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Originally Posted by MikeFromHC
Don't tell the people in Europe about the phone numbers where 8 is common.
Phone numbers are 7 digits in the USA because they grew to be that length out of necessity. It was not until the late 50's that most of the USA went from 6 to 7 digits
The computer does not know that you gave the name of an object on your desk rather than the name of a candy bar.
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I read the 7 digit thing just recently. I believe it was in one of Malcolm Gladwell's books. My grandparents phone number was always 7 digits from the early 40s on. They still had the same number (NE4-3510) until my grandmother died in 2003.
The computer doesn't know it, and 2 months later when I need it, I don't remember it either. Tell me what possible good that does? If I put a sticky up reminding me "My favorite candy bar is stapler" how is that any better than one saying "My password is U7d8e43d&je"?? Wouldn't it be better to let me create my own question that I can make as obscure as possible yet it will be something I always know the answer to?
-Marcy