At long last, I have a cell phone

[dougo]

Okay, I got a phone. I went with Verizon Wireless because it seemed like they had the best coverage, plus I knew where their store was (inside the Circuit City in Burlington, MA). I went with the cheapest pay-as-you-go plan, $0.99/day and $0.10/minute, on the theory that I will use less than 20 minutes a day and less than 15 days a month. If not, I'll figure out a better plan. The phone itself is a Samsung, $50, just the basics plus GPS (although I'm not sure I can actually use it for geocaching).

My number is below; feel free to call me any time! But you may want to verify the number with me first (e.g. by email or LJ Talk) before calling.

Edit: Corrected picture below.



(Credit for the idea, construction, and photo are all due to rhysara. Thanks!!)

Comments

[nosrialleon.livejournal.com]

code, schmode: holy shit! Mastermind! Haven't even seen a copy of that in decades, let alone played it...

[colubra.livejournal.com]

I hate that I can decode your phone #.

[mshonle.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I need a hint. Anyone want to help? :-)

[mhnicholson.livejournal.com]

win the game of mastermind first, then look for the phone number in the pattern of correct pegs.

[gemini6ice.livejournal.com]

743-443-4363?

[gemini6ice.livejournal.com]

not a valid area codes, damn.


does the color of any peg matter?

[dougo.livejournal.com]

The colors matter, but they are symmetric, if that's what you're asking. E.g., you could replace all greens with purples.

[gemini6ice.livejournal.com]

My question includes the black/white tiny pegs, since three white + 1 black is not possible in MM.

[prusik.livejournal.com]

Why not? All the colors are correct. However, three of the colored pegs are in wrong positions.

e.g., if the correct answer is ABCD, then ACDB should result in three white and one black.

[gemini6ice.livejournal.com]

I had white and black's meanings reversed.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

You may be confusing the meanings of the black and white pegs. Three black and one white is not possible.

[gemini6ice.livejournal.com]

I already confessed this when I called you!

[dougo.livejournal.com]

I posted that comment before you called me.

[ahkond.livejournal.com]

THE USER ICON IS LOOPING IN TIME TO THE MUSIC ON MY IPOD

I FEAR IT

[dougo.livejournal.com]

EVERYONE LOVES HYPNOFRACTALBEAR

[42itous.livejournal.com]

my brain hurts.

[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

that is SO made of win.

[prusik.livejournal.com]

Your edit confirms that I know how to decode your phone number. It also means that I'm off by a digit. Must remember this before I put you in my phone book. :-)

What a cool way to put your phone number on the web. I can't wait for the web robot that can parse your phone number from the picture. (It may be a while though.)

[mhnicholson.livejournal.com]

When I first saw the picture i started playing mastermind, but when the solution was there in the first three rows I went back for the text to figure out what you were getting at.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

It's actually solvable in just the first two rows, I think?

[dkw.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the hint (location of Circuit City) that let me confirm I'd decoded a plausible area code.

[mhnicholson.livejournal.com]

Was the area code a split off of 351? If so, I get the code.

[wrog]

actually, I'm pretty sure the other area code was around first (basing this on my brother who's lived in that area and had his phone number for 20+ years);

wow, I just found an area code history site. The 351 split wasn't until 2000, although the other area code only dates back to 1997. Before then everything outside of Boston/128-Land was 508 going back to 1989 (I had totally forgotten that my brother had spent nearly an entire decade on 508), which was when we had the original split from 617, which in turn was in the original NANP and so we are done.

whee.