news coverage but they say there is already over 41 million numbers registered."

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  1. Summarized by TopShelf · · Score: 5, Funny

    The whole story boils down to:

    FROM: The American People
    TO: The Telemarketing Industry

    Fuck you.

    Sincerely,
    The American People

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  2. Re:Do-Not-Spam by rylin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi!
    I run just such a service.

    Please provide your email address so I can add it to the list.

    Would you also like a copy of our daily news letter with funny jokes, links to herbal stores and mortgage help?

  3. Useless... by Bull999999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I signed up for it but I still get calls from my in-laws.

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    1. Re:Useless... by Odin's+Raven · · Score: 5, Funny
      Bull999999 quoth: I signed up for it but I still get calls from my in-laws.

      Didn't you read the exemption list?

      Brother-in-law: Bull, we're a little short on cash this month, could you lend us a bit to tide us over until payday?
      DNC Status: Exempt, charity call

      Brother-in-law: Bull, would you rather keep working in that dead-end programming job, or get a great job selling Amway products like I do?
      DNC Status: Exempt, poll

      Sister-in-law: Bull-wife, I don't know why you stay with that good-for-nothing man of yours. You ought to kick him out and look for a better partner. There's a guy in my AA meeting who's an ideal candidate.
      DNC Status: Exempt, political campaign

      Mother-in-law: Bull, my daughter deserves someone better than you.
      DNC Status: Exempt during first 18 months of marriage (purchased product from caller).

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  4. Re:In other news by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    You've got me. What could be done with a database of email + phone numbers?

    Now, what's really frightening is that somebody has created a database linking phone numbers with names and home addresses. Imagine all the horrible things that could be done with this.

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  5. Here is how one guy got 'em good... by twoslice · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tom Mabe

    He went to a telemarketing convention and got a hotel room under an assumed name, dialed up rooms at random trying to sell them shit in the wee hours of the morning. He has produced a CD on it and it is quite funny to see telemarketers really pissed at him...

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  6. Got shell scripting? by JiffyPop · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I the only person with a strong urge to write a program to put every number in the US on the list? :) A little wget in a loop, an email parser that waits for messages from register@donotcall.gov... would hardly be impossible.

    That would be an incredibly huge finger to give the telemarketers

  7. Re:Hrmph. doesn't work for Canada it seems by SandSpider · · Score: 5, Funny

    I got an error on my area code when I tried to register.

    I knew it! Even the Canadians don't know it's a different country!

    =Brian

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