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Chat Online with Cordless Phone

Posted by Zonk on from the who-doesn't-like-a-rainy-day-project? dept.

buckymatters writes "Christoffer Järnåker has converted an old home phone to be used with Skype, MSN voice chat or other similar software. Using the 'highly scientific method Trial and Error' he uncovered the input and output of the phone, wired it up and began talking 300 meters away from his computer on MSN."

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  1. Steal the kids' toy...!? by bergeron76 · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article:

    But hey, I have an old Siemens Gigaset 3010 phone laying around that my children play with ('cause the 2 key was a bit broken), I wonder if I can use that one? So I did.

    You're a bad, bad man.

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  2. You've got to be kidding me... by Che+Guevarra · · Score: 4, Funny

    When the article said "old phone" I pictured one of those 12 pounders from 1976. You know, the black or beige kind that would allow you to unscrew the mouth piece and pull out the unwired (not wireless) audio receiver so you could listen to your parents conversation downstairs without them hearing you while you hid in their bedroom... Imagine my shock when I saw a cordless handheld like the one in my kitchen right now. I'm super old.

    1. Re:You've got to be kidding me... by Che+Guevarra · · Score: 2, Funny

      I first realized I was old when I remembered saying those CD drives where extravagant. I ordered my most recent Mac with a DVD burner thinking I would never need it. Now I have a Mac that can boot into YDL and Ubuntu so I think I'm staying young. Damnit, what's this VOIP stuff? Just kidding!

    2. Re:You've got to be kidding me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      I'm super old.

      Old? I thought you were dead. Didn't the Bolivians nail you back in '64 or am I missing something?

    3. Re:You've got to be kidding me... by russellh · · Score: 2, Funny

      On the internet, nobody knows you're dead...

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      must... stay... awake...
  3. Re:What is sad by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    anyone this uber-nerdy surely would have nobody to call to talk to. . .

    Domino's.

    KFG

  4. Translation by DaCool42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Christoffer Järnåker, who knows just enough about electronics to be dangerous, has somehow managed to kludge a new-ish cordless POTS phone to be used with *insert popular MS-based proprietary VOIP software*. Using the 'oh jeez I hope I didn't fry my phone, computer, and mp3 player method' he uncovered a spot on the circuit board which didn't immediately destroy everything, soldered three wires, and somehow got on slashdot for it.

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    All of whose base are belong to the what-now?
  5. First Words... by Zonnald · · Score: 2, Funny

    Finally got it working and said....
    "Mr. Watson come here"

  6. Re:I use my cordless with VOIP, too by Rick.C · · Score: 2, Funny
    I just plug it into the back of the VOIP adapter that Vonage sent me.

    Oh, that is soooo much like cheating.

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    "Math in a song is good."-Linford
  7. Re:Translation of the translation by Rick.C · · Score: 2, Funny
    ... "it's better to be be lucky than to be good."

    That's not a theory, you know. That's a friggin' AXIOM.

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    You were 80% angel, 10% demon. The rest was hard to explain. - Over The Rhine
    "Math in a song is good."-Linford
  8. Re:Awesome... well.... not very by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You spelt sentence wrong?