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Dragging Telephone Numbers Into the Internet Age
azoblue writes with this teaser from Ars Technica, presenting a tempting suggestion for online consolidation: "E-mail, IM, Facebook, phones—what if all of these ways to reach you over a network could be condensed into a single, unique number? The ENUM proposal aims to do just that, by giving everyone a single phone number that maps to all of their identifiers. Here's how it works, and why it isn't already widely used."
Jenny, I got your number
I'm gonna make you mine
Jenny, I got your number
86.75.30.9
John
Pfft, phone numbers. That's so 19th century. They really should come up with something a lot more modern. Ahhh yes, I can see it now:
"Oh my number? Sure, no problem. Do you have a pen? Here we go: f3a9d4c1-0bff-4792-bf3b-09513ef61af8. It forwards to my home, though, so don't call too late. You can also use it to text me, or IM me. Looking forward to hearing from you!"
Skynet prefers a barcode burned into your forearm.
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I can't believe nobody's figured out that ENUM is simply the Mark of the Beast and is going to be burned into chips that will implanted in our brainstems.
ENUM spelled backwards is MUNE and it's on the MUNE that they have the secret military bases where they're going to send those of us that won't use our ENUMs.
The only thing that can save us now is when the prophesied "Woman of the North" comes down from Alaska to use her secret mental powers to organize the Wolverines(!) so we can defeat the forces of ZOG and usher in the return of Jesus and Ronald Wilson Reagan where they will reign together for 1000 years.
Don't you guys read your bibles and World Net Daily? megamerican, where are you when we really need you?
You are welcome on my lawn.
I didn't RTFA.....
You must be old here!
Smivs on the intertubes!
"Using numbers made it easier to train people to operate the exchanges. (Women were chosen because their voices worked better in exchanges.)"
No Women were used because the messenger boys they replaced were proto-hackers and kept doing nasty tricks to the customers.
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I do not want a single number, because I do not have a single identity.
Exactly. At home, I am a cop. In an internet chat room, I am a 15 year old girl who's parents have gone away for the weekend.
Why, without your clothes, you're naked, Miss Dudley!
0118 999 881 999 119 725........3
am a 15 year old girl who's parents have gone away for the weekend.
OHAI! How do you feel about robes...and wizard hats?
i'd hit it so hard, if you pulled me out you'd be the king of britain [bash.org]
Steely Dan? Oh, I thought he fucked up the Phil Collins song.
What are you wearing?