Three digit significance

Nothing But Net · 01-29-2005, 03:23 PM

Here is an interesting experiment. In your mind, count slowly from 000 to 999 and note if that number has any significance to you, no matter how obscure (for numbers less than 100, you should include the leading zero(s); in other words, Heinz 57 doesn’t count because it normally is not represented with the leading zero, and 069 is right out unless you can think of a good explanation). If you have a suggestion, please annotate this list, Wikipedia style. I hope that at some point every combination from 000 to 999 will be used, and I will publish the list.

Here are mine so far:

000: Octal 0
001: Octal 1
002:
003:
004:
005:
006:
007: James Bond
008: James Bond’s replacement, if necessary
009:
010: Octal 2
011: Octal 3 (at this point no more of these)
012:
013:
014:

(From this point on, just insert your number and explanation)

111: A superstitious score in bowling; often drawn with an inverted ‘V’ over it

114: A recurring theme in Stanley Kubrick movies (i.e., ‘CRM-114’ in Dr. Strangelove)

150: Cessna light aircraft

210: Cessna light aircraft

212: Area code for NYC (Manhattan), New York

213: Area code for central Los Angeles, California

281: Area code of suburban Houston, Texas

310: Area code of western Los Angeles, California

409: A household cleaning product
Area code of areas outlying Houston, Texas, including Galveston

411: Information

420: Toke time

502: California police jargon for ‘Driving Under the Influence’

505: Area code for New Mexico

555: Area code of a fake number on television or in the movies

615: Area code for Nashville, Tennessee

666: Mark of the Beast
Former designation of a US Highway in northwestern New Mexico

707: Boeing passenger jet aircraft

713: Area code for central Houston, Texas

714: Quaalude
Sgt. Joe Friday’s badge number on ‘Dragnet’

747: Boeing passenger jet aircraft

767: Boeing passenger jet aircraft

777: A winning spin on a slot machine
Boeing passenger jet aircraft

800: Toll free number

818: Area code for San Fernando Valley area, California

832: Supplemental area code for Houston, Texas (most often used for cellular phones)

888: Toll free number

911: Emergency (US)

925: Common working hours in the United States (also a movie based upon it)

999: Phrase continuously repeated in the Beatles’ classic ‘White Album’ (Number 9, Number 9, Number 9…)

Happy Monkey · 01-29-2005, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Nothing But Net

010: Octal 2
011: Octal 3 (at this point no more of these)

These are actually binary. 010 and 011 are Octal 8 and 9.

And 202 is the area code for DC.

Elspode · 01-29-2005, 07:02 PM

303 - Model of a very popular old Roland bassline synth
808 - Model of a very popular old Roland analogue drum machine
321 - Contact, a kids show
330 - Excellent Gibson hollow-body electric guitar
335 - Ditto
816 - The area code of Kansas City, Missouri Metro
635 - Loop highway in KC
435 - Ditto
670 - You guessed it
291 - Missouri North/South State Route running from Harrisonville to Liberty
909 - As in the Beatles song, "The One After..."
910 - First series of Moog Modular Synthesizer's Oscillator
914 - Volkswagen in Porsche clothing
920 - Second series of Moog Modular Synthesizer's Oscillator, thermally compensated for enhanced stability

xoxoxoBruce · 01-29-2005, 07:35 PM

215, 230, 250, 265, 283, 302, 305, 307, 327, 348, 350, 396, 400, 427, 454 & 502 are Chevy engines.

beavis · 02-01-2005, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

215, 230, 250, 265, 283, 302, 305, 307, 327, 348, 350, 396, 400, 427, 454 & 502 are Chevy engines.

you forgot the 496, but i guess that's technically just a de-stroked 502.

909 and 951 are area codes for the eastern part of southern california.

wolf · 01-29-2005, 09:29 PM

151 - nicely strong variety of rum

301 - section of PA Mental Health Procedures Act that defines behaviors by which one can show danger to self or others as consequence of a mental illness

302 - section of PA MHPA that details procedures for involuntary psych evalution, including issuance of mental health warrants, and possible commitment for up to 120 hrs.

303 - extension of involuntary mental health treatment for up to 20 additional days.

304 - extension of involuntary mental health treatment for up to 90 additional days.

305 - extensionof involuntary mental health treatment for up to 180 additional days.

okay, okay, I'll stop ... there are only a couple others anyway.

714 - 'ludes.

707, 727, 737, 747 - Happy Family of Boeing commuter aircraft

xoxoxoBruce · 01-29-2005, 09:54 PM

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707, 727, 737, 747 - Happy Family of Boeing commuter aircraft

Also 717, 757, 767, & 777.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-01-2005, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Also 717, 757, 767, & 777.

Add the 787.

Beestie · 01-29-2005, 10:48 PM

Far from exhaustive:

112 Fibonacci
212 Water boils; Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736) invented mercury thermometer.
357 Dirty Harry ("so, punk, do you feel lucky?")
451 Ray Bradbury
666 Beelzebub
911 September 11.

footfootfoot · 01-29-2005, 11:26 PM

404, file not found
668, next door neighbor of the beast

404Error · 01-30-2005, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

404, file not found

Hey, you stole my number!

