Re:Show HN: Please Don't Rob Me
by dragonwriter on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @10:35AM
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> If you call the same number 10 times in a row, or let it ring for minutes, you can be reasonably sure nobody is home.
If it has an automatic answering system, you can't "let it ring for minutes", and if it has the ringer turned off (and there are lots of people who, with an answering, do this by default) then it won't even ring at all (though you'll think it is ringing.)
If it has an automatic answering system, you can't "let it ring for minutes", and if it has the ringer turned off (and there are lots of people who, with an answering, do this by default) then it won't even ring at all (though you'll think it is ringing.)