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[Don Vito Corleone]

Edited becase I'm not thinking clearly . . .

 

Originally posted by: DonVito
With only seven digits, there are only 9,999,999 possible numbers.

Uh, XXX-XX-XXXX is 9 digits.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: DonVito
With only seven digits, there are only 9,999,999 possible numbers.

Uh, XXX-XX-XXXX is 9 digits.

Okay, I am officially dumb. No more Two-Hearted Ale for me.

 

[Viper GTS]

They ARE re-used.

Viper GTS

 

[EyeMWing]

First 3 numbers are geographic. That means that, for every area, there are 9,999,999 available numbers. There are not 998,999,001 Americans.

And if I'm not mistaken, they ARE reused.

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: DonVito
With only seven digits, there are only 9,999,999 possible numbers.

Uh, XXX-XX-XXXX is 9 digits.

Okay, I am officially dumb. No more Two-Hearted Ale for me.

well as long as you realize it...

 

[Dulanic]

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: DonVito
With only seven digits, there are only 9,999,999 possible numbers.

Uh, XXX-XX-XXXX is 9 digits.

Enough said about this post hehe.

 

[Viper GTS]

Looks like I was partially right, they can theoretically be re-used but it apparently hasn't happened yet:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_315.html

Viper GTS

 

[bleeb]

Wait isn't it... 10 possible combinations?

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Since there are _9_ possible spots to have these numbers,

10^9 = 1 Billion

 

[imported_DocHolliday]

crack of the smoke you are! -Yoda

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: bleeb
Wait isn't it... 10 possible combinations?

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Since there are _9_ possible spots to have these numbers,

10^9 = 1 Billion

See, the thing is, you're using brainpower, unlike me. Way to rub it in!

 

[bleeb]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: bleeb
Wait isn't it... 10 possible combinations?

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Since there are _9_ possible spots to have these numbers,

10^9 = 1 Billion

See, the thing is, you're using brainpower, unlike me. Way to rub it in!

It's all good. As long as you realize the errors and correct them. I don't know if I'm right.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: bleeb

It's all good. As long as you realize the errors and correct them. I don't know if I'm right.

Well, you're not EXACTLY right, in that there are actually 999,999,999 possible numbers, as opposed to 1,000,000,000, but you're a hell of a lot closer than I was! This thread is a by-product of the kind of thinking I sometimes do when I'm significantly distracted (in this case, by watching Kill Bill for about the fifth time). At least I'm not charging a client hundreds of dollars an hour at the moment . . .

 

[bleeb]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: bleeb

It's all good. As long as you realize the errors and correct them. I don't know if I'm right.

Well, you're not EXACTLY right, in that there are actually 999,999,999 possible numbers, as opposed to 1,000,000,000, but you're a hell of a lot closer than I was! This thread is a by-product of the kind of thinking I sometimes do when I'm significantly distracted (in this case, by watching Kill Bill for about the fifth time). At least I'm not charging a client hundreds of dollars an hour at the moment . . .

Are you not counting 000-00-0000? I wonder if someone actually has that SS number. =)

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: bleeb

Are you not counting 000-00-0000? I wonder if someone actually has that SS number. =)

I'm not, although I guess it's possible it was used. IIRC Mr. Burns' SSN was 2!