[mdlug] It happened...

[Michael Rudas]

--- Robert Meier wrote:

> In the 1970s, it was a fad to "whistle" touch-tones
> to use a phone without touching the dial or buttons.
> Though I saw friends demonstrate, I never mastered the required "warbling".

I'm not sure how that would work, considering that it IS a dual-tone
system and would require two simultaneous, precise tones to work --
one each corresponding to the column and row of the keypad.  It takes
a LOT more than perfect pitch to do that -- even Captain Crunch (Jon
Draper) needed a two-note bosun's whistle to pull off a similar stunt.
 Maybe THIS guy could, though:

"Famous phone hacker "Joybubbles" dies"
<http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_6669861>

~~ Mikey