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Whats up all you slack eyed, half crazed, a little insane, techno wanna
be
intelligent freaks! Here is a brand new issue of NPANXX! Don't worry, we know y
ou
fear it and love us. We know. Here is some information that'll make you fall o
ver
in your chair, smack your mom, and load a huge bowl just to get a glimpse of wh
at
the hell we are talking about.

We've packed this issue with a little bit of everything from each of our minds.

(Pretty scary huh?) We are some crazy mofos. Anyway, we've had some troubles
lately with our site, and getting things rolling, but now we got it all under
control. We got up off of our lazy, slacking, no good for shiz asses and put
something together that duck tape can't even keep together, so watch out!

TeamPhreak is back, slicing, dicing, and doing everything that Chef Boyardee
can't to give you the information that you only dream about in your wettest
dreams, so wait no longer, scroll right down and read! read! READ!

- downtime




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It's Christmas time

And TP's on the prowl

Even Parenomen, Yes,

He's hit puberty now!

Bor is at home

Supplying the speed

Giving us the network

We so badly need

Where oh where

Is that damned stain

If something goes wrong

He's the one we blame

But all is well

And we're still here

Supplying you all

With TP's Christmas cheer

So forget your presents

Forget all of that

It's a new issue

So chill and relax

While we feed your mind

With information thats new




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DISCLAIMER:
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The following article does not represent the political stance of any

member of Team Phreak, with the exception of bor. My political views

and notions of the world DO NOT reflect those of any other member of

Team Phreak. All critcism of this rant should be directed towards me :-)

------------------------------------------------------------------

Introduction:
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It seems that as time goes on, and people get more politically

correct, this country of ours is turning into one giant pre-school.

No longer are people allowed to be ignorant or stupid. In this day

and age, killing someone because of their race carries a larger

penalty than simply killing someone for any other reason. Shouldn't the

act carry the same harsh penalty no matter what your motive was? In

today's america, people get scared, and they call for security, but do

we allow ourselves to do anything that would be considered anti

politically correct? No. When american's get scared, we simply tell the

government to fix it, but don't go out of your way to keep our rights...

who needs them? In today's america, people have forgotten what this

county was founded on. No one remembers that our personal freedoms are

what made us different from many countries in the world.

Today in america, if someone doesn't like what someone said to

them, they can pass a law. If someone doesn't like the fact that

someone is smoking in a restaurant, pass a law. If someone thinks that

we need to be safe...Watch everyone. That's the way it seems to work now.

If someone wants something done, then pass a law. Restrict us even more.

Take away more and more rights. Lets make more laws, and take away more

rights.


Lassen Sie mich Ihre Papiere sehen.
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In over a year, we have gone from being secure with no strong

visible problems, to a country that wants to build a central database

which would include every website that you visit, every time you fill

your car with gas, every credit card transaction, among other things

which they probably don't want us to know.


Under the spreading chestnut tree...I sold you, you sold me.
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Today america is still a country with great freedoms.

Compared to many other countries in the world, we have more freedom,

live better, and pay far less taxes. However with upcoming terrorist

attacks more likely than ever, how much will people panic? When

people got scared after September 11th, we allowed the government to

pass law's with access to our personal lives like never before.

No longer does the FBI need a court order to tap your phone line or

watch your email. No longer will someone exploring a computer system

be free from un-needed persecution. No longer do we have the rights

that we had before.

And what about after the next attack? What happens after we

get attacked one more...or even two more times? Will there be

marshall law? Will the military have to take over the streets after

the scared and ignorant riot? Will the government be forced by the

will of the ignorant to force people to "show us their papers?"

How long before america gets more and more like nazi germany?

There's a simple solution to all of this rather than taking

away our personal rights to live and breathe like normal. If we would

simply close the borders to this country, our rights could be protected

without reprocussions. Would this totally rule out terrorist attacks

by citizens of the United States? No, but nothing that we're doing now

makes sense as it is. While we check ever third person in line at the

airport, the terrorist who can count gets right through the line. While

we patrol the skies, who is patrolling the borders?


