What do you make of this?

Here's a list of phone numbers, what do you make of them?

(503) 241-9796  ext: 09
(510) 244-8003  ext: 308
(614) 626-6421  ext: 19
(917) 806-0801  ext: 19
(208) 565-6220  ext: 23
(807) 961-6176
(608) 809-5822
(402) 815-5084
(716) 251-3201  ext: 214
(317) 837-9796  ext: 20
(514) 999-7352  ext: 38
(412) 221-7266  ext: 226
(619) 620-9556  ext: 18
(417) 582-2491  ext: 26
(210) 879-1228  ext: 017
(413) 708-9037  ext: 24
(203) 791-3828  ext: 15
(413) 366-5478  ext: 37
(414) 297-3632  ext: 301
(305) 469-5633
(200) 296-4919  ext: 104
(818) 708-4065  ext: 12
(402) 614-0058
(213) 918-2514  ext: 221
(201) 897-4434  ext: 01
(611) 200-0862  ext: 208
(213) 248-9232  ext: 0309
(507) 236-2585  ext: 27
(218) 271-1379  ext: 0329
(201) 267-6176  ext: 114
(504) 214-8612  ext: 22
(803) 823-1367
(207) 562-8716  ext: 27
(215) 239-5596  ext: 0421
(405) 332-6203
(912) 248-6594  ext: 225
(216) 440-2025  ext: 122
(313) 322-2667  ext: 33

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> Here's a list of phone numbers, what do you make of them?

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I don't know.  What are they?

Ed (busily building gcc-2.4.5 on a 486) Carp
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Nickey MacDonald <i6t4@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> writes:

> Here's a list of phone numbers, what do you make of them?
> 
> (503) 241-9796  ext: 09
> (510) 244-8003  ext: 308

I dont know about all of them, but the second one is near me and I 
confirmed that there is no 244 prefix in the 510 area code, so either 
ther is an error in that data, or should I venture so far as to say that 
he's trying to make a point about hiding information in a seemingly 
harmless format.  I don't have the desire to actually try to find out 
what it is, but it wouldnt take much more research to find out if the 
list is primarily made of nonexistent numbers.  However, the only reason I
even looked that far is because of the nature of this group and the fact that
it was brought up as such, rather than "Local U.S. Department of Agriculture
offices" or some other title that would cause people to want to be as far
away from it as possible.

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On Wed, 7 Jul 1993, Mike Sherwood wrote:

> I dont know about all of them, but the second one is near me and I 
> confirmed that there is no 244 prefix in the 510 area code, so either 
> ther is an error in that data, or should I venture so far as to say that 
> he's trying to make a point about hiding information in a seemingly 
> harmless format.

I hope no one actually trys to call any of those numbers...  I couldn't
think of a way to list them without giving away the truth...

You are correct, I was trying to make a point of hiding information in a
seemingly harmless format (although the longer the message, the less
harmless the format looks)...

> I don't have the desire to actually try to find out 
> what it is, but it wouldnt take much more research to find out if the 
> list is primarily made of nonexistent numbers.

Well... I'll increase your chances to figure it out, should you get the
desire...  The hidden text was Un*x compressed...

> However, the only reason I
> even looked that far is because of the nature of this group and the fact that
> it was brought up as such, rather than "Local U.S. Department of Agriculture
> offices" or some other title that would cause people to want to be as far
> away from it as possible.

I had hoped that someone would assume there was a message...  I'm still
hoping someone will find it...  I'll release the source either way...  :-)

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