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I have this requirement in which I need to communicate with a mobile phone user via his SMS. I do not have the capability to use a mobile phone (at least sometimes) and this other user does not have the capability to use E-mail (at least sometimes). So I need the capability to send an SMS from my PC (which could be E-mail, as I have that capability all the time) that the other user will get as an SMS, and then he can reply to that, and it comes back to me somehow.
I suppose that me having a virtual phone would work, but I think I saw someone wanting $30/month for this, which sounds beyond outrageous. I am not against paying a little, but of course, nothing beats the price of free.
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The client with the mobile phone may be able to set up an email address to forward to his phone, provided by his carrier.
A quick google of email sms free returned 1.2 million hits, so there should be something there, including How to Send a Text From Your Email Account | Digital Trends
Keep Calm and Carry On
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it's possible to connect a phone to a PC as [a GSM modem] and use AT commands to send and read messages
...or there are some API's that make it a lot less painful.
means need only plug a phone into he PC and off you go.
... or perhaps a cheap/older phone and a prepaid sim that charges based on per message / per call (ideally with longest possible credit expiry).
I did something like that many years ago for a vehicle tracking app.
had units for the vehicles that sent GPS co-ords via SMS periodically or whenever it started/stopped moving then plugged a Nokia dumb phone into a PC to receive the messages.
... in case you ask sorry but I've not got any of the source anymore, lost >10 years and 2 countries ago
- also was back in XP days so likely more painful to adapt than write from scratch.
Edit: hee's some info quickly goggled: SMS Tutorial: How to Receive SMS Messages Using a Computer/PC through a Mobile Phone or GSM/GPRS Modem? AT Commands[^]
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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If you know the phone company for the phone, you can use email. For example, Verizon is number@vtext.com.
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If you google "web sms service" (optionally add "free") you will see a long list of services to choose from ... if they are available in your area.
You say nothing about the SMS volume you will be generating. Some of the free services put a celing on the number of message per month; that may be limiting to you. Generally, the free services are one-way: The web interface will not allow the mobile phone user to return an SMS reply to your PC. (Well, maybe some services do provide that option - if you need it, make sure that is is offered.)
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Is it bad that the only prize I ever want to win is an Ig Nobel?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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No, it is a great attitude!
Remember that although the idea of IgNobel is to present science and research that initially make you smile/laugh, it should also make you think, in the direction of "maybe there is something to it..." (that is not from any official declaration, but my understanding of it). "Research" that is nothing but a joke will never make it to IgNobel.
This DKE-19-paper is certainly in the style of IgNobel!
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Funny ...  thanks for bringing this up. Trying not to get contaminated in my surroundings ...
Cheers,
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I don't understand the question. 
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DK effect is:
1. a tendency (cognitive bias) of those with less knowledge of a domain to over-estimate their knowledge.
2. a tendency of those with more knowledge of a domain to under-estimate their knowledge, based on an assumption that others have as much knowledge as they do.
Quote: "the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others."
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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I'll make sure to add quotation marks next time.
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Did You Know?
Cats spend more than two-thirds of their lives asleep; as kittens, they sleep an average of eighteen hours a day and as adults, they sleep an average of sixteen hours a day.
I know that it is true. I read it on the Internet.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I'd heard that about lions but didn't realize cats were about as extreme.
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It is also true that they are hyper-active during their waking hours. Our 2-month old kitten is never stationary, except while asleep.
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This is why our cat is named Dij: it's short for "Digital" because as a kitten he was either ON1 or OFF2; there was nothing in between.
1 - And doing a Wall of Death round the room
2 - And you could have pulled all his fur out hair by hair and he wouldn't wake up
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Dij: it's short for "Digital"
So, about the pronunciation of "GIF"...
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You're saying you're pronouncing it "dig it all"??
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Ted Nelson, "inventor" of hypertext, refers to computers as "Dig-it-all systems", in his Computer Lib/Dream Machines.
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This is one of those videos showing people who are not dancing to the music being played, isn't it?
Still, I know exactly what you mean by not being able to look away... 
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Yet more proof that they're smarter than us.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My wife and I are allergic to the damned felines! They get kicked out of our house!
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