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However did we live during the era of the White Pages phone directory.
by slackfan 6mo ago
However did we live during the era of the White Pages phone directory.
- bombcar 6mo agoSpam and scam had to work on a human scale, via locals paid something resembling a living wage, not automated machines sending millions a second or people working for pennies a day. I want a phone that can only ring if the source of the call is within artillery range.
- toast0 6mo agoSure, but then you have the problem of figuring out which Sarah Connor in Los Angeles. To say nothing of popular names.
- aworks 6mo agoMy name is not particularly common although I was the first to claim firstname.lastname@gmail.com. I've been getting email intended for other people with the same name for decades. I've seen estimates that there are only 10,000 people with my last name in the US. Back in the days of local telephone directories, I was always the only one with that last name. Internet scaling is an interesting thing. I don't know if I feel less unique or that I'm in an exclusive club.
- kstrauser 6mo agoI registered [my HN username]@yahoo.com many, many years ago. Once a year I log into that mail account and I'm always amazed at how many other people have decided to give out that email, at Yahoo! of all places, as their own. Why? Just, why?
- pixl97 6mo agoWhite pages were for a city/phone company area. If you dug up all of them you'd have to have a pretty damned big room. Also, it took a long time to search.