A colonial pilgrim has done what was thought to be impossible: he cut a hole in the wall of his house and added a window. Great... now we're all going to want windows in our homes.
This may be old news, so my appologies if it's already been blogged somewhere.
Sorry about that. Pagerealm inserts the ads and propaganda randomly to pay for the bandwidth. I don't have any control over the popups or banners. I'm not trying to sell anything though. My only crime is trying to save money on my webhosting.
Caller ID is great for "ignoring" telemarketers, but I have hacked together an old PC and phone to make something I call the "Telecrapper". It uses the CallerID string to determine if the call is PhoneSpam. If it is it answers the call and plays a series of pre-recorded sound files. It uses silence detection to determine when the telemarketer is talking, so it carries on a virtual conversation with the dope on the other end. I haven't had one yet figure out that they're talking to a computer. These virtual conversations have all been recorded, and the best ones can be listened to at www.pagerealm.com/tc2k. They are all very funny to listen too. Just scroll down to the bottom to listen to the example WAV files.
I wish I could find a Perl module to auto dial these number and leave supper long messages with an electornic voice.
I've actually writen a perl program that does something along the same lines. Instead of Email Spam though it deals with Telemarketer spam. It uses CallerID to determine which calls to answer, plays a series pre-recorded wave files, and uses silence detection to carry on a virtual conversation with the telemarketer. Best of all, it records the entire conversation. I haven't had a telemarketer yet that figured out they were talking to a computer. I call it the Telecrapper for lack of a more Madison Avenue name. A description and some example conversations are available at www.pagerealm.com/tc2k. Scroll down to listen to the examples, they are VERY FUNNY.
Messing with Telemarketers seems to be a common passtime for geeks (myself included)! I wish they could build a Telecrapper (http://www.pagerealm.com/tc2k) into a cell phone. That would provide hours of entertainment.
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A colonial pilgrim has done what was thought to be impossible: he cut a hole in the wall of his house and added a window. Great ... now we're all going to want windows in our homes.
This may be old news, so my appologies if it's already been blogged somewhere.
That's the longest haiku I've ever heard.
Sorry about that. Pagerealm inserts the ads and propaganda randomly to pay for the bandwidth. I don't have any control over the popups or banners. I'm not trying to sell anything though. My only crime is trying to save money on my webhosting.
Caller ID is great for "ignoring" telemarketers, but I have hacked together an old PC and phone to make something I call the "Telecrapper". It uses the CallerID string to determine if the call is PhoneSpam. If it is it answers the call and plays a series of pre-recorded sound files. It uses silence detection to determine when the telemarketer is talking, so it carries on a virtual conversation with the dope on the other end. I haven't had one yet figure out that they're talking to a computer. These virtual conversations have all been recorded, and the best ones can be listened to at www.pagerealm.com/tc2k. They are all very funny to listen too. Just scroll down to the bottom to listen to the example WAV files.
I wish I could find a Perl module to auto dial these number and leave supper long messages with an electornic voice.
I've actually writen a perl program that does something along the same lines. Instead of Email Spam though it deals with Telemarketer spam. It uses CallerID to determine which calls to answer, plays a series pre-recorded wave files, and uses silence detection to carry on a virtual conversation with the telemarketer. Best of all, it records the entire conversation. I haven't had a telemarketer yet that figured out they were talking to a computer. I call it the Telecrapper for lack of a more Madison Avenue name. A description and some example conversations are available at www.pagerealm.com/tc2k. Scroll down to listen to the examples, they are VERY FUNNY.
Messing with Telemarketers seems to be a common passtime for geeks (myself included)! I wish they could build a Telecrapper (http://www.pagerealm.com/tc2k) into a cell phone. That would provide hours of entertainment.