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From: galt@baby.dsd.es.com (Greg Alt - Perp)
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Subject: caller ID
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Date: 31 Mar 91 01:11:54 GMT
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One positive aspect of caller ID that I haven't heard mention yet is harassing
telemarketers...  Imagine one of the computerized tm's calling you at 9 or 10
in the morning when you wanted to sleep in...  For revenge, set your modem to
dial their number until it picks up.  Then play some recorded message until they
hangup.  Then, call back...  Or, if a real human telemarketer calls, ignore 
everything they say, and start carrying on a small-talk conversation until they
hangup.  Then call back and keep talking... 
               Greg