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  • Re: Still Active

    From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to MIKE POWELL on Monday, January 26, 2026 07:46:07
    MIKE POWELL wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-

    Well at least their AI bot wasn't yelling at them. Did you use some AI that is hosted by Truth?

    I told ChatGPT to be annoying, overly wordy and use all capitals.



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  • From Morningstarr@VERT to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, January 26, 2026 18:26:30
    Re: Re: Still Active
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Morningstarr on Sat Jan 24 2026 09:59 am

    I know I've told this story multiple times, but my company ended up with a $400 phone bill because the lead developer set it up to poll every 10 minutes.

    Well I haven't heard the story! I can't believe the guy didn't listen to your idea. I remember running up my parents phone bill. Let me just say the outcome was a pink rear end!

    I had a telco broker who had some interesting ideas. He suggested I purchase call forward on busy service for the hub. It was $3/month. Set the call forward busy destination to the number in the toll area. Set the hub to call "itself". The line was busy, naturally, and forwarded to the destination for essentially a penny a call.

    Now that sir, is a crafty idea! Our phone company would charge long distance for a call to the next county.

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