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Re: Area code 710

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Post by doctorshady » Mon, Jun 12, 2017, 4:39 PM UTC

aisofteng wrote: post #80

doctorshady wrote: post #22

Little known fact: sometimes the other exchanges in area code 710 will translate to places going to military bases and such, depending on the time of year. The best way to tell is by calling 710-867-5309. If you get a recording saying "You are using " followed by a not in service recording, well, it worked. If you'd care to look around random exchanges and thousand blocks, you might be in for a fun day. Or a knock at…

>867-5309 I can't tell whether this is a joke comment.

It isn't; 867 is a valid translation, and -5309 is easy to remember. There's other, working numbers out there you'll eventually find if you look around.

Re: Area code 710

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Post by grogenaut » Mon, Jun 12, 2017, 6:00 PM UTC

hueving wrote: post #57

grogenaut wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you ever seen what a night security guard does?

Writes sufficiently advanced LISP compilers?

Theres no such thing as a sufficiently advanced lisp until we are at or beyond the singularity, yo.

Re: Area code 710

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Post by Doxin » Tue, Jun 13, 2017, 9:13 AM UTC

coin wrote: post #48

yodon wrote: post #17

When I was in college in the '80s, My roommate and I got curious about unused area codes (and/or prefixes? I forget). We started dialing some. Within about 15 minutes we stumbled on some government service with a scary-official sounding operator on the other end (I've no idea if it was this service or a different one). The really scary part was after dialing the number and encountering the operator, we were unable to…

How is hanging up (creating an open circuit) different than pulling the relay (creating an open circuit)?

IIRC you could send power to the relays from the calling side, which'd keep them latched even if the callee hangs up.

Re: Area code 710

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Post by hellbanner » Tue, Jun 13, 2017, 7:18 PM UTC

kingbirdy wrote: post #32

hellbanner wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here'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?).

Why is it restricted (and who to)?

Find out! :)

Re: Area code 710

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Post by fapjacks » Thu, Jun 15, 2017, 8:13 AM UTC

Spooky23 wrote: post #39

fapjacks wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just guessing from his/her previous submissions, but maybe something to do with DNS? Root servers? Something similar, maybe.

You can get these for all sorts of stuff. Not just secret squirrel things. Running a critical network, supporting critical application, leadership of organizations that impact health and safety, key personnel at hospitals, etc.

Huh, I wonder why my comment above was downvoted. It seems like a very strange comment to downvote.

Re: Area code 710

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Post by thatwebdude » Mon, Jun 19, 2017, 3:34 PM UTC

losteverything wrote: post #56

At&t used to create new prospects for long distance by comparing both numbers in a call to its customers database. If a number was not an active customer it was put in an outbound call list to solicit long distance. The best story i remember was when the navy wanted to know why we called one of their nuclear submarines. This implied that the right 10 random digits contacted a sub.

Wait, you mean targeted advertising before the internet?

Blasphemy! We had integrity then!

Re: Area code 710

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Post by thatwebdude » Mon, Jun 19, 2017, 3:39 PM UTC

KevinIsMyName wrote: post #33

polygot wrote: post #27

> "the call is then redirected to a live human operator who then asks for the access code." I feel bad for that operator

Why? The job is a job. I assume they have quite a lot of operators and they are crucial for certain processes which make their fairly simple job - a phone operator - crucial.

"passion"