Slog - Comments on Voicemail of the Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day Hi Anthony, this is ______, calling from the Fox News Channel, and I'm looking to speak with someone regarding a new business venture involving your website. This is a new revenue-building opportunity that we've come up with, and we'd like to invite your company to partner up with us on. Umm, this is an entirely new endeavor and what we're trying to do is talk to companies - newspaper companies - with websites and see what the interest is like. So basically we've created a video player that would provide video streams for your website, and um, we have the... Copyright 2008 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:34:28 -0800 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:27:13 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by ghostlawns tough choice.

]]> ghostlawns http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899670 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899670 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:41:35 -0800 Comment by S. M. Fox cold-calls?

]]> S. M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899673 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899673 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:43:44 -0800 Comment by apres_moi he's actually a Nigerian running a scam to get your money.

]]> apres_moi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899675 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899675 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:46:01 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Wow, nothing like knowing your prospect list, huh? Fox and The Stranger, indeed...

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899676 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899676 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:46:10 -0800 Comment by Cale take the money, give into hate.

]]> Cale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899679 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899679 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:48:33 -0800 Comment by uhh... Uhh...I would...um...like your...uhh...business cause I'm...um...like professional.

]]> uhh... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899682 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899682 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:54:26 -0800 Comment by Dougsf A new revenue-building opportunity that Fox has come with, you say? Sounds great! If only my new California Pines home had internet access, I could be reaping these most "generous of revenue shares out on the web".

This actually sounds kinda scary... it's one thing to generate revenue from ad sales, but this almost sounds like there's incentives here to source video from certain sources. Ugh.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899684 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899684 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:58:45 -0800 Comment by Spoogie Run, Anthony, run! Change your phone number. Now.

]]> Spoogie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899687 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899687 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:05:35 -0800 Comment by mattymatt Oh what on EARTH is this new bullshit. You HAVE to call him back and find out more.

]]> mattymatt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899691 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:11:09 -0800 Comment by Chad wow - a video player on the web? mind blowing.

]]> Chad http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899694 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899694 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:17:01 -0800 Comment by ecce homo It's cause Dan and Bill O'reilly are butt buddies...

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899700 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899700 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:27:55 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Man, this takes me back to the first animations of videos on the web.

Wasn't that like in the 80s?

Make sure you give them your SSN and birthdate ... after all, it's not like Fox would try to ... lie to us ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899702 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899702 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:29:42 -0800 Comment by superyeadon According to Washington State telemarketing laws, Fox News now owes you $500.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899711 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:40:22 -0800 Comment by superyeadon ... or does that law just cover automated messages left on your voicemail? dammit, i think it does. nevermind.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899714 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899714 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:41:35 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe They're trying to kill me. Answer it.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899717 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899717 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:45:07 -0800 Comment by josh the Stranger probably got their attention when Dan endorsed the Iraq invasion and later volunteered for Romney.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899738 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:04:00 -0800 Comment by from east of miss @6: kudos. uh's and um's really do a lot to make one sound unprofessional, more so than most things.

yeah, that message was fishy all around. don't call them back and block their number. i don't know that i would mess around w/ reporting them to wa state, even if you did get money out of it. or shit, i don't know. do it and see what happens. this behavior needs to be in the spotlight.

]]> from east of miss http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899760 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899760 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:40:09 -0800 Comment by Ziggity It's a trap!

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899802 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899802 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:48:29 -0800 Comment by thegayrecluse Fox must be getting desperate, because I got the same message.

]]> thegayrecluse http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899818 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899818 Tech Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:33:13 -0800 Comment by yungrii thats uhsome!

]]> yungrii http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899866 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c899866 Tech Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:26:14 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @13 - yeah, GO FOR IT! SUE THEM!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c900007 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c900007 Tech Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:14:24 -0800 Comment by K I get the feeling he had a list of papers with websites to call, and had just loaded Slog for the first time while rattling off his well-worn spiel.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c900043 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c900043 Tech Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:38:53 -0800 Comment by duh Washington telemarketing laws hardly prohibit a business from proposing a business deal to another business. Even this nanny state wouldn't go that far...

]]> duh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c900092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c900092 Tech Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:27:44 -0800 Comment by bolo poor fresh-out-of-college nervous coldcaller.

]]> bolo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c900153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/voicemail_of_the_day#c900153 Tech Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:27:13 -0800