[olug] PC ringer for POTS phone

[Jay Swackhamer]

On second thought, you could put the tazer under the chair of your  
neighbor in cubeville, depending on your tolerance.

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Quoting Jay Swackhamer <Jay at RebootTheUser.com>:

> You could use a Phidgets voltage sensor to look for a change in the
> line voltage, or maybe a vibration sensor clipped to the phone, and
> then use that to trigger a phidgets relay to engage the Tazer you will
> install under your chair. Then you can be sure to never miss a call.
>
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> Jay Swackhamer
> Reboot The User
> 13416 A Street
> Omaha, NE 68144
> 402-933-6449
> Hours: 7pm-11pm Wed-Fri, 5pm-9pm Sat.
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> Quoting Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com>:
>
>> I enjoy listening to music at work.  Since I'm in a cubicle farm, I have
>> to use headphones.  I usually just use a single earbud so that I can hear
>> the phone ring with the other ear.  However, the audio quality of a single
>> earbud sucks.  I'd love to use some nice headphones, but I can't risk
>> ignoring the phone.
>>
>> Do any of you know of any desktop app (for Linux, of course -- Ubuntu
>> 8.04) that would provide an obvious visual indicator on my screen
>> whenever the phone rang?  Dumping a ring tone to the speakers would be
>> fine, too.  These are digital phones, but not VoIP.  I'm thinking maybe
>> something that I could either run through a modem (so the computer
>> could sense the ring) or split & run one line into a modem.  I don't
>> really have any need for caller ID, as the phone (which sits 90 degrees
>> to the left of my monitor) has that info on it.  All I need is a visual
>> ringer.
>>
>> As common as VoIP and Skype are today, googling for something that works
>> with a simpler phone is difficult.
>>
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>> Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
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>>        promise that You will pull me through.  -- Rich Mullins
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