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Subject: Re: 555 in WarGames
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Date: Sun, 10-Jul-83 19:38:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 10 19:38:00 1983
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From:  Randy Haskins 

I noticed the '555'.  That is the prefix for phone-company-type
lines (like information is 1-areacode-555-1212, and repair for a
local area is 1-555-wxyz, etc.)  I suppose they do things like
this so that they don't display a real telephone number, because
there are cretins who are liable to call any number they see
because they think it'll be funny.
			-Randy
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