I ran accross some information about a DIY version of a device like this at Scott Bidstrup's page about telephone solicitation.
He explains in his section on "Caller ID Filtering" that "One way to filter calls is to use a telephone answering machine to answer the phone with a special recording. If the answering machine message is preceeded by "invalid number" tones, computerized calling machines will falsely sense an invalid number and disconnect you automatically. Many even automatically add your number to their Do Not Call list! You can download a recording of the "invalid number" tones by right-clicking here."
I don't know about the device that you saw advertised, but maybe it works the same way?
"Neither have the Obi-wan Kenobi wannabes thought through the possible
downsides to their plan. What happens if 10,000 Darth Vaders declare themselves
for the 'Dark Side'? Would it be possible for the two churches to live together in
harmony? No chance. It's only a matter of time before some unrepentent Luke
Skywalker ends up tied to a stake on the village green with Darth Maul lighting a
bunch of faggots under him."
Please, use the force carefully regardless of your luminescent or sexual preference.
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I run NetBSD on my SE30. I don't know why you can't. I prefer FreeBSD, but I like this little toaster as a monitoring station.
With all the thinking about the business and takeover of HavenCo and how anyone there should be afraid of [insert favorite opressive regime/gov here], it seems to me most likely that if the UK or US governments decided they did not like HavenCo, they could simply purchase all of the available processing power. There *is* a limit to what they can do on the platform. Buying them out would be a lot less dangerous/exciting politically than storming Sealand with guns a'blazin.
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Niggers must be incarcerated. (paragraph 2)
Niggers trying to wear human clothes look so funny, don't you think? (paragraph 4)
I seriously do not beleive that anybody can come up with a credible argument against complete incineration of the negro race. (paragraph 10)
Niggers roaming freely in human inhabited areas is unacceptable. (paragraph 11)
I do not understand! The rest of your post seems so on-topic.
That's funny I work for [a major long-distance telco] and almost every one of my adcalls are for long distance service.
I haven't found one yet that can beat the deal that my company gives me. =)
I ran accross some information about a DIY version of a device like this at Scott Bidstrup's page about telephone solicitation.
He explains in his section on "Caller ID Filtering" that "One way to filter calls is to use a telephone answering machine to answer the phone with a special recording. If the answering machine message is preceeded by "invalid number" tones, computerized calling machines will falsely sense an invalid number and disconnect you automatically. Many even automatically add your number to their Do Not Call list! You can download a recording of the "invalid number" tones by right-clicking here."
I don't know about the device that you saw advertised, but maybe it works the same way?
This could be the start of something else terrible...
From a followup article about a month later in the same magazine:
"Neither have the Obi-wan Kenobi wannabes thought through the possible
downsides to their plan. What happens if 10,000 Darth Vaders declare themselves
for the 'Dark Side'? Would it be possible for the two churches to live together in
harmony? No chance. It's only a matter of time before some unrepentent Luke
Skywalker ends up tied to a stake on the village green with Darth Maul lighting a
bunch of faggots under him."
Please, use the force carefully regardless of your luminescent or sexual preference.
I run NetBSD on my SE30. I don't know why you can't. I prefer FreeBSD, but I like this little toaster as a monitoring station.
With all the thinking about the business and takeover of HavenCo and how anyone there should be afraid of [insert favorite opressive regime/gov here], it seems to me most likely that if the UK or US governments decided they did not like HavenCo, they could simply purchase all of the available processing power. There *is* a limit to what they can do on the platform. Buying them out would be a lot less dangerous/exciting politically than storming Sealand with guns a'blazin.