Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 08:29:30 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1021956505.7b694a@mired.org> Cc: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The road ahead? Message-ID: <p0511170cb909021ee206@[10.0.1.39]> In-Reply-To: <3CE34AF8.83113BB6@mindspring.com> References: <20020516004909.A9808@daemon.tisys.org> <15586.61471.456290.764885@guru.mired.org> <20020515211922.J1282@darkstar.gte.net> <15587.14873.431323.125122@guru.mired.org> <3CE34AF8.83113BB6@mindspring.com>
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At 11:00 PM -0700 2002/05/15, Terry Lambert wrote:
>> Why can't I buy an answering machine with caller-id that will route
>> calls without an ID to answering machine without bothering to ring the
>> phone?
>
> Because the people who sell phones to you are the same people who sell
> phones to telemarketers, and they don't want to cannibalize their market?
Actually, you can get these things. I've seen them advertised in
a variety of catalogs, including things like _Sharper Image_.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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