Stability, insisted the Controller, stability. The primal and

the ultimate need. Stability. Hence all this.
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No need to walk to another restaurant today. The whiners of

America have forced the entrapaneur to force away business from his

own establishment. More and more states are passing laws which FORCE

business owners to conform to the requests of a few people. No longer

can a restaurant owner simply put a non-smoking section in their

restaurant, no smoking is allowed at all. The amendments all say the

same thing. They all insist that it is for the health of the public.

Everyone insists that it's for our own good. Why are we not allowed

to choose what is for our own good? Why can't the business owner

decide who's business he wants to turn away? In today's america,

if we can't please everyone, we must please the people who are

"trying to protect us."

Why can't the non-smokers simply decide to go to another

restaurant that doesn't allow smoking? There are hundreds of

restaurant in every major city. I'm not a smoker myself, however

even though I'm not, I believe that if I don't want to smell

cigarette smoke, and someone has decided to allow it in their

establishment, it should be up to me to go somewhere else.

Why punish the business owner for having such a policy?


Conclusion:
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Today, America is much too hesitant to keep what this country was

founded upon. No longer is it okay to have personal rights. No longer is

it acceptable to be stupid or ignorant...it is a crime in many cases.

Today in America, we no longer have the right to choose who we want in

our own businesses. Today in America, it's looking a lot more like Mexico,

rather than America. Will we ever gain our personal rights back? Maybe

once the borders are closed it will be a start. While we are the only

country left in the world who allows nearly anyone in, Australia and

other countries with strict imigration policies have less crime, and

do not need such drastic changes in their laws every couple years.

Keep america like it was. Allow us to be stupid, idiotic,

and ignorant. Allow us to choose who is allowed into our

businesses. Allow American's to choose what's right and wrong

for them within the limits of the law. But don't change the law

to choose what's right and wrong for us.




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Introduction:
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Have you ever heard of a 'burnout' or ghost phone? Well, I hadn't until


this summer. I was on a greyhound bus riding up to NYC to meet my crack connect
ion

and this brother man next to me started talking about 'burnout' cell phones.

Being the shady phone Phreak that I am, I pumped him for as much information as
I

could. Unfortunately, the fucker couldn't give me shit. Well, this information
lay

dormant in my head for several months. Until a klubie popped into #cellular and


asked, "what's a burnout number?" This individual, being a klubie, had no initi
ative

to actually do some research.

I'm telling you, phreaks best friends are his voice, for social enginee
ring,

and http://www.google.com for looking before you ask. Remember there are no stu
pid

questions, just stupid people. Anyway, my interest had been rekindled, so I use
d my

second best friend and started searching. Two cellular message boards were my p
rimary

and most valuable finds. I discovered that 'burnout' is street slang. Most phre
aks

actually call them ghost phones, or ghost numbers. I also learned that any moro
n

could do this with the proper instructions, like the ones contained in this fil
e.


Ghost Number:
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So what is a ghost number anyway? For all intents and purposes,

it's a number that you can use to make free phone calls with. Why they work

is all theory. I've yet to meet anyone with actual knowledge on the matter.

Following are some existing theories.

One theory is that ghost numbers are actually cellular numbers from oth
er

Areas (roamers) that pass certain tests on the cell tower/cell switch that your


currently on, such as matching up in a database of cellular npa-nxx's etc.

This makes sense on one level because several ghost numbers have been tracked

back to a cellular switches. Unfortunately I haven't been able to check a large


amount of ghost numbers. Test this theory yourself. This is interesting in the

search for new ghost numbers, assuming this theory is correct. Another theory,

a little weaker, is that the switch actually logs all the roaming calls made

and then communicates them back to the "ghost" switch at a later time. With no

real time authentication, the ghost slips by.

