On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Johnny Eriksson wrote:
"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> wrote:
If we were still calling central and asking "Hi Mabel, can you put me through to Doc," no one would give a rat's ass about phone number portability. Notice that no one is getting worked up about circuit number portability.
... or street number portability. Thanks $deity.
Indeed - it's entirely sensible to me that buildings are numbered in order of construction in that particular region ... cheers! ========================================================================== "A cat spends her life conflicted between a deep, passionate and profound desire for fish and an equally deep, passionate and profound desire to avoid getting wet. This is the defining metaphor of my life right now."