IVIV (8): Anachronisms (was:Nixonizing U.S. Currency)

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Speaking of anachronisms, here's one I meant to bring up earlier:

(p. 47):  "Is Bigfoot giving you a problem again?  Call the Internal Affairs Hotline, it's toll-free -- 800-BENTCOP."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toll-free_telephone_number

Inventor of modern 800 toll-free system

Roy P. Weber (1945-2005) from Bridgewater, New Jersey was the inventor of the second-generation 800 toll-free number system in 1978.[citation needed] Weber's U.S. Patent No. 4,191,860 was filed July 13, 1978 and issued March 4, 1980 and assigned to AT&T. AT&T started to use this new technology from the Weber patent in 1982. Weber's invention was called 'Data Base Communication Call Processing Method' ... more commonly called today a 'Toll-Free Call' or '800 Call'.[3]

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>

>
>On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Richard Fiero <rfiero at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Nixon Shock took place on August 15, 1971.
>
>A-and Lew Alcindor didn't change his name to Kareem Abdul Jabbar 'til
>1971, either ...