On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 18:37 -0700, Joseph Sinclair wrote:
> In fact, the whistle-a-phone-number question is based on the real-life case of Joe Engressia - a.k.a "The Whistler". Born blind, he had perfect pitch, and developed the ability to dial by whistling the number tones as a kid. A quick Google will get you a lot of other information about the old-school Phreak's and their techniques and exploits (before the criminals mugged it all up).
>
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and as legend has it, the founders of Apple toyed with electronic
dialers in their pre-Apple days.
Craig
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