203 CT area code (old)
404 Error
624 Part of an old Chicago tune (25 0r 624)
860 CT area code

Undertoad · 01-30-2005, 08:48 AM

501, 505 Levi jeans
610 Philly area code and Philly sports talk radio station (WIP)
711 Brand of convenience stores
128, 256, 512 multiples of two, always meaningful in computers (i.e., memory stick sizes)

Undertoad · 01-30-2005, 08:51 AM

100 record number of basketball points scored by Wilt Chamberlain
714 old record number of home runs by Babe Ruth
755 new record number of home runs by Hank Aaron

Kitsune · 01-30-2005, 09:42 AM

100 - 100%
101 - first in a series of classes, a mild fever
106 - Highest fever possible before death
120 - major highway North of Atlanta
123 - One, Two, Three...
135 - SouthWest on a Compass
144 - 2m VHF band
151 - rum
158 - Commercial band begins at 158MHz
175 - Alcohol boiling point on Fahrenheit scale
180 - One-half a rotation in degrees, South on a Compass, degrees in a triangle
187 - LA police code for murder
192 - Classroom in the Life Sciences building I attend.
212 - Boiling point of water on Fahrenheit scale.
220 - 220MHz VHF band
224 - 2*2=4
225 - SouthEast on a Compass
234 - ...two, three, four...
246 - ...two, four, six...
256 - Colors in VGA, one-quarter of a byte
270 - West on a Compass
273 - Add to Celcius for Temperature in Kelvin
286 - Intel processor chip
301 - Major highway in Florida, area code in NY
311 - A horrible 90s bad
314 - Pi
315 - NorthWest on a Compass
321 - Three, two, one...
360 - One full rotation
386 - Intel processor chip
403 - Denied
404 - Not Found
420 - Stoner's time
440 - Engine, 70cm UHF band
441 - Major highway in the Southeast US
451 - Temperature at which books burn
486 - Intel processor
500 - Fortune 500
501 - Levi's Jeans
512 - One-half a byte
586 - Intel processor
614 - Area code in SouthEast Ohio
626 - Mazda 626
666 - Mark of the beast
691 - First part of my first phone number
700 - Religious Club
707 - Boeing Airliner
717 - Boeing that replaced the MD-80
727 - Boeing Airliner, Clearwater Area Code
737 - Boeing Airliner SouthWest uses exclusively
747 - Boeing Airliner for transoceanic travel
757 - Boeing Airliner
760 - Millimeters of Mercury held in a column equal to one atmosphere
767 - Boeing Airliner
777 - Newest Boeing Airliner
800 - Beginning of the Celluar UHF band
808 - "Nothin' sounds quite like an eight-oh-eight..."
813 - Tampa Area Code
820 - Time I should be leaving for work.
830 - "Shit, I'm late, again."
845 - Time I should be arriving for work.
911 - Emergency
930 - Meeting time at work.

mdease · 01-30-2005, 05:04 PM

Shouldn't 911 be something more to the tune of "Shit, I swalloed Draino again!"

01-29-2005, 03:23 PM	#1
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Three digit significance Here is an interesting experiment. In your mind, count slowly from 000 to 999 and note if that number has any significance to you, no matter how obscure (for numbers less than 100, you should include the leading zero(s); in other words, Heinz 57 doesn’t count because it normally is not represented with the leading zero, and 069 is right out unless you can think of a good explanation). If you have a suggestion, please annotate this list, Wikipedia style. I hope that at some point every combination from 000 to 999 will be used, and I will publish the list. Here are mine so far: 000: Octal 0 001: Octal 1 002: 003: 004: 005: 006: 007: James Bond 008: James Bond’s replacement, if necessary 009: 010: Octal 2 011: Octal 3 (at this point no more of these) 012: 013: 014: (From this point on, just insert your number and explanation) 111: A superstitious score in bowling; often drawn with an inverted ‘V’ over it 114: A recurring theme in Stanley Kubrick movies (i.e., ‘CRM-114’ in Dr. Strangelove) 150: Cessna light aircraft 210: Cessna light aircraft 212: Area code for NYC (Manhattan), New York 213: Area code for central Los Angeles, California 281: Area code of suburban Houston, Texas 310: Area code of western Los Angeles, California 409: A household cleaning product Area code of areas outlying Houston, Texas, including Galveston 411: Information 420: Toke time 502: California police jargon for ‘Driving Under the Influence’ 505: Area code for New Mexico 555: Area code of a fake number on television or in the movies 615: Area code for Nashville, Tennessee 666: Mark of the Beast Former designation of a US Highway in northwestern New Mexico 707: Boeing passenger jet aircraft 713: Area code for central Houston, Texas 714: Quaalude Sgt. Joe Friday’s badge number on ‘Dragnet’ 747: Boeing passenger jet aircraft 767: Boeing passenger jet aircraft 777: A winning spin on a slot machine Boeing passenger jet aircraft 800: Toll free number 818: Area code for San Fernando Valley area, California 832: Supplemental area code for Houston, Texas (most often used for cellular phones) 888: Toll free number 911: Emergency (US) 925: Common working hours in the United States (also a movie based upon it) 999: Phrase continuously repeated in the Beatles’ classic ‘White Album’ (Number 9, Number 9, Number 9…)

