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"Darkfalz" <darkfalz@xis.com.au> wrote in message
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> http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/
>
> I guess the old "555" thing is really not just a movie gimmick/tradition.

It was there for a reason.

Darkfalz wrote:
> http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/
> 
> 'Bruce Almighty' Leaves Woman with Hellish Torment
> 
> Jim Carrey's new comedy Bruce Almighty has caused a Florida woman to suffer
> constant harassment - because her number was given out in the movie as a
> direct line to God. In the film, Carrey stars as a regular guy who receives
> the powers of God - played by Morgan Freeman - after complaining too much
> about life. God tries to reach Bruce Nolan, Carrey's character, by
> repeatedly leaving a phone number on his pager. But instead of the usual 555
> prefix most TV shows and films use in phone numbers, God's number is
> Pinellas Park glassmaker Dawn Jenkins' mobile phone number. Jenkins, who has
> been getting about 20 calls per hour, with callers asking for God before
> hanging up complains, "What am I to do? I e-mailed Universal Studios about
> this issue... I think I want payment." Jenkins isn't alone in her plight.
> The number on Carrey's pager also matches the one to a South Carolina woman
> who says she's been "getting aggravated to death" by the incessant calling.
> It also matches the number for a call center to a group of five Colorado
> talk-radio stations. Ron Nickel, senior vice president for the Radio
> Colorado Network, says, "My receptionist is going to go crazy."
> 
> People actually saw the movie, took down the number, and think they are
> calling God?
> 
> I guess the old "555" thing is really not just a movie gimmick/tradition.
> 
> --
> The Machines will Rise, July 17th 2003
> www.terminator3.com
> 

They also do it with internet IPs. Something I liked about The Matrix 
Reloaded was that as well as using a known exploit, the internal network 
Trinity broke into used the proper reserved private IP 10.x.x.x.
Although it would be funny if they used 127.0.0.1 (local machine) and 
then maybe all the morons would have hacked & trashed their own computers.

Nick

On Wed, 28 May 2003 17:37:58 +1000, "Darkfalz" <darkfalz@xis.com.au> wrote:

>http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/
>
>'Bruce Almighty' Leaves Woman with Hellish Torment
>
>Jim Carrey's new comedy Bruce Almighty has caused a Florida woman to suffer
>constant harassment - because her number was given out in the movie as a
>direct line to God. In the film, Carrey stars as a regular guy who receives
>the powers of God - played by Morgan Freeman - after complaining too much
>about life. God tries to reach Bruce Nolan, Carrey's character, by
>repeatedly leaving a phone number on his pager. But instead of the usual 555
>prefix most TV shows and films use in phone numbers, God's number is
>Pinellas Park glassmaker Dawn Jenkins' mobile phone number. Jenkins, who has

I have herd of her.  It must suck, because if it is just  residential number,
you can just change  your phone number with a little hassle but when you have a
business, changing your number is a pain in teh ass. Hacing everything reprinted
that hace teh number on it, yellow page ads, etc.

>been getting about 20 calls per hour, with callers asking for God before
>hanging up complains, "What am I to do? I e-mailed Universal Studios about
>this issue... I think I want payment." Jenkins isn't alone in her plight.
>The number on Carrey's pager also matches the one to a South Carolina woman
>who says she's been "getting aggravated to death" by the incessant calling.
>It also matches the number for a call center to a group of five Colorado
>talk-radio stations. Ron Nickel, senior vice president for the Radio
>Colorado Network, says, "My receptionist is going to go crazy."
>
>People actually saw the movie, took down the number, and think they are
>calling God?
>
>I guess the old "555" thing is really not just a movie gimmick/tradition.

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On Wed, 28 May 2003 08:09:51 GMT, micky <micky@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Yes.


I secnd that


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Darkfalz wrote:

...

> 
> People actually saw the movie, took down the number, and think they are
> calling God?
> 


Somehow I doubt they really thought they'd reach god.  They probably 
just called the number for kicks.

"Darkfalz" <darkfalz@xis.com.au> wrote in message
news:bb1oq8$4jq42$1@ID-108208.news.dfncis.de...
> http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/
>
> 'Bruce Almighty' Leaves Woman with Hellish Torment
>
> Jim Carrey's new comedy Bruce Almighty has caused a Florida woman to
suffer
> constant harassment - because her number was given out in the movie as a
> direct line to God. In the film, Carrey stars as a regular guy who
receives
> the powers of God - played by Morgan Freeman - after complaining too much
> about life. God tries to reach Bruce Nolan, Carrey's character, by
> repeatedly leaving a phone number on his pager. But instead of the usual
555
> prefix most TV shows and films use in phone numbers, God's number is
> Pinellas Park glassmaker Dawn Jenkins' mobile phone number. Jenkins, who
has
> been getting about 20 calls per hour, with callers asking for God before
> hanging up complains, "What am I to do? I e-mailed Universal Studios about
> this issue... I think I want payment." Jenkins isn't alone in her plight.
> The number on Carrey's pager also matches the one to a South Carolina
woman
> who says she's been "getting aggravated to death" by the incessant
calling.
> It also matches the number for a call center to a group of five Colorado
> talk-radio stations. Ron Nickel, senior vice president for the Radio
> Colorado Network, says, "My receptionist is going to go crazy."
>
> People actually saw the movie, took down the number, and think they are
> calling God?
>
> I guess the old "555" thing is really not just a movie gimmick/tradition.
>
> --
> The Machines will Rise, July 17th 2003
> www.terminator3.com
>


