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From: hundt@wind.bellcore.com (tom hundt)
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Subject: Re: Defending Eric Mading
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Date: Mon, 23-Nov-87 12:38:59 EST
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>>You could also say "you do not HAVE TO answer your phone" to legitimize crank
>>phone callers.  I can't accept that, and I doubt that you or anyone else would
>
>Would that a telephone had a KILL file....

I hear they're going to introduce little devices that display the number of
the person originating the call... presumably, you could have a small computer
hooked to it that looks up the number in a database and turns on a green light
if it's "safe" to pick up the phone, and activates an answering machine if it's
not.  :-)

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