29 Jun
2006
29 Jun
'06
9:26 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Rand McNally does that routinely. They create a few
bogus towns or
geographical markers to thwart copying. I've heard that some music
publishers will also put in intentional typos (say, the wrong number of
beats in a bar or a superfluous accidental) to brand their work.
I like to do a similar thing with online forms that require your name and
email. I create a throwaway email address and then make up a name and
address. I'm still getting spam offering really great mortgage rates to
someone called David Marquez in Juneau. But I never did get anything for
Consuelo O'Brien of Barrow.
I'm looking for Carl LaFong....that's Big C small a small r small l...
An unlisted phone number "costs extra".
*But*, listing your number under a different NAME doesn't!
(note that you need to not tip the phone company representative
off that you are fabricating just such a name!)
A real easy way to keep your name out of the phone book
*and* tip yourself off to folks who are skimming the phone
book *for* contacts!