yeah, people are stupid. surprisingly stupid. but not when you need them to
be stupid.

"Darkfalz" <darkfalz@xis.com.au> wrote in message
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> I guess the old "555" thing is really not just a movie gimmick/tradition.

No, the article says "But instead of the usual 555 prefix most TV shows and
films use in phone numbers, God's number is Pinellas Park glassmaker Dawn
Jenkins' mobile phone number". i.e. they didn't use a 555 number like they
usually do in movies, rather they just made up a mobile number. If they
*had* done the 555 thing  this problem wouldn't have happened.

LH

On Thu, 29 May 2003 03:38:54 +0930, "Luke Hooft"
<luke_h@ihug.IXNAYONTHEAMSPAY.com.au> wrote:

>"Darkfalz" <darkfalz@xis.com.au> wrote in message
>news:bb1oq8$4jq42$1@ID-108208.news.dfncis.de...
>
>> I guess the old "555" thing is really not just a movie gimmick/tradition.
>
>No, the article says "But instead of the usual 555 prefix most TV shows and
>films use in phone numbers, God's number is Pinellas Park glassmaker Dawn
>Jenkins' mobile phone number". i.e. they didn't use a 555 number like they
>usually do in movies, rather they just made up a mobile number. If they
>*had* done the 555 thing  this problem wouldn't have happened.
>
>LH
>

Luke.. I believe you misunderstood DF's comment. He meant that there
is actually a reason for using the number, that it wasn't a gimmick
and was actually to avoid stupid people ringing numbers given in films
as was described in the article..

"Data888" <kcinSPAMBLOCK@bigfoot.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> They also do it with internet IPs. Something I liked about The Matrix
> Reloaded was that as well as using a known exploit, the internal network
> Trinity broke into used the proper reserved private IP 10.x.x.x.

Heh, I taped "The Net" just to see what the bad guy's IP address was. It was
something like: 102.53.674.852 :)

Eldo.

On Wed, 28 May 2003 17:37:58 +1000, "Darkfalz" <darkfalz@xis.com.au>
wrote:

>http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/
>
>'Bruce Almighty' Leaves Woman with Hellish Torment
>
>Jim Carrey's new comedy Bruce Almighty has caused a Florida woman to suffer
>constant harassment - because her number was given out in the movie as a
>direct line to God. In the film, Carrey stars as a regular guy who receives
>the powers of God - played by Morgan Freeman - after complaining too much
>about life. God tries to reach Bruce Nolan, Carrey's character, by
>repeatedly leaving a phone number on his pager. But instead of the usual 555
>prefix most TV shows and films use in phone numbers, God's number is
>Pinellas Park glassmaker Dawn Jenkins' mobile phone number. Jenkins, who has
>been getting about 20 calls per hour, with callers asking for God before
>hanging up complains, "What am I to do? I e-mailed Universal Studios about
>this issue... I think I want payment." Jenkins isn't alone in her plight.
>The number on Carrey's pager also matches the one to a South Carolina woman
>who says she's been "getting aggravated to death" by the incessant calling.
>It also matches the number for a call center to a group of five Colorado
>talk-radio stations. Ron Nickel, senior vice president for the Radio
>Colorado Network, says, "My receptionist is going to go crazy."
>
>People actually saw the movie, took down the number, and think they are
>calling God?
>
>I guess the old "555" thing is really not just a movie gimmick/tradition.


Actually, mostly it is prank calls according to the news wires.  The
lady in question is some old hag-looking woman.  Poor woman, she
doesn't need that kind of stress.

"Thoughtcube" <thoughtcube@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Furthermore, it might actually make sense to think that
> there is something behind that number: since the movie
> didn't use a 555 number or some other obviously fake
> number, one might think there could be some sort of
> gimmick there. Why not call and see?

Yup. Kinda like with GTA3 - there were phoney advertisements for ridiculous
products. Some of the adverts had URLs (like sleepofflard.com) with real
(but small) sites behind them if you visited!

Eldo.

