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Re: Calling card

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Post by Nullabillity »

thedudemabry wrote: post #15
k_sze wrote: post #6

This feels almost like SYN/ACK/NACK, but for people. Which means you could DDoS an aristocrat by sending them a lot of visiting cards.

My first thought was that this would be an interesting protocol for calling someone. I often receive more annoying robocalls on my personal phone than welcomed calls from unknown numbers. My usual solution is to quickly google the number to see if any scam reports are available and then quickly answer if not. But I might start the practice of texting ahead of calling someone unfamiliar with a quick message like “This…

> But I might start the practice of texting ahead of calling someone unfamiliar with a quick message like “This is John Smith's phone. I'll be calling shortly.” That way, I would ensure that my call was picked up or at least given the priority they prefer.

Hitta.se (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.hitta.andro...) will automatically look up the caller's name in the (equivalent of the) yellow pages.

I assume there's an equivalent in most other countries?

Re: Calling card

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Post by yoodenvranx »

FabHK wrote: post #10
davissorenson wrote: post #9

Interestingly, while in English we now say "business card", it seems that at least Swedish and Finnish, and probably other languages too, retained some form of "visiting card". In Swedish "visitkort" and in Finnish "käyntikortti" (literally, visit card) are still the terms for business card in use today.

"Visitenkarte" in German (for both today's business card and the old style calling card).

I like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Visiting_Card_of_Kaiser_W...

Re: Calling card

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Post by cooper12 »

gbog wrote: post #13
bunkat wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would be great if you took a few minutes to improve the article then. Reducing the cultural bias of Wikipedia happens the same way as improving Wikipedia in general, one article at a time.

Thanks, I did contribute to Wikipedia long ago (the article about Confucius still has some sequels of my edits), but it happens that I have not enough knowledge on this topic. To me, reminding about Wikipedia's cultural biais is necessary, because many people think it is reliable and complete.

Anyone interested in learning more about this cultural bias might find this essay helpful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Systemic_bias

Re: Calling card

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Post by tgb »

thedudemabry wrote: post #15
k_sze wrote: post #6

This feels almost like SYN/ACK/NACK, but for people. Which means you could DDoS an aristocrat by sending them a lot of visiting cards.

My first thought was that this would be an interesting protocol for calling someone. I often receive more annoying robocalls on my personal phone than welcomed calls from unknown numbers. My usual solution is to quickly google the number to see if any scam reports are available and then quickly answer if not. But I might start the practice of texting ahead of calling someone unfamiliar with a quick message like “This…

Isn't googling more work than answering and hanging up if it's a robot?

Re: Calling card

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Post by astdb »

thedudemabry wrote: post #15
k_sze wrote: post #6

This feels almost like SYN/ACK/NACK, but for people. Which means you could DDoS an aristocrat by sending them a lot of visiting cards.

My first thought was that this would be an interesting protocol for calling someone. I often receive more annoying robocalls on my personal phone than welcomed calls from unknown numbers. My usual solution is to quickly google the number to see if any scam reports are available and then quickly answer if not. But I might start the practice of texting ahead of calling someone unfamiliar with a quick message like “This…

Actually, the phone call has been considered dead for a number of years now.

https://www.wired.com/2010/07/st_thompson_deadphone/

Re: Calling card

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Post by lb1lf »

yoodenvranx wrote: post #22
FabHK wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Visitenkarte" in German (for both today's business card and the old style calling card).

I like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Visiting_Card_of_Kaiser_W...

I believe James Brown at one time had business cards printed with "himself" as title.

Re: Calling card

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Post by cwmma »

davissorenson wrote: post #9

Interestingly, while in English we now say "business card", it seems that at least Swedish and Finnish, and probably other languages too, retained some form of "visiting card". In Swedish "visitkort" and in Finnish "käyntikortti" (literally, visit card) are still the terms for business card in use today.

They were distinct concepts, my great grandfather had both [1], so maybe in those other languages they didn't overlap in use like they did in America. For timing I found them in his address book he brought to France in WW1.

1. https://imgur.com/gallery/GNdcj

Re: Calling card

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Post by IgorPartola »

thedudemabry wrote: post #15
k_sze wrote: post #6

This feels almost like SYN/ACK/NACK, but for people. Which means you could DDoS an aristocrat by sending them a lot of visiting cards.

My first thought was that this would be an interesting protocol for calling someone. I often receive more annoying robocalls on my personal phone than welcomed calls from unknown numbers. My usual solution is to quickly google the number to see if any scam reports are available and then quickly answer if not. But I might start the practice of texting ahead of calling someone unfamiliar with a quick message like “This…

Just read an interesting strategy for dealing with robocalls: answer and immediately mute yourself. They will assume it's a dead line and take you off the list.

Or do what I do and answer every unknown call with "911. What's the location of your emergency?"

Re: Calling card

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Post by reitanqild »

Nullabillity wrote: post #21
thedudemabry wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My first thought was that this would be an interesting protocol for calling someone. I often receive more annoying robocalls on my personal phone than welcomed calls from unknown numbers. My usual solution is to quickly google the number to see if any scam reports are available and then quickly answer if not. But I might start the practice of texting ahead of calling someone unfamiliar with a quick message like “This…

> But I might start the practice of texting ahead of calling someone unfamiliar with a quick message like “This is John Smith's phone. I'll be calling shortly.” That way, I would ensure that my call was picked up or at least given the priority they prefer. Hitta.se ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.hitta.andro... ) will automatically look up the caller's name in the (equivalent of the) yellow pages.…

Actually interesting:

Around here we have a number of forward/reverse lookup services (I use 1881.no) but I have a hard time finding anything similar for other countries. Right now I am trying to look up what I believe is a Californian number but where do I find a usable phone registry for US?

Re: Calling card

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Post by reitanqild »

nift wrote: post #18
davissorenson wrote: post #9

Interestingly, while in English we now say "business card", it seems that at least Swedish and Finnish, and probably other languages too, retained some form of "visiting card". In Swedish "visitkort" and in Finnish "käyntikortti" (literally, visit card) are still the terms for business card in use today.

Same goes for Danish - visitkort as in Swedish

Let me add Norwegian to the list as well, only with a double t in visitt (double because the vowel in front should have shorter pronunciation I think).
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