From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 15 23:30:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from riker.skynet.be (riker.skynet.be [195.238.3.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF38637B408 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 23:30:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.39] (ip-27.shub-internet.org [194.78.144.27] (may be forged)) by riker.skynet.be (8.11.6/8.11.6/Skynet-OUT-2.19) with ESMTP id g4G6UDY11926; Thu, 16 May 2002 08:30:13 +0200 (MET DST) (envelope-from ) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: 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> X-Grok: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Reply-By: Wed, 1 Jan 1984 12:34:56 +0100 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Outlook will expire in 3 days. Please contact Microsoft about purchasing a new license. Remember: software piracy is a felony! Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 08:29:30 +0200 To: Terry Lambert , Mike Meyer From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: The road ahead? Cc: Robert Clark , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message