Posts Tagged: funny
29
Mar 10
New Google easter egg
So, I am pretty much the worst speller ever. As such, I am always using google as a spell checker. Anyhow, today I was uncertain of the spelling of “recursion”. So, I googled it.
For those who do not know that recursion is… A recursive function or a subroutine is one that calls itself.
Heck yeah, I love geek humor.
Cheers,
Jonathan
25
Mar 10
The greatest program ever
The telecrapper 2000 telemarketer interception system is quite possibly the greatest program of all time. Basically, you hook your phone into your computer and the computer filters out the telemarketer. That alone is a pretty great feature. But, it gets better.
You configure the application with 2 simple configuration files. The first one is a list of phone numbers to filter out. The second one is a simple list of .wav files. Instead of just hanging up the phone on the telemarketer, the application immediately plays the first .wav file in the config. The program then waits for silence. Then the app plays the next .wav file. This simple loop will continue until A) the telemarketer gives up B) the app runs out of wav files to play.
As if this was not good enough, the app records the conversations. Check out some examples…
Most people around here are family folk.
The app is open source, but it looks like the hookup to the phone is kinda janky. Check it out: TC2K
Cheers,
Jonathan