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I doubt it[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#16)
by Anonymous User on Mon Jul 14, 2008 at 05:12:33 PM PDT

I doubt it. Fax machines typically produce a complex buzz of electronic tones, not a simple pinging. I know, because I've gotten misdirected calls from faxen before.


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Fax probe tones[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#20)
by Anonymous User on Tue Jul 15, 2008 at 11:52:34 AM PDT

Modern fax machines, when they call, emit a series of simple repetitive beeps called probe tones in order to "wake up" a fax machine on the receiving side. Then the receiving machine initiates the bizarre-sounding handshake sequence. This allows fax machines to share voice lines which used not to be possible. I agree with the previous poster: legitimate wrong number.

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No[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#36)
by Anonymous User on Fri Jul 18, 2008 at 10:17:00 PM PDT

According to your theory, the machine in question was configured to share the line with a human, but when I said "hello?" there was no answer. Ergo, it wasn't sharing the line with a human.

Now please stop implying that I was being dishonest earlier and let it drop.

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You've got it backwards[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#38)
by sconeu on Sat Jul 19, 2008 at 12:06:04 PM PDT

They emit three beeps in case the *RECEIVING* line is sharing a fax machine.

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You are a jerk[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#39)
by Anonymous User on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 07:36:34 AM PDT

I've got nothing backwards and I don't like people posting stuff whose very subject is insulting and accusatory.

Now mind your manners, young man!

You seem to be forgetting not only your manners, but also that the same call occurred twice in a row, about twenty minutes apart. Wrong numbers are one-offs. When they realize they dialed the wrong number, they dial a different one when they try again. Spammers are the ones that are often persistent and will generally spam you over and over and over again.

Now stop hassling me and get back to whatever you normally do.

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Thin Skinned Jerk![ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#44)
by Anonymous User on Mon Aug 11, 2008 at 07:31:11 PM PDT

I would normally simply note that we have all had a fax not go through and retried later. But you appear to be an exceptionally obtuse fool. You betray more of your ignorance and inability to learn with each post.

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Jerk![ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#45)
by Anonymous User on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 10:55:34 AM PDT

Who are you, and why are you attacking a complete stranger by posting vicious and untrue insults in public?

Remember that we were discussing A SUPPOSED WRONG NUMBER. If you dial an unfamiliar number and don't get the expected response, you double-check the number. Only when you dial a familiar number that you have used many times before do you just automatically retry.

Now enough on the subject! If you MUST say something more, stick to the actual matter under discussion and leave personalities and personal attacks out of it. That sort of nonsense belongs locked up tight in your skull, not broadcast in a public forum for anyone to hear. Got it?

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Wow.....[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#46)
by Anonymous User on Sat Aug 16, 2008 at 08:47:35 AM PDT

Have you thought about anger management training or medication?......

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Hey d00d[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#47)
by Anonymous User on Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 10:32:48 AM PDT

Hey, d00d, what part of

Now enough on the subject! If you MUST say something more, stick to the actual matter under discussion and leave personalities and personal attacks out of it. That sort of nonsense belongs locked up tight in your skull, not broadcast in a public forum for anyone to hear. Got it?

didn't you understand? :P

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