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Dragging Telephone Numbers Into the Internet Age

Posted by timothy on from the imagine-that dept.

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."

6 of 239 comments (clear)

  1. It's not the same by plover · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jenny, I got your number
    I'm gonna make you mine
    Jenny, I got your number
    86.75.30.9

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    John
    1. Re:It's not the same by sakdoctor · · Score: 5, Funny

      Jenny, I got your number
      I'm gonna make you mine
      Jenny, I got your number
      3ffe:1900:4545:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf

    2. Re:It's not the same by BetterSense · · Score: 5, Funny

      Rikki don't lose that number
      You don't want to call nobody else
      Send it off in an email, to yourself

  2. End Times by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

    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?

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    You are welcome on my lawn.
  3. Re:Single person != single identity by snspdaarf · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

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    Why, without your clothes, you're naked, Miss Dudley!
  4. Re:Single person != single identity by bar-agent · · Score: 3, Funny

    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?

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    i'd hit it so hard, if you pulled me out you'd be the king of britain [bash.org]