Mobe number middleman turns old sims into gold A new mobile number sales middleman has sprung up, calling itself Numbuz. The company aims to facilitate sales of memorable mobe numbers, while taking a cut for its services. The really popular numbers, dubbed "golden", are held back by the network operators for their own key staff or promotional purposes. But that leaves …
Mine comes up with the words below and shows that for all the M$ haters out there that xBox beats BMW any day of the week!
*XBOX**
*AMY**
*COX**
*BOY**
*BMW**
**BOX**
*BOYO*
*BOZO*
*WANY*
*ZANY**
* to denote numbers that didnt get turned int letters to at least try and put of casual mobile stalkers
The original design of the Subscriber Trunk Dialling system used letters for the dialling codes of various places:
"For example Aylesbury was given the STD code 0296, where the letter A can be found on the number 2 and the letter Y on the number 9. The letter O became a zero (except in placenames beginning with O), such as Bournemouth: 0202 - 20 = BO. However as more and more places were given STD codes this system became unworkable. The use of alphabetic exchange (area) codes was abandoned in the 1960s"
From http://www.fact-archive.com/encyclopedia/UK_telephone_numbering_plan
The problem was that not all rotary phone dials were standardised to use the same layout, for instance some put O, Q and Z on the Zero finger hole instead of their standard alphabetical places, which could cause confusion.
Also, of course, it was much more difficult to get "custom numbers" back in the days of the General Post Office who originally ran the phone system (and you didn't even *own* your phone, you only rented it from them!) or even in the early BT days before number portability, so trying to get a number that spelled "plumber" was virtually impossible.
Their web site currently says:
Server Error in '/' Application.
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Compilation Error
Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.
Compiler Error Message: CS1002: ; expected
Source Error:
Line 28: if (Request.ServerVariables["SERVER_NAME"].ToLower().Contains("valueyournumber"))
Line 29: {
Line 30: string url = "http://www.numbuz.co.uk/index.aspx?vyn=1"
Line 31: Response.Redirect(url, true);
Line 32: }
Source File: e:\web\numbuzcom00\htdocs\Main.master.cs Line: 30
Cowboy programming on .NET? Surely not!
PS: screenshot of the error in full technicolor available on request.
I remember those! In fact, I used to remember dozens and dozens of them.
WTF do I need them for now? We all have address books!
Which is a shame because I've had the same very memorable Virgin number since mid-90s which, numerically speaking, is a thing of elegance and beauty while saying it out loud is like singing a song.
Only 2-star on numbuz.com but hey, that's numberwang!
(grabs coat, gets out more)
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