Now either of these theories could be complete bullshit or both could h
ave

a basis in fact. Irregardless ghost numbers are most definitely a glitch in the


switching software. Whether it's the switch or the cell towers software is anyo
ne's

guess at the moment. In order to test the location of software glitch, try movi
ng

around with your ghost numbers. See if you can determine if its cell tower or s
witch

dependent, remember you're probably going to have to change your SID if you cha
nge

switches. Ghost numbers don't work everywhere, so I'm leaning towards a switch
dependent

glitch.


Finding a Ghost Number:
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To find a ghost number, locate an NPA near you but not your own. Progra
m a

number with that NPA into your phone, starting with NXX 200. The last four digi
ts don't

matter. So if your NPA was 202, you'd program 202-200-XXXX into your phone. If
you can't

call with that number try the next NXX, 202-201-XXXX keep going until you reach
999.

If there are no ghost numbers in that NPA, move onto another. I should remind y
ou that

this does not work in all areas, and you may scan until your fingers turn black
, blue,

and eventually bleed. Sorry about your luck.


Nokia 5165:
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The Nokia 5165, this is the phone I have, so this is the phone I will t
ell you

how to ghost. If you don't have this type of phone, go fuck yourself... It all
goes back

to the introduction, its easy enough to find out how to ghost your Particulate
phone.

All you have to do is change the NAM and getting to that menu only requires you
to input

a simple code (for most phones, some need data cables... in which case, get a d
ifferent

phone).
The code for most nokias and the 5165 included is *#639# enter that int
o the phone

and you'll be prompted with "Cellular Number:" Now, input your ghost number. Ne
xt, you'll

then be prompted with "Enter Code:" this is the prompt for your SID enter one l
ocal to you.

The phone will then reboot. Call your local FBI field office, if someone answer
s... SCORE!

You have a ghost number.


Additional 5165 codes and menus:
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Display Phone History
*#92772689# Serial Number...
Made....mmyy
Programming Date mmyyyy
Repaired..mmyy
Transfer user data?
Life timer..0000:00

Display Software Version
*#9999# V 07.01
09-01-02
NSW-1

CSD Ver.
390.01 0

Programming Menu
*3001#12345#
NAM 1
Home System ID
System ID:
Home SOC
Home SOC:
Own Number
Number:
Message center number
Number:
Gateway no.
Number:
Alpha tag
Alpha tag:
PSID/RSID lists
P/RSID 1
P/RSID 2
P/RSID 3
P/RSID 4
P/RSID 5
Change defaults
NAM status
Enabled
Disabled
Access method
0
1
Local option
0
1
Primary paging channel
Channel:
Secondary paging ch
Channel:
Dedicated A cch
Control channel:
Dedicated B cch
Control channel:
Overload class
Class:
Group ID
Group ID:
SID alpha tag control
Enabled
Disabled
A-key code
A-key:
Public systems
Password: ?????
Private systems
Password: ?????
Residential systems
Password: ?????
NAM 2
Home System ID
System ID:
Home SOC
Home SOC:
Own Number
Number:
Message center number
Number:
Gateway no.
Number:
Alpha tag
Alpha tag:
PSID/RSID lists
P/RSID 1
P/RSID 2
P/RSID 3
P/RSID 4
P/RSID 5
Change defaults
NAM status
Enabled
Disabled
Access method
0
1
Local option
0
1
Primary paging channel
Channel:
Secondary paging ch
Channel:
Dedicated A cch
Control channel:
Dedicated B cch
Control channel:
Overload class
Class:
Group ID
Group ID:
SID alpha tag control
Enabled
Disabled
A-key code
A-key:
Public systems
Password: ?????
Private systems
Password: ?????
Residential systems
Password: ?????
Security
Security code:
Emergency
Emergency number 1
Emergency number 2
Emergency number 3
SW Version
V 07.01
09-01-02
NSW-1
Serial No.
ESN:
Programmed
Field test
Enabled
Enabled+lights
Disabled


