Telemarketers and collections companies will sometimes alter what shows up in the Caller ID of people they call. (Not sure if this is illegal, or soon will be.) I've heard this is simple to do, but I've never looked into it myself.
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tommyrot - Dec 03, 2009 10:44:23 am PST #11880 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sean K - Dec 03, 2009 12:20:17 pm PST #11881 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Suddenly we're a phreaking board!
le nubian - Dec 03, 2009 4:19:16 pm PST #11882 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
bon bon, you could try google voice, if your BIL could get an acct, he could register it anywhere.
You could try buying a calling card on the Internet.
dcp - Dec 03, 2009 4:55:34 pm PST #11883 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
There's also Skype.
DCJensen - Dec 03, 2009 5:17:01 pm PST #11884 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Is there a way to fake an area code in a phone call?
Could you get a a cheap cell phone and activate it in a different area code?
Yeah, In the realm of the cheap, when I registered my TracPhone they just had me give a prefix that was local/area and my name for the display. I could have registered any name any where, I suppose.
You could try buying a calling card on the Internet.
Most of the time when people I know use a calling card, it comes up registered to the card company, and doesn't transmit the originator's caller ID. This caused a bit of a problem when I had a card and tried calling people on their cell phones, they had no idea who was calling.
omnis_audis - Dec 04, 2009 9:23:30 am PST #11885 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
there is always MagicJack. $20/year for a phone number that you choose where you want it from.
Jon B. - Dec 04, 2009 10:26:36 am PST #11886 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The missus is looking for a wiki to host the goings-on of an international scholarly committee. She's looking for a hosted service, not just the software. And it should be free. Does such a service exist and are they any good?
Ideally, the college that hosts the organization of which the committee is a part will let them glom onto whatever they use for courses; this is in case a Plan B is needed.
amych - Dec 04, 2009 10:45:34 am PST #11887 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
wikispaces: [link] (my go-to option, good solid basic wiki tools without a lot of fuss)
pbworks: [link] (lots of different price points/options; a fair bit of upgrade-hints, but note free option cleverly hidden on the "academic pricing" page)
wikia: [link] (but this one always seems more oriented towards big public projects on a particular subject, rather than project wikis for a specific group, conference, etc.)
Jon B. - Dec 04, 2009 11:13:15 am PST #11888 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Thanks, amych!
amych - Dec 04, 2009 11:24:28 am PST #11889 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
you're welcome -- it's always nice when stuff I know off the top of my head can be, you know, actually useful.