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Re:My Addressbook? Keep it. Telephone numbers are a disgrace... by jpdoctor on Thursday February 09, 2012 @07:58AM (#3570920)
> Telephone numbers need a DNS system!

LOL. Apparently the author is too young to remember phone books.

As an aside: Older folks will remember Sun receiving a lawsuit from the newly disintegrated phone system regarding their use of "yellow pages". They issued an update which took the "yp" prefix out of their commands.

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Re:My Addressbook? Keep it. Telephone numbers are a disgrace... by andreasklinger on Thursday February 09, 2012 @08:18AM (#3570977)
I mentioned telephone books. I am too old to forget this crime against nature.

And imho: Telephone books are the like blackboards/dial up sites with lists of more sites.

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