Re: OT: Google Voice question.

2012-09-13 Thread Joseph Sinclair
I understand what you want to do. I was simply pointing out that if that's what you want then Google Voice is simply the wrong tool. If you try to use a sports car to haul dirt, you might manage it but it would be a lot easier if you just use a truck. If you want business voicemail, then there

Re: OT: Google Voice question. SOLVED

2012-09-13 Thread joe
Thank you Brian. That works perfectly! > Try setting the do not disturb on the line you want answered > immediately. You should be able to set to for 999days and then you'll > have to set it again in 2015. In theory that should make it answer > immediately. > > If not, then you are trying to

Re: Regarding advanced "whois" searches, question re-phrased...

2012-09-13 Thread Eric Shubert
On 09/04/2012 12:38 PM, Jim March wrote: OK, it turns out Mike Ballon's example won't work. Let me try to re-phrase the question: I have this rogue ISP/Webhost/Webdesign company - call 'em "badguycorp". I don't want to say their name. They are hosting websites that are legally and/or morally

Re: OT: Google Voice question.

2012-09-13 Thread Brian Cluff
Try setting the do not disturb on the line you want answered immediately. You should be able to set to for 999days and then you'll have to set it again in 2015. In theory that should make it answer immediately. If not, then you are trying to use a Pontiac Fiero as a moving van, it's just no

Re: OT: Google Voice question.

2012-09-13 Thread Michael Havens
so wait a second... google e same area but not if you are going to be moving.voice is just a redirection number! very good if you are going to stay in th :-)~MIKE~(-: On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 5:46 PM, wrote: > > > I think you misunderstand what Google Voice is. > > Is it wrong of me to want to u

Re: OT: Google Voice question.

2012-09-13 Thread joe
> I think you misunderstand what Google Voice is. Is it wrong of me to want to use the many good features of Google Voice that I very much appreciate in the way that I want to use it (and keeping my 20-year established and widely published land line number as my primary, ring-first number)? I do

Re: OT: Google Voice question.

2012-09-13 Thread JD Austin
To make what Joseph said more concise: 1. Set your no-answer-busy on your first line to go to Google voice instead of your second line. 2. In Google voice set that second line as one of the destinations. You could also have people call your google voice number directly and have both

Re: OT: Google Voice question.

2012-09-13 Thread Joseph Sinclair
I think you misunderstand what Google Voice is. 1) It is NOT voicemail. It has voicemail, but it's intended to function opposite to a voicemail service. 2) People should be calling your Google Voice number directly; it then forwards to (rings) one or more actual phones (home phone, cellphone, gm

OT: Google Voice question.

2012-09-13 Thread joe
Google Voice is monumentally confusing (to me). For longer than I care to admit, I have been trying to figure out how to get GV to work the way I want it to work. Our qwest home phone land line has "call forward, don't answer" set to forward to our Google Voice number after 2-to-3 rings, and I fi

PLUG meeting tonight (9/13) at MCC

2012-09-13 Thread PLUG Announcements
We have 2 topics for this month, see you there. Presenter: Dennis Kibbe Security talk- Google public DNS. Presenter: Brian Cluff Title: TBD Description: TBD - Another mini presentation on Linux multimedia apps See you there, Brian Cluff ___ PLUG-annou

Re: Helping a Japanese Ftiend

2012-09-13 Thread Matt Graham
From: Dazed_75 > this DVD has been tried in 5 players and on 2 computers. The only > on that will play it is a 5 year old all region player belonging to the > lady's friend somewhere across town. > Matt, I do not know what the video encoding is. > larry@hammerhead:~$ mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /me