[Info-vax] One wonders why people bet their companies on Microsoft based products...

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <yBnBm.3787$D95.3343 at newsfe22.ams2>, ChrisQ <meru at devnull.com> writes:
>VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
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>> $ SET POST/STYLE=RANT/CLASS=TELEPHONE/STATE=ON
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>> I hate the telephone in general.  Calls are nuisance and an invasion of my
>> privacy and tranquility.  As such, unless I travel long distance, I almost
>> NEVER carry the mobile phone.  At home, it's someone else's duty to answer
>> the phone.
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>> $ SET POST/STYLE=RANT/CLASS=TELEPHONE/STATE=OFF
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>Rofl... Invasion of privacy - couldn't agree more, especially the people 
>who have the temerity to call when you've just started dinner, or some 
>other important activity. They should know that you are trying to eat 
>dinner and have the good manners to ring at a more appropriate time :-).

Dinner time, what a good song is playing or in the midddle of intimate
moments are the very very worst.  Any other time in between is still as
bad.  I hate the phone almost as much as those scumbag pieces of shit
collectively known as lawyers.


>The answer here is just to ignore the phone if you don't feel like 
>answering it. If it's important, they can call back later...

I loathe telephone so much that I have a number of services on my line:

Caller-ID:  IF you call and I can't see who is calling, I won't answer.

VoiceMail:  If I didn't answer and it was important, leave a message.

Call-Intercept:  If the caller has an unpublished number, they receive a
message telling them that we don't accept calls from unpublished numbers.
If it is important, they can leave a message stating name and purpose of
the call.  It then rings us with a special ring and I can listen to the
description left and opt to accept or deny the call.  This one has really
puts a limit on the telemarketers and, if they lie to get through, the 
phone company will prosecute them.  I hate liars more than mother rapers,
father stabbers and father rapers! ;)

At one time, I had the DECtalk answer the phone.  If it was someone that
I knew, they could type a special code and the call would get though.  I
also had it programmed to limit my childrens' phone abusing friends from
calling repeatedly throughout the day.  Two calls per day and then they
were denied for 24 hours.
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