Useful Links:
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SID Sources:

http://9x.tc/main.html

http://www.justalurker.com

Cellular Message Boards:

http://www.cellphonehacks.com

http://www.sotmesc.org/gcms/phreakbb/bbindex.html

Switch ownership/type via NPA-NXX:

http://members.dandy.net/~czg/search.html

http://www.dslreports.com

http://www.telcoexchange.com


Glossary:
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ESN Electronic Serial Number

SID System Identification

P/RSID Private/Residential System Identification

SOC System Operator Code

0001 Cellular One

0003 Bell South Cellular

0004 Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems

0007 Vanguard

0008 Century Cellunet

0009 Pacific Telecom Cellular

0010 Midwest Wireless Communications

2049 US-AWS

2050 Canada-Rogers Cantel Inc.

2049 AT&T

2050 Rogers

2051 BellSouth

2052 South Western Bell

2053 Bell Mobility

2054 Telecom NZ

2057 PacTel

2063 US Cell Corp.

2078 Houston Cellular


NAM Number Assignment Module

NPA Number Planning Assignment (area code)

NXX Prefix


Shout outs:
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MDR & sherry from somesc & cellphonehacks respectively

Also, the wonderful individuals of Team Phreak,

I'm buying each and everyone of you a pony for Christmas

All the individuals in #telconinjaz +k

"Active Phreaks Actively Sharing Information"

/knock and demonstrate activity/skill for key

Oh yeah, and who could forget, your mom...




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Fax on demand is a system used by a lot of large corporations.

Fax on demand only offers one feature witch is sending

documents via fax machine. The cool part is that you can input

any telephone number in North America and that's where it will

be sent. I also should add that it's untraceable so that means

you can attack whomever you want whenever you want and not have

to worry about getting busted.



When you dial into the fax on demand system 90 percent of the

time they will say something like this.....


'You have reached blank corporations fax on demand system'



Pretty easy to indentify huh?



The other 10 percent will have one option to transfer you to

the fax on demand system.


They'll give you a few opinton's to choose from each company

have there's setup differently but here's any idea of how

there setup.


Note: one system is actually setup this way



1: To get index of documents sent to you

- Enter the fax number followed by the # key

- Repeats number entered

- If the number is correct press 1

- To re-enter the number press 2



2: To get documents sent to you

- you may order up to 3-5 documents by entering your

1st section now....



Depending on how large the company is and how many documents

they offer will effect how long the document numbers will be.

I've seen everything from 1 to 5 digits Long.



9: To end the call



Like I said earlier in this article each system is setup

differently. Some have more features than others but

none the less there pretty much the same.



Another side note if for some reason when fax on demand calls

and the line is busy it will call the party 3 more times. Some

systems' will call 3 times with 15 min. intervals. Or the

system will call 3 times within that 15 min's



As an extra bonus I'll include some numbers for your

phreak enjoyment!!!!


1-877-851-7443

1-800-446-6212 analog fax

1-800-909-0263 3m

1-800-909-0264 kinko's




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Chances are you already know someone who is subscribed to the

MCI Worldcom Long Distance Calling Plan or may be a user yourself.

Imagine if you will, recieving a rather large bill from MCI Worldcom

with charges upon charges for calls you never made or know nothing

about. How did this happen? Believe it or not, it is happening all

across the US and the methods used to rip someone off may not be as

entirely difficult as you once thought. While exploring the MCI

Worldcom service, these past couple of months, I've discovered things

MCI just might not want the average person to know. Things that are

so obviously exploitable to almost anyone, but you may have never

thought about. In this analysis I will discuss just how one person

can go about charging calls to someone else with a little common

sense, the use of a phone, and some social engineering skills.

When signing up for an MCI account, most people aren't smart

enough to read the fine print. Who reads fine print anyway? You may

be getting stuck with something you don't exactly want attached to

your bill, but guess what? There's nothing you can do about it

because no matter what, MCI slips this little handy dandy feature

into your calling plan. A little pushy, huh? So what is this feature

you may ask. A 1-800 Number directed to your home line or any other

line you may choose to use when signing up with MCI Worldcom.

