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Comment Re:Asterisk (Score 1) 281

I solve this problem by having asterisk prescreen all incoming calls. An IVR prompt requires you to press a combination of numbers before it actually rings any phones. A white and black list for caller ID data are used to bypass or simply play line disconnected tones and hang up.

It's the only reason I still have a POTS line. I never give out my cell.

This seems like such a sensible solution. Is there no hardware/firmware combination for the naive user so that they can program a single POTS line to require callers to dial in programmed access digits before they are cut through to the user's home telephone system?

Comment Re:You are *assuming* this is why he's 'censoring' (Score 1) 943

Good observation, recrudescence. Right or wrong, Richard Dawkins is MEAN, in the sense of being a mean-spiritied pr*ck.. Aristotle: rhetoric is ethos (character of the speaker), pathos (emotive or phatic communication), and logos. Everybody here is solid on the logos of this debate. I would like to see it myself, to evaluate the ethos and pathos involved.
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