01-29-2005, 07:02 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	303 - Model of a very popular old Roland bassline synth 808 - Model of a very popular old Roland analogue drum machine 321 - Contact, a kids show 330 - Excellent Gibson hollow-body electric guitar 335 - Ditto 816 - The area code of Kansas City, Missouri Metro 635 - Loop highway in KC 435 - Ditto 670 - You guessed it 291 - Missouri North/South State Route running from Harrisonville to Liberty 909 - As in the Beatles song, "The One After..." 910 - First series of Moog Modular Synthesizer's Oscillator 914 - Volkswagen in Porsche clothing 920 - Second series of Moog Modular Synthesizer's Oscillator, thermally compensated for enhanced stability __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-29-2005, 07:35 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	215, 230, 250, 265, 283, 302, 305, 307, 327, 348, 350, 396, 400, 427, 454 & 502 are Chevy engines. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-29-2005, 09:29 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	151 - nicely strong variety of rum 301 - section of PA Mental Health Procedures Act that defines behaviors by which one can show danger to self or others as consequence of a mental illness 302 - section of PA MHPA that details procedures for involuntary psych evalution, including issuance of mental health warrants, and possible commitment for up to 120 hrs. 303 - extension of involuntary mental health treatment for up to 20 additional days. 304 - extension of involuntary mental health treatment for up to 90 additional days. 305 - extensionof involuntary mental health treatment for up to 180 additional days. okay, okay, I'll stop ... there are only a couple others anyway. 714 - 'ludes. 707, 727, 737, 747 - Happy Family of Boeing commuter aircraft __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-29-2005, 10:48 PM	#9
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Far from exhaustive: 112 Fibonacci 212 Water boils; Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736) invented mercury thermometer. 357 Dirty Harry ("so, punk, do you feel lucky?") 451 Ray Bradbury 666 Beelzebub 911 September 11. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

01-29-2005, 11:26 PM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	404, file not found 668, next door neighbor of the beast __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-30-2005, 08:48 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	501, 505 Levi jeans 610 Philly area code and Philly sports talk radio station (WIP) 711 Brand of convenience stores 128, 256, 512 multiples of two, always meaningful in computers (i.e., memory stick sizes)

01-30-2005, 08:51 AM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	100 record number of basketball points scored by Wilt Chamberlain 714 old record number of home runs by Babe Ruth 755 new record number of home runs by Hank Aaron

01-30-2005, 09:42 AM	#14
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	100 - 100% 101 - first in a series of classes, a mild fever 106 - Highest fever possible before death 120 - major highway North of Atlanta 123 - One, Two, Three... 135 - SouthWest on a Compass 144 - 2m VHF band 151 - rum 158 - Commercial band begins at 158MHz 175 - Alcohol boiling point on Fahrenheit scale 180 - One-half a rotation in degrees, South on a Compass, degrees in a triangle 187 - LA police code for murder 192 - Classroom in the Life Sciences building I attend. 212 - Boiling point of water on Fahrenheit scale. 220 - 220MHz VHF band 224 - 2*2=4 225 - SouthEast on a Compass 234 - ...two, three, four... 246 - ...two, four, six... 256 - Colors in VGA, one-quarter of a byte 270 - West on a Compass 273 - Add to Celcius for Temperature in Kelvin 286 - Intel processor chip 301 - Major highway in Florida, area code in NY 311 - A horrible 90s bad 314 - Pi 315 - NorthWest on a Compass 321 - Three, two, one... 360 - One full rotation 386 - Intel processor chip 403 - Denied 404 - Not Found 420 - Stoner's time 440 - Engine, 70cm UHF band 441 - Major highway in the Southeast US 451 - Temperature at which books burn 486 - Intel processor 500 - Fortune 500 501 - Levi's Jeans 512 - One-half a byte 586 - Intel processor 614 - Area code in SouthEast Ohio 626 - Mazda 626 666 - Mark of the beast 691 - First part of my first phone number 700 - Religious Club 707 - Boeing Airliner 717 - Boeing that replaced the MD-80 727 - Boeing Airliner, Clearwater Area Code 737 - Boeing Airliner SouthWest uses exclusively 747 - Boeing Airliner for transoceanic travel 757 - Boeing Airliner 760 - Millimeters of Mercury held in a column equal to one atmosphere 767 - Boeing Airliner 777 - Newest Boeing Airliner 800 - Beginning of the Celluar UHF band 808 - "Nothin' sounds quite like an eight-oh-eight..." 813 - Tampa Area Code 820 - Time I should be leaving for work. 830 - "Shit, I'm late, again." 845 - Time I should be arriving for work. 911 - Emergency 930 - Meeting time at work.

01-30-2005, 05:04 PM	#15
mdease Jotter of Notes Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 11	Shouldn't 911 be something more to the tune of "Shit, I swalloed Draino again!"

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