If you go to the MCI website (www.worldcom.com) and check out their

calling plans you'll notice that the whole bit about the 800 number

is on a completely different page and not mentioned in the calling

plan. Kinda misleading, huh? If you sign up via the web, after you

are confirmed, about a week later you'll recieve an email stating

that your 800 is now active. WTF? 800 Number? Ehm, ok. So what's

the big deal about this 800 number anyways? More on that later,

because that's the very key to MCI's big security flaw.

When signing up for MCI service you are asked the basic questions,

name, address, etc. No big deal. After all of this, you are asked to

provide a four digit security pin. What is this pin used for, you

may ask? A couple of things as a matter of fact when it comes to MCI

service. Are you starting to see the big picture yet? Focus. Most

people are not that smart and are gonna pick pin numbers like: 1234,

1969, 4321, 6969. But then again, how hard could it be to guess an

actual working pin number?

Now this is where the 800 number comes in to play. I've also

discovered that MCI owns the whole exchange of 1 800 484 ****.

So let's say you call up any number in that exchange. What you'll

usually get is an automated operator who asks for you to enter

your 4 digit pin. Let's say for instance you enter 1234. If the

pin is active on that 800 number it will begin to ring someone's

home phone and guess who? The person with pin number 1234! Amazing,

isn't it? If it doesn't work then it will ask you to re-enter your

pin and if you get it wrong again you'll be forwarded to a live

operator. Now where am I going with all this? Wait, it gets better.

How terribly difficult is it for someone to call up 800 484 ****

and enter random four digit pins until they finally come across a

working pin? Ok, so let's say 1234 is in fact a working on this

particular MCI 800. You call it up, enter your pin and a conversation

with the person on the other end whom you are trying to own MIGHT go

something like this:

Person: Hello?

You: Is Janet there?

Person: No, I'm afraid you have the wrong number.

You: Oh, I'm sorry, what number did I call?

Person: 555 1212

You: Oh, that's funny, which area code?

Person: 710

You: Ok, thank you, goodbye.

Person: Bye.

Ok, so some people might not wanna give out their area code so easily,

but you'd be surprised just how many people are in fact willing to do

so and think nothing of it. Think about it, how many wrong number calls

have you recieved and people ask you which number they dialed? It

happens everyday and most people don't think twice about it. It doesn't

seem like that big of a deal at the time. After reading this you may

think twice about doing so.

So now you have the person's area code, home phone number, and MCI Pin,


what the hell can we do that? Simple. If you haven't realized by now,

you have just acquired an MCI Calling Card Number. Now that wasn't so

hard, was it? The same pin that is used for your 800 number is also the

pin used for your calling card. Great security measures on MCI's

behalf, huh?

The format of the MCI calling card is as follows:

Area Code + Number + 4 digit PIN

In other words, simply dial 800 888 8000 (Auotmated MCI Calling Card

Number) and when it asks, enter "your" account info and wa la! You now

have free long distance all at the expense of some other schmuck, who

was too stupid not to sign up with MCI in the first place. On another

note, you can also place International Calls with your newly acquired

MCI account. Also, you may note that the account has unlimited minutes

of use. I've seen these things last for months at a time before anyone

caught on to what was happening. Just imagine, how many dollars worth of

fraudulent calls could be racked up at just about anybody's expense due

to pure stupidity on MCI's behalf.

MCI really dropped the ball when it comes to security. There are so

many ways this method of stealing calling cards could be avoided.

Perhaps, separate pins for each account? That's not too difficult of

a task. Do you really think MCI cares though? I highly doubt they do

and the time it would take to change everyone's pin now is more than

likely something they wouldn't be willing to do. Time is money.

Also, I've been informed of another hole in the MCI service that you

could incorporate into this little hustle. Whenever you call the MCI

Direct 800's you'll notice that if you push * for about two seconds

instead of entering any pin, you will automatically be forwarded to a

random MCI subscriber. With that in mind, you could easily pose as an

MCI Operator and come up with a number of different scenarios to attain

someone's phone number and pin. As I stated earlier, we're not really

doing genius' work here. Anybody with a little time on their hands,

such as myself, could have thought of these little scams earlier and

MCI should realize that. By not implementing larger security measures

on their MCI long distance plans, they are basically slapping their

customers in the face. Hopefully, someone from MCI might just read this

article and understand what is happening and can actually do something

about it for the sake of their customers, but I highly doubt that.

