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| β | {{w|Resistor|Resistors}} are electronic components carrying color-coded bands indicating their value (measured in {{w|Ohm|ohms}}) and tolerance (e.g. 5%). [[Cueball]] has been hunched over his work for so long that, when asked for his phone number (by his Cueball-like friend), he absentmindedly reads out his phone's area code as a sequence of colors found on the aforementioned resistors (each | + | {{w|Resistor|Resistors}} are electronic components carrying color-coded bands indicating their value (measured in {{w|Ohm|ohms}}) and tolerance (e.g. 5%). [[Cueball]] has been hunched over his work for so long that, when asked for his phone number (by his Cueball-like friend), he absentmindedly reads out his phone's area code as a sequence of colors found on the aforementioned resistors (each colour corresponding to one of the ten decimal digits, in this case 718 β see {{w|Electronic_color_code#Resistor_color-coding|Resistor color-coding}}). He realizes his mistake after these first three digits and begins again using numbers to state the entire phone number. His friend points out that such a mistake means it's a good time to take a break, and Cueball concurs. |
It's not uncommon for readers to try calling phone numbers they see inside a book or a comic strip, just to discover what it actually goes to. Randall foresees this, and in the title text he simply tells you what the phone number is. | It's not uncommon for readers to try calling phone numbers they see inside a book or a comic strip, just to discover what it actually goes to. Randall foresees this, and in the title text he simply tells you what the phone number is. | ||
