All cell phone companies allow the caller to skip straight to the beep.
It is usually # or *.
Figure yours out.
Make your message something to the effect of:
"Hi, this is fred. I can't take your call now. Leave me a message. In the future, to skip straight to the beep, press X"
Most cell phone companies have a "fast prompt" setting for retrieving your messages. It isn't fast enough for a geek who is used to memorizing interactive prompts, but it is at least 50% faster than normal prompts. Turn yours on.

I actually don't have much of a problem with pay-as-you-go roads. The roads have to be taken care of, new bridges buit, etc. I DO have a problem with the gov't potentially keeping track of where I go! How about we track based on odometer readings? Perhaps when your car goes in for inspection every year, the odometer data is sent to the DMV, which charges you along with your yearly registration? The roads have to be paid for, and it seems reasonable that the people who use them the most should pay the most. The only problem with this might arise from people choosing to drive less because of *this*, and then, where will the money come from?

What really bugs me about all this is that despite what were probably thousands of reports to the gov't, nothing was done and nobody really brought it up in the media until they accidentally bothered NY senator Chuck Schumer. Had they not stumbled onto his number, one wonders if they would still be in business.

Here's a link to disable autorun on 2k and XP for real. You won't get a prompt for what to do, the system won't try to do anything with a USB key or CD rom or removable drive. I recommend it to anyone who has to put other peoples' USB drives in their systems. http://windowssecrets.com/2007/11/08/02-One-quick-trick-prevents-Autorun-attacks