- From: Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:39:19 -0700
- To: "Chris Haynes" <chris@harvington.org.uk>,<www-international@w3.org>
At 12:53 AM 9/20/2004, Chris Haynes wrote: >555 555 5555 has always worked for me! > >(OT note: There was at one time a problem with audiences noting the phone >numbers used in movies and dialling those numbers. The former 'Bell System' >allocated '555' to Hollywood for use on-screen, and it will never be used as a >real code. Watch US movies and TV shows carefully - it's still the area code >they use.) It's actually not the area code, but the next three digits that are of interest. Using a non-workable '555' there prevents people from trying the on-screen number in *their* area code. There's at least one movie in which one of the characters attempts to prove that he's in the movie by noting that fact. A./ PS: A good source of address format information should be the CLDR (common locale data repository) http://www.unicode.ord/cldr/ but I haven't checked whether they got around to adding that kind of information to the repository yet. Worth checking. They are constantly adding to what they collect. Maybe the 555 should be assigned to a 'fictional' locale? ;-)
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