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- From: kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason Balicki (KodaK))
- Subject: Re: New Supra Chipset:Caller ID:Condoms
- Message-ID: <Bx9AsI.7xM@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- References: <Bx63p4.F9r@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Nov5.051539.13787@tronsbox.xei.com> <1992Nov5.104642.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:45:52 GMT
- Lines: 61
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- In article <1992Nov5.104642.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> krsear02@ulkyvx.louisville.edu (Kendall 'Opusii' Sears) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov5.051539.13787@tronsbox.xei.com>, dfrancis@tronsbox.xei.com (Dennis Heffernan) writes:
- >> In article <Bx63p4.F9r@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason Balicki (KodaK)) writes:
- >> |Yeah, I know, but I personaly think it's an invasion of privicy to do
- >> |such a thing.
- >>
- >> Your right to privacy ends when my phone rings.
- >>
- >
- >BINGO! I have a simple rule: No ID listed... No answer. Simple as that.
- >
- >Why should I waste my time talking to
- >a) someone I don't want to talk to (phone babboons)
- >b) a wrong number (saves embarassment of the other party also)
- >c) obscene calls at 2am.
-
- But I'm not any of those. I'm simply a person who wants to keep my
- phone number private. Ya know, like the old days when people answered
- phones. I did not wish to start a flame war with this. I recognize
- your (and everyones) right to WANT caller ID, and your right to USE caller
- ID, I just am advocating the use of an alternitive. In the case of BBS's
- offer call back.
-
- Does your right to privacy end when you knock on my door? When you enter
- my house do I have a right to look through your wallet? Do I instantly
- have to know your address? Yes, there are some cases when knowing these
- things could come in handy (when the JW's visit, axe murderers and the
- like) but those cases are rare. Likewise, when someone calls you
- (or your board) most likely they are NOT out to destroy you.
-
- I don't see how caller ID is that much useful other than a deterant to
- prank calls, anyway. I think it's just one big power trip. "I have
- caller ID so I know *YOUR* number."
-
- >etc.
-
- >I DO feel like I'm being gouged by the phone co. though. This service
- >is expensive!
-
- You are being ripped off. The "company" has always had to have instant
- access to your phone number, they need it for the switching, 911 and so
- on. It may take a few minutes to _trace_ a number, but it only takes a
- second or so to get the number.
-
- I don't see the purpose of caller ID. I'm sorry, I don't. It doesn't
- offer any real useful service (to me). You may try to convince me otherwise
- but please don't turn it into some JEFF YOUNG rambling flame-war. You
- may have your caller ID, but I'd like to have my privacy.
-
-
- > Kendall Sears KRSEAR02@ULKYVX.bitnet
- > Programmer ///
- > Child Development Unit /// Amiga
- > Department of Pediatrics \\\/// Currently running AmigaOS 2.04
- > University of Louisville \XX/ And Supporting Unix Sys V Rev 4.
- >---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >"Numbness is bliss... I can't feel a thing." -me.
- >
-
- --Jason Balicki
- kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
-