Re: Cellphone

CobraBoy (tbyars@earthlink.net)
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 10:45:58 -0800


At 9:59 AM -0800 2/20/98, Dan Connolly came up with the following:

> Rohit Khare wrote:
> >
> > 626-806-7574
>
> I just phoned that number, and it worked as expected. But...
>
> > Rohit Khare
> > 6310 Palo Verde
> > Irvine, CA
> > 626/806-7574 (cell)
> > 714/823-9705 (home)
> > 714/824-3200 (work)

(inferior Win stuff deleted)

>
> 2. I called that work number, and somebody answered on behalf
> of UCI computing services, but didn't know how to connect
> me to Rohit. One would think that
>
> "Rohit says Rohit's work phone is 714/824-3200"
>
> should be trusted, but due to direct experience, I no longer
> believe
> "Rohit's work phone is 714/824-3200"
> and all assertions of the form
> "Roht says X"
> are tainted in my world-view.

Well I've tried that many many times. It seems there is one phone, which I
believe to be a pay phone in the hallway. Whatever student is walking by at
the time answers it. Asking for Rohit Khare is pointless since not
everybody at UCI knows Rohit. (yet...)

Tim

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