Jolly Rodger anti-telemarketer Bots

brianL · 10-27-2017, 04:26 PM

Forgot to mention: I have no Windows keys, I have Tux keys.
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fido_dogstoyevsky · 10-27-2017, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by hazel

...Some people take a lot of sadistic pleasure in playing along with the "Microsoft engineers" for about 20 minutes, then saying, "Oh! Do you suppose it's not working because I'm using Linux?"

My only regret of dropping the landline.

Mill J · 10-27-2017, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by brianL

Forgot to mention: I have no Windows keys, I have Tux keys.
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Hey where does a person get those?

ondoho · 10-28-2017, 02:28 AM

^ you can order single replacement keys somewhere.

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Originally Posted by ondoho

so, sally is the bot?
it's pretty genius.

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Originally Posted by Mill J

Yes they have about a dozen different bots they are really realistic. They also have bots that return calls to telemarketers so fast they have to shut down that number.

back to the op, you really have to listen to the tape they have on the front page.
the idea is genius: the bot just randomly says uh-huh, right, ok, and interrupts randomly (with a teenager shouting for icecream somewhere in the background) - and in the end she says "sorry, could you explain all that again" - it's completely random, but very easily mistaken for lack of manners or plain stupidity

brianL · 10-28-2017, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Mill J

Hey where does a person get those?

I did a websearch for keycaps, but I've forgotten where I got them from.

Mill J · 10-28-2017, 09:07 AM

You'll get tired of listening before you run out of vids https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC3OxCWLEmoIhNMm-hnvBm9Q

Here is a really good one https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw06lBdKwDM

Oh and I don't have a full-sized keyboard right now but when I get one.....