Type Your Phone Number In Google Search - Page 2

mrmitchell · November 21, 2003, 22:47

How is Google's service different from, say, you attempting to amass the world's largest library of phone books?

Dis · November 22, 2003, 03:34

I don't have a home phone number any more.

I rely on my cell phone only. Typing in my cell phone # revealed nothing.

KrazyHorse · November 22, 2003, 06:40

I put my phone number in and it comes up with someone on the other side of town (I've been getting phone calls meant for her)

KrazyHorse · November 22, 2003, 06:41

Doesn't work with Canadian numbers

Gangerolf · November 22, 2003, 08:39

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Originally posted by Buck Birdseed

In sweden you can get all this, their passport photograph, the names and adressed of their siblings and other relatives, their school grades, criminal record, any letters they've sent to any government agency ever, what weapons they own, if they've got a driver's licence, how much they pay in rent, maps of their properties, or any parking violoations they've acquired.

Of course most of these take a few phone calls.

Here you'd at least need a good reason (ie be personally affected in some way) to get hold of this information:
- criminal record
- any letters they've sent to any government agency ever
- any parking violoations they've acquired

I think openess is a good thing. For instance, I can find out how my tax money is being used.
The PM's income over the last 3 years: http://skatt.bt.no/index.php?search=...enavn=bondevik
Mayor of Oslo: http://skatt.bt.no/index.php?search=...itlev-simonsen

Now why did the PM make less money last year (~$120 000) than the mayor (~$210 000)??

Dis · November 23, 2003, 02:51

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Originally posted by mrmitchell
How is Google's service different from, say, you attempting to amass the world's largest library of phone books?

some people like to collect phone book cover art

My old phone number doesn't work (I just cancelled my home phone a couple of months ago).

But my mom's number does work and comes up on map quest correctly.

orange · November 23, 2003, 03:04

hotness

MrFun · November 23, 2003, 03:13

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Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Doesn't work with Canadian numbers

That's cause Canada doesn't know how to create phone numbers properly. (eg. -- American way)

johncmcleod · November 23, 2003, 03:26

Space05us you probably live in the most remote place of anyone on Apolyton. I've always wondered why people actually live in northern Alaska. It's freezing cold during most of the year, it's dark 24-7 during some part of the winter, there is nothing out there but flat ground and snow, there are hardly any people there, and there is nothing to do.

Space05us · November 23, 2003, 03:30

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Space05us you probably live in the most remote place of anyone on Apolyton. I've always wondered why people actually live in northern Alaska. It's freezing cold during most of the year, it's dark 24-7 during some part of the winter, there is nothing out there but flat ground and snow, there are hardly any people there, and there is nothing to do.

you just described Barrow dead on, you get brownie points!

Dis · November 23, 2003, 03:50

not sure if you saw the CNN article I posted in the other thread.

I think it said the sun has set until Feb 7 for Barrow, Alaska. I could not handle that.

johncmcleod · November 23, 2003, 13:23

Well how come people actually live there?