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Comment signature on caller ID (Score 1) 85

I have to ask because maybe someone knows. Could the phone companies have a way to attach a digital signature to caller ID data? Or maybe send the caller ID data out of band? That way my phone could discern between some spammer's VOIP bot and a legitimate caller. For example, many spammers spoof the phone number LATA to look like they are calling from the same area code / city. If there wasn't a digital signature attached to that caller ID data, I would hope I could tell my phone to not ring. I realize in the POTS days, the data was sent between 1st and 2nd ring as 1200 baud data... .but what about to a mobile phone today?

Comment Report from iron mountain. (Score 1) 300

The report from iron mountain suggests using war for social cohesion and to remove undesirable elements from our society. It goes on to suggest an alien invasion as a way to unify earth. Shall I suggest that perpetual war on terrorism is getting old and we are laying the ground work for our next âoenewâ war?

Comment Re:The market corrects (Score 1) 134

In the US, the tax credits make solar work. My system was $47000, but I get 55% off and a $16500 check from the utility company itself making my payback time 2.8 years. If you could the excess $600 a year, my payback time is 6 months sooner. WIthout the tax credits the payback was 20 years, with only the utility company's "rebate" the payback would have been 13.2 years. I must be honest when I say the tax credits make solar viable. But which is better for the country as a whole? The incentive to go solar is better.

Comment Re: wait a minute.... (Score 0, Offtopic) 252

Oh don't forget he's also a mysoginst, a xenophobe and anti-semite. What's that you say? He's the first president to have had a campaign run by a woman. He's married to a foreigner and his daugher is married to a jewish guy. This crap really pisses me off... the left keeps shouting and name calling, now they've lapped themselves and actually believe the names they started using. What is true? He is unashamedly pro-American.

Comment Fiat currency (Score 1) 71

The first rule of a fiat currency is that you must compel people to use it. Even if that means shutting down access to other currencies (china today) or making trading in precious metals illegal (USA, 1933). Bonus points from making the world use your fiat currency (USA 1947), and by the way, you may have to invade other countries of start a few coups along the way to ensure they continue to use your fiat currency.

Really, nothing to see here......

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