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Re:Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application sta... by hooande on Wednesday April 09, 2008 @05:04PM (#159252)
You gotta share that script or give it a web address
Re:Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application sta... by chasingsparks on Wednesday April 09, 2008 @05:31PM (#159291)
hooande

http://pastie.caboo.se/178157

just replace the to and from number and excuse the lack of any error correcting. go out, get a beer, and wait.

Re:Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application sta... by nostrademons on Wednesday April 09, 2008 @08:31PM (#159394)
You know that you can scan for his replies on any thread by using the http://news.ycombinator.com/newcomments link, right? Just in case someone starts another "YC e-mails are out!" thread?
Re:Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application sta... by chasingsparks on Wednesday April 09, 2008 @08:40PM (#159398)
I did not know about that feature. Thanks.
Re:Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application sta... by chasingsparks on Wednesday April 09, 2008 @05:35PM (#159295)
oh, i guess i should mention. it sends a SMS to a sprint phone via Sprint's www interface. i do not know (nor do i care) if it works for other cell phones. you can see if it does by setting the starting_count variable to 0.
Re:Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application sta... by pgfake on Wednesday April 09, 2008 @06:52PM (#159343)
So if I make a user called "pgfake" can I make your script send you text messages? Neat.
Re:Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application sta... by chasingsparks on Wednesday April 09, 2008 @07:44PM (#159371)
Well, actually, if you wanted to generate a false positive, all you had to do was paste the regex text, but why?