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A Number For Everything

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-there's-no-potential-for-abuse dept.

jtcampbell writes: "Whilst reading the Times today I found this article about a U.S. government idea to give everyone a unique 'ENUM,' that serves as a universal phone number, email address, and fax number. Quite a cool idea, but will everyone adopt the standard? besides, i thought we left numeric email addresses with compuserve a few years back. And remembering these 11 digit numbers could be fun ..."

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  1. Revelations 13:16 - 18 by Squeeze+Truck · · Score: 5, Interesting

    16: And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

    17: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

    18: Here is wisdom, Let him that have understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. (666)

    Someone was going to post this eventually.

    There goes all my karma :)

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