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Very interesting story, curious if you remember the number. Reminded me of my favorite scene from Community: https://youtu.be/xx_MkKJPNjQ https://youtu.be/xx_Mk
by hashmymustache 9y ago
Very interesting story, curious if you remember the number. Reminded me of my favorite scene from Community: https://youtu.be/xx_MkKJPNjQ https://youtu.be/xx_MkKJPNjQ
- yodon 9y agoMy recollection is we were specifically curious about what today would be called invalid address space patterns, aka numbers that were outside the patterns used in valid phone numbers at the time (such as area codes could have a 1 in the middle digit but prefixes could not have a 1 in the middle in the 1980's). We pulled out a paper phone book, devised a set of criteria for potentially interesting superficially invalid phone numbers, and started dialing them. On a rotary dial phone. And we found one pretty quickly. And it was a much scarier experience than we had expected. The exact number we dialed is unfortunately(?) lost to the passage of time.
- hellbanner 9y agoHere's a fun one: next time you get a new phone number (USA), ask for it to end in "9999". It's possible, but not without social engineering (or influence?).
- wolrah 9y agoWhen I last got a new cell number I got one ending in "5555" Annoyingly I use Google Voice so something like 6 people actually know my awesome number.
- compsciphd 9y agoyou can port out your number to google voice....
- kingbirdy 9y agoWhy is it restricted (and who to)?
- elvic 9y agoLet's find out
- hellbanner 9y agoFind out! :)
- edoceo 9y agoTelco used to charge extra for vanity numbers. c2000 I paid Qwest a few hundred for one.