2000年11月24日 · That is, what phone number has been in service, assigned to the same person, place or thing, for the longest time? -JoAnne Besides “0 for operator,” what is the oldest phone number?

2021年9月14日 · It was on that memorable day in telephone history - June 2, 1875 - when Bell and Watson were testing a number of transmitters, connected by a single wire to a corresponding set of vibrating reed receivers, that the first sounds were transmitted electrically.

2007年4月17日 · Also, according to Wikipedia, “Iridium phone numbers all start with +8816 or +8817 (which is like the country code for a virtual country) and the 8-digit phone number”, making a total of 12 digits. Right, but you can’t just dial the number by itself. You still have to dial the international access code - 011 in the US or 00 in the UK.

2024年6月8日 · The most useful function for telephone time checks was if you needed to reset your clocks after a power outage, or if you wanted to synch your clocks and watches when switching between Standard and Daylight Saving Time. Phone time checks seem like an anachronism today, our phones and computers are synched with highly accurate time servers.

2022年2月7日 · Below, we’ve sourced some vintage rotary phone training materials for kids (and adults!) that were distributed by the telephone company way back in the day. Might be worth a bookmark to show your own kids or grandkids. You never know when that old dial phone analog technology might be a useful skill to have! (PS: You can still buy them today.)

2012年4月6日 · Will my old rotary phone work with the new fiber optic phone lines? The current copper phone lines carry current to power my old phone, so it works even when the power is out. Do the new fiber optic lines carry power, or just information? I can’t see how the fiber optic lines could transfer any/enough electricity to power an old phone. Basically, it’s just a glass tube …

2001年3月16日 · I was reading a detective novel written back in the '40’s and at one point the hero had a phone call traced. Well, today that wouldn’t be such a big deal. What with all the modern electonics we’ve got, it’s not much of a surprise that a call can be traced to its source in a matter of minutes or even seconds. But back then they used actual switchboards. (When was …

2022年7月26日 · I’d be willing to bet that the oldest piece of C code in Windows is older than the oldest piece of assembly code in Windows. Assembly code can only be as old as the x86 architecture itself, but C code can be older (for instance, the oldest C quicksort was probably written within a month or so of the creation of C).

2014年8月22日 · Yep - as a couple have pointed out 410/301/443/240 (all used to be 301) were all 844-1212 (that was what was published) - but any four would work - I’ve noticed “The Wire” uses this a decent amount in their screen shots on wiretaps - and weather was 936-1212 (but any four would work).

2010年1月12日 · I don’t know if there’s a way to answer this. There used to be an annual Seniors Tournament on *Jeopardy!, *for contestants 50 and over. It was discontinued due to low ratings . . . plus it was around the time that the Boomers began turning 50. Since then, seniors just compete along with everyone else, in the regular games. What I’m wondering is: Who has been the …