From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6ABB1381F3 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:49:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 44F0F21C0B7; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:48:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 534CA21C096 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:47:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Mbwuk-1Tu6I12zxO-00JQav; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:47:49 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:47:46 -0600 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Google Chrome leftovers Message-ID: <20121129234746.GR23914@server> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:7szxNuf8HQHsys7S8czXaACRHCg29WhKkmilFgXnJ+F U0ebgotr1+EIpseq7No5KPLdNkx1Ew0M8Nj672vLKyY4Znnmfs qSJil1UotIRAx9OJHlogN7NjZg4BaXVQDhIyVx1Cohpba6ZMNT AikSHv1l2gpO14RdKhCJaGfkLNmQHyweKNH7RymCC8/MHw0e0D yXAEESZCvAFEoXdT8vBo6n7yhzaFpz3aStRsHa/N5KnVch3KDC 2fHMxA/BqtJW5eWWERI8DyNB/ZQg8P6AgcEaffJ7YU91bvCVoM zI9IKmZIwBVHLlH+/h2d/GU5by43y9DnANZ8s3Ah9tH4Aulz/a qSpZBV8A+kTMF21jNMpOpoWQgwgQMLn1V3JGR/3Ha X-Archives-Salt: 2501512f-296d-47e2-925a-992ad6fc16c8 X-Archives-Hash: ddc75b1b4ef662fddcffd458a97c6e8a On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 02:38:48PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Thanks for the info. Actually I haven't tried any version yet. I was > just curious about finding some app that might receive text message > sent from a cell phone. I.e. - instead of giving my cell phone number > which I'd rather keep private I might give a Google-Talk phone number > and receive the messages at my desk. I think this can be done with > Skype but you have to buy a phone number from them. It seems to me > that Google gives theirs out for free, at least right now. > > I believe you are correct about the ?? versions. They aren't in portage here. > > Thanks again, > Mark There is a service called Google Voice. You get a phone number from them and can forward it to another phone. Also, it will send voice messages to your Google mail account, and even translate them (not well) to text. It will also send text messages. This was the number I put on my business cards (it's in my sig) so that I could receive calls to my cell number w/out actually giving it out. When someone calls 662-205-6424 it tells me I have a call from (and I assume they're asked to give their name), press 1 to accept. If I don't want to talk to them at that time, I don't answer, and they're routed to the voice mail. If they leave a message, it's sent to my Google account as a sound file and translated to text. That's the gist of it... When my one-year with this Android phone is up in Dec, we're getting iPhones and also canceling all the Google accounts and services. We don't agree with the new privacy policies they released March 1, 2012. Google was not a favorite before then, actually. But if we didn't keep the Google account we couldn't get updates to the Android phone. Which, by the way, is a piece of junk (Samsung Galaxy S). Android OS is basically Googles *borrowing* from Linux and OSS over the years, and they've done an amazingly poor job of it. Be that as it may ... Google Voice has been nice. If some sane and responsible party who valued privacy and freedom as we do had a similar service, we'd be interested. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting