RE: National Crisis or lower your mortgage?

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 I have to disagree, the DNC list works great.  I used to get 2 - 5 calls nightly from telemarketers.  I used to screen 
the calls and pick up on a few of them to play my little game of "how long can I keep this idiot on the phone before he 
hangs up"  I had one telemarketer on the phone over 15 minutes until I got tired of playing and I finally told him that 
I lived in a condo (not true), and that there isn't any grass around for blocks so there's no way I could use his lawn 
services... He hung up so upset he was swearing ;-)  I loved it...

  Due to the DNC list, I don't get any calls anymore :-(  No more game :-(


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of coderman
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 1:51 PM
To: Dude VanWinkle
Cc: FunSec LList
Subject: Re: [funsec] National Crisis or lower your mortgage?

On 6/20/06, Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:
> ...
> "Every time that phone rings, it's telemarketers," grumbled Gov. Ruth
> Ann Minner, whose secret homeland defense hot line sits in her office,
> ringing occasionally with offers of time share condominiums and great
> deals on long distance.

oh man, too funny.


> The problem, Minner said, seems to be the random-number generators
> that telemarketers use.

bzzt, wrong answer.  it's not "random number generators", hahaha (wow,
they think the public is really stupid, don't they).


> According to Minner's office, the
> Department of Homeland Security placed all the hot line numbers on the
> federal government's Do Not Call Registry, which is supposed to ward
> off telemarketers.

bingo, here's the culprit.  most people don't realize that the DNC
list is a window of opportunity. until the requisite time period has
lapsed telemarketers are free to call you, thus turning this list into
a "annoy the crap out of me for 3 months" list.

but i'm sure the powers the be are not anxious to admit the DNC is not
only a failure, but actually worsens the telemarketing intrusions for
those who sought relief on it.

man, choice comedy here.  the only thing that's not so funny is how
much you're paying for this incompetence.
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