"username_here" <Tiberium_42@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Darkfalz wrote:
>
> ...
>
> >
> > People actually saw the movie, took down the number, and think they are
> > calling God?
> >
>
>
> Somehow I doubt they really thought they'd reach god.  They probably
> just called the number for kicks.
>

I agree. It is easy to think all people are so stupid, when
really they just see the situation differently than you,
as sort of a joke in this case.

Furthermore, it might actually make sense to think that
there is something behind that number: since the movie
didn't use a 555 number or some other obviously fake
number, one might think there could be some sort of
gimmick there. Why not call and see?

Eldorado wrote:
> "Data888" <kcinSPAMBLOCK@bigfoot.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3ED4759F.3030801@bigfoot.com.au...
> 
>>They also do it with internet IPs. Something I liked about The Matrix
>>Reloaded was that as well as using a known exploit, the internal network
>>Trinity broke into used the proper reserved private IP 10.x.x.x.
> 
> 
> Heh, I taped "The Net" just to see what the bad guy's IP address was. It was
> something like: 102.53.674.852 :)
> 
> Eldo.
> 
> 

D'oh.  I tried it before i noticed, I guess I am stupid.  LOL

-- 
Krixfye

Darkfalz <darkfalz@xis.com.au> wrote in message
bb1oq8$4jq42$1@ID-108208.news.dfncis.de...
> http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/
>
> 'Bruce Almighty' Leaves Woman with Hellish Torment
>
> Jim Carrey's new comedy Bruce Almighty has caused a Florida woman to
suffer
> constant harassment - because her number was given out in the movie as a
> direct line to God. In the film, Carrey stars as a regular guy who
receives
> the powers of God - played by Morgan Freeman - after complaining too much
> about life. God tries to reach Bruce Nolan, Carrey's character, by
> repeatedly leaving a phone number on his pager. But instead of the usual
555
> prefix most TV shows and films use in phone numbers, God's number is
> Pinellas Park glassmaker Dawn Jenkins' mobile phone number. Jenkins, who
has
> been getting about 20 calls per hour, with callers asking for God before
> hanging up complains, "What am I to do? I e-mailed Universal Studios about
> this issue... I think I want payment." Jenkins isn't alone in her plight.
> The number on Carrey's pager also matches the one to a South Carolina
woman
> who says she's been "getting aggravated to death" by the incessant
calling.
> It also matches the number for a call center to a group of five Colorado
> talk-radio stations. Ron Nickel, senior vice president for the Radio
> Colorado Network, says, "My receptionist is going to go crazy."
>
> People actually saw the movie, took down the number, and think they are
> calling God?
>
> I guess the old "555" thing is really not just a movie gimmick/tradition.
>
> --
> The Machines will Rise, July 17th 2003
> www.terminator3.com


LOL
If I was the person who owns the God's number:

Idea #1:
I'd pretend I'm really God. Then only your fantasy can stop you from saying
the biggest craps you'd ever thought.
I'd be really interested to what people will ask me.
Geeeeee, amazing....
DRRRIIIIINNNN: Is that you, God?
Yes, I am. But I see you're a sinner so I'll kill you right know for
disturbing me.

DRRRIIIIINNNN: Is your son coming at my house, God?
Nope. Last time I allowed him going to the Earth, you had crucified him, you
f... bastards.

DRRRIIIIINNNN: When is the Doom's day scheduled for ?
There's still time, I'm still busy creating another Universe. Maybe 2990 DC,
In April I think.

Etc...

Idea #2:
It's a fucking good idea for a shy like me to collect friends and women
numbers.
I'd prey Universal Studios (or CineCitta', the italian movie maker) to
insert my cellular number in the next soap opera, serial TV, etc..
People will call me like shit, and I'll have the priviledge to choose among
them.
I will just explain them I am not the real GOD, but just a minor god, sent
to Earth, and people would still adhore me as a divinity.

good evening, dudes.









>
>

Well, if so, lucky STUPID, eh?

"Thoughtcube" <thoughtcube@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "username_here" <Tiberium_42@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:bb27r9$4ohem$2@ID-149775.news.dfncis.de...
> > Darkfalz wrote:
> > >
> > > People actually saw the movie, took down the number, and think they
are
> > > calling God?
> > >
> > Somehow I doubt they really thought they'd reach god.  They probably
> > just called the number for kicks.
>
> I agree. It is easy to think all people are so stupid, when
> really they just see the situation differently than you,
> as sort of a joke in this case.

But in that case, they're still stupid!

