Saying hello to SAM
Sun May 08, 2005 18:23 (UTC -5)Yesterday while on Skype (see my previous post about Skype) I decided to change my status to “Skype Me.” This would allow any Skype user to find me when searching for users. I hoped that some interesting people would run into me. Instead I got a dull conference call, a prank call, and some guy in Colorado who had a slow connection and I think couldn’t speak English. I wanted to talk to people, but not these! What was I to do?!
I decided to download SAM, an answering machine program for Skype. I figured that a lot of people use an answering machine to screen calls, so if I’m accepting random calls, I might as well do the same thing. It seems like a good program, but the thing is, I haven’t gotten a single call since installing the program yesterday. I’m sure, though, that it’ll prove useful eventually.
How common are your first and last names? Find out at Name Statistics. It tells me that “Jordon is the #1088 most common male name. 0.004% of men in the US are named Jordon. Around 4900 US men are named Jordon!” My last name has only a few bearers in this country, so it didn’t turn up any hard numbers. Even I myself find it hard to believe, but I’m one of those people who have a last name as their first name. It turns out that Jordon is not much more common of a last name: “Jordon is the #2539 most common last name. 0.005% of last names in the US are Jordon. Around 12500 US last names are Jordon!” (Thanks Todd for the link.)
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