I can also tell you that by speaking to the MCI operators themselves

you might be able to con them out of a pin and phone number rather

easily. About a month ago on a teleconference redxer and myself were

having a little fun with MCI Worldcom when we forwarded to an operator.

Redxer was able to get a pin and phone number out of them in about 5

minutes. Makes you wonder what kind of people they are hiring to work

for MCI. Obviously not the brightest people on the planet.

I do not encourage anyone to try the things discussed in this analysis

of a very serious security problem on MCI's behalf. Doing so would

more than likely subject you to federal prosecution. Plus, I'm one

hundred percent positive that MCI logs all calls on their 800 numbers.

So, unless you have a surefire way of not delivering your ANI, I wouldn't

even attempt these actions. It's your life though. I'm sure some of you

will be trying and won't care what I just said. Finally, please note,

you've been warned of the consequences you may face when attempting to

rip off MCI.


Shouts: NPANXX, Team Phreak, parenomen, all my niggas in PPC,

sandniggor, Comic, redxer, sintaks, liquid, khecka, janus, lucid,

actinide, herf, gigabyte, ray haque, rotary, wargod, my mom, and

anyone else I may have

forgotten. peace!




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Well, I'll start off with a quick description of Octal's history. It

all started out with DEC's Minicomputers which were

made to challenge the IBM Supercomputers which were out at the time

(1960's). DEC made sure that no software could be moved

from IBM mainframes to DEC Minicomputers, DEC designed its machines

completely in base 8.

Now heres the fun part...

lets try counting to 10 in Octal (base 8, remember) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,

7, 10, 11, 12. Now, they didnt get rid of 8 and 9,

they just changed the names to 10 and 11. They didnt really change the

names for the column's values though. The columns

go as follows: Unit, then to the left of that, 10's column. But the

annoying part about that is of course when they

say '10' it actually is 8. so the 10's column actually has a value of

8. Heres an ASCII graph to show it a bit better.

It comapres it to Decimal, which if you dont know is our common

numbering system (taught in schools after 1960's).

Octal Decimal

Numeralals Equivalent

1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
10 8
11 9
12 10
13 11
14 12
15 13
16 14
17 15
20 16
21 17
22 18
23 19
24 20

That should give you a pretty good idea about Octal vs. Decimal.

Remember that each column in a given number base has a value base times


the column to its right, so the tens column

in Octal is actually the eights column. The next column is the

hundreds column, but the hundreds column actually has

a value of 8 x 8, or 64. Next column has a value of 64 x 8, or 512,

and next is 512 x 8, or 4,096.

A digit in the first column (units, or ones) tells hows many units are

contained in the octal number. A digit in the next

column to the left, the tens column, tells how many eights are

contained in the octal number. A digit in the third column,

the hundreds column, tells how many 64's are in the octal number. for

example 400 Octal would mean that the number contains

four 64's. which is 256. so the decimal form of 400 octal is 256.

Lets dissect a number to make conversion a bit easier.

Octal number 76225

7 would be in the 4096 column, so 7 would = 28672

6 would be in the 512 column, so 6 would = 3072

2 would be in the 64 column, so 2 would = 128

2 would be in the 8 column, so 2 would = 16

5 would be in the 1 column, so 5 would = 5

28672
3072
128
16
+ 5
=31893 in decimal.

And thats that. It takes a little while to get used too, but not all

that hard, either.

Do you remember those old CompuServe numeric accounts? they looked

like "76711,470". Notice theres no number higher

than 7? Thats because When CompuServe was created (a long time ago)

they were using a large bank of DEC computers, with all

their login ID's in octal. But they changed their systems and started

using alphabetic ID's.

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