On Wed, 28 May 2003 19:26:15 GMT, Krixfye
<krixfye@XnixthespamXrochester.rr.com> wrote:

>Eldorado wrote:
>> "Data888" <kcinSPAMBLOCK@bigfoot.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:3ED4759F.3030801@bigfoot.com.au...
>> 
>>>They also do it with internet IPs. Something I liked about The Matrix
>>>Reloaded was that as well as using a known exploit, the internal network
>>>Trinity broke into used the proper reserved private IP 10.x.x.x.
>> 
>> 
>> Heh, I taped "The Net" just to see what the bad guy's IP address was. It was
>> something like: 102.53.674.852 :)
>> 
>> Eldo.
>> 
>> 
>
>D'oh.  I tried it before i noticed, I guess I am stupid.  LOL
>
>-- 
>Krixfye
>

Could someone provide me the actual number in the movie?

cliff <heylert@yahoo.com> wrote in message bb29qj$fjb$1@luna.vcn.bc.ca...
>
> "Darkfalz" <darkfalz@xis.com.au> wrote in message
> news:bb1oq8$4jq42$1@ID-108208.news.dfncis.de...
> > http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/
> >
> > 'Bruce Almighty' Leaves Woman with Hellish Torment
> >
> > Jim Carrey's new comedy Bruce Almighty has caused a Florida woman to
> suffer
> > constant harassment - because her number was given out in the movie as a
> > direct line to God. In the film, Carrey stars as a regular guy who
> receives
> > the powers of God - played by Morgan Freeman - after complaining too
much
> > about life. God tries to reach Bruce Nolan, Carrey's character, by
> > repeatedly leaving a phone number on his pager. But instead of the usual
> 555
> > prefix most TV shows and films use in phone numbers, God's number is
> > Pinellas Park glassmaker Dawn Jenkins' mobile phone number. Jenkins, who
> has
> > been getting about 20 calls per hour, with callers asking for God before
> > hanging up complains, "What am I to do? I e-mailed Universal Studios
about
> > this issue... I think I want payment." Jenkins isn't alone in her
plight.
> > The number on Carrey's pager also matches the one to a South Carolina
> woman
> > who says she's been "getting aggravated to death" by the incessant
> calling.
> > It also matches the number for a call center to a group of five Colorado
> > talk-radio stations. Ron Nickel, senior vice president for the Radio
> > Colorado Network, says, "My receptionist is going to go crazy."
> >
> > People actually saw the movie, took down the number, and think they are
> > calling God?
> >
> > I guess the old "555" thing is really not just a movie
gimmick/tradition.
> >
> > --
> > The Machines will Rise, July 17th 2003
> > www.terminator3.com
> >
>
>
> yeah, people are stupid. surprisingly stupid. but not when you need them
to
> be stupid.

Althought you often change name, I see you.
Yeah, people are stupid but they turn incredibly intelligent when things hit
their wallet.


>
>

"Dungeon Raider" <dungeon_raider@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Luke.. I believe you misunderstood DF's comment.

Yeah, looks like it.


>He meant that there
> is actually a reason for using the number, that it wasn't a gimmick
> and was actually to avoid stupid people ringing numbers given in films
> as was described in the article.

Sounds about right. I read it as DF saying "I guess some real numbers *do*
beging with 555", I can see I was wrong now.

LH

"Crotch Crikets Pnats" <ohtrollorama@trollometer.com> wrote:

>>>are people fucking stupid?

> >Yes.

> I secnd that

Heh.  No comment. : P

Holy shit. That's a fascinating fact, and no mistake. How queer! Where's me
washboard?

OTS

"Darkfalz" <darkfalz@xis.com.au> wrote in message
news:bb1oq8$4jq42$1@ID-108208.news.dfncis.de...
> http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/
>
> 'Bruce Almighty' Leaves Woman with Hellish Torment
>
> Jim Carrey's new comedy Bruce Almighty has caused a Florida woman to
suffer
> constant harassment - because her number was given out in the movie as a
> direct line to God. In the film, Carrey stars as a regular guy who
receives
> the powers of God - played by Morgan Freeman - after complaining too much
> about life. God tries to reach Bruce Nolan, Carrey's character, by
> repeatedly leaving a phone number on his pager. But instead of the usual
555
> prefix most TV shows and films use in phone numbers, God's number is
> Pinellas Park glassmaker Dawn Jenkins' mobile phone number. Jenkins, who
has
> been getting about 20 calls per hour, with callers asking for God before
> hanging up complains, "What am I to do? I e-mailed Universal Studios about
> this issue... I think I want payment." Jenkins isn't alone in her plight.
> The number on Carrey's pager also matches the one to a South Carolina
woman
> who says she's been "getting aggravated to death" by the incessant
calling.
> It also matches the number for a call center to a group of five Colorado
> talk-radio stations. Ron Nickel, senior vice president for the Radio
> Colorado Network, says, "My receptionist is going to go crazy."
>
> People actually saw the movie, took down the number, and think they are
> calling God?
>
> I guess the old "555" thing is really not just a movie gimmick/tradition.
>
> --
> The Machines will Rise, July 17th 2003
> www.terminator3.com
>
>


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