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Every time I see a 555 number in a movie, I'm reminded that it's a movie and am dropped out of immersion. So what if the movies use a real number? They could just sign up for a number, use it, and no harm done. Or just use 867-5309. Wherever that number goes, the person there is expecting it.
Every time I see a 555 number in a movie, I'm reminded that it's a movie and am dropped out of immersion. So what if the movies use a real number? They could just sign up for a number, use it, and no harm done. Or just use 867-5309. Wherever that number goes, the person there is expecting it.
Mr. Robot had real phone numbers which were part of the ARG.
And even real IP addresses. :) The attention to detail in the show was something else.
I wonder how many websites / applications would break or error if a user tried to enter a valid 555 number.
There are many websites where I enter my phone number and it's rejected. Sometimes programmers are too clever for their own good.
When looking at the historical list of these numbers, a massive percentage of them were issued to individuals in Maryland (area codes 410/301.) What was going on there?
Every time I see a 555 number in a movie, I'm reminded that it's a movie and am dropped out of immersion. So what if the movies use a real number? They could just sign up for a number, use it, and no harm done. Or just use 867-5309. Wherever that number goes, the person there is expecting it.
You know what would be cool? If a movie bought a zero day and put it in. Haha! It would be neat if the exploit stayed undiscovered till release.
Every time I see a 555 number in a movie, I'm reminded that it's a movie and am dropped out of immersion. So what if the movies use a real number? They could just sign up for a number, use it, and no harm done. Or just use 867-5309. Wherever that number goes, the person there is expecting it.
> Every time I see a 555 number in a movie, I'm reminded that it's a movie and am dropped out of immersion. What about a cut? A camera zoom? A title screen? Sub-titles? I am intrigued about how you experience films.
Conan decided that he was gonna make the most of mentioning a fake website, so he had them pick up HornyManatee.com, and for the next several months/years, the show developed "Horny Manatee" bits to show on the website and on the air.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The point is you don’t have to dial an area code with the 555. 555-abcd, sans area code, would just work and route to you no matter where (in the USA) a caller was calling from. Therefore it is equivalent to having that number in every area code. Now there is a good chance you aren’t old enough to know/remember this, but people in the US didn’t have to dial an area code (and occasionally nearby area codes) when calli…
Paying X per area code is justified, nobody is arguing against that. Paying $2500 per area code is unreasonable, as, like I said, there is nothing inherently special about 206-555-1234 vs 206-689-5312.
Even the article points out that it was difficult and expensive to maintain, why is it unreasonable to charge proportionally to that, or indeed whatever the small number of people wanting it will actually pay?