Xref: utzoo alt.privacy:353 comp.org.eff.talk:2097 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!midway!midway.uchicago.edu!francis From: francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: alt.privacy,comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Caller ID problems Message-ID: Date: 14 Apr 91 03:43:15 GMT References: <1991Apr9.085207.19175@cs.ucla.edu> <1991Apr9.203202.3853@menudo.uh.edu> <1991Apr10.142720.22627@panix.uucp> <1991Apr12.140237.13950@menudo.uh.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago Lines: 36 In-Reply-To: mcbryde@karazm.math.uh.edu's message of 12 Apr 91 14: 02:37 GMT In article <1991Apr12.140237.13950@menudo.uh.edu> mcbryde@karazm.math.uh.edu (Jack McBryde) writes: In article <1991Apr10.142720.22627@panix.uucp> mara@panix.uucp (Mara Chibnik) writes: >In article <1991Apr9.203202.3853@menudo.uh.edu> >mcbryde@karazm.math.uh.edu (Jack McBryde) writes: >This isn't really for you to say, is it? If your doctor takes a >call on the doctor's beeper from a party at a someone else's home, >is it up to you to decide that it's okay for that number to be shown >as one where that doctor may (sometimes) be reached? I share a He could always just say "I was at a party. I can't normally be reached at this number.: But he shouldn't have to--he should be thinking about the call, not the mechanics of it. (And the host shouldn't have to depend on him to remember!) Besides, somebody who'd make harassing phone calls (say, if he decides he hates the doctor) might very well turn on the doctor's friend (the host) if he can't get the doctor's number. 2) I'm not interested in doing business with a mental health professional who may not want to talk to me. If I get a timely response from calling the answering service I have no need to call directly. If I'm not going to get a timely response... But, if she isn't there, you'd only be annoying Mara... -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Until you stalk and overrun, | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | you can't devour anyone. -- Hobbes | \============================================================================/