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Re: Did I just see a new inception viral commercial? Help me

Post apw June 5, 2010, 4:15 pm

postal wrote:
apw wrote:I've done some digging. The short code numbers can only be either 5 or 6 digits, apparently.

So there must be a number missing.

Are you sure? i thought I only saw 4 numbers when I saw the commercial. But I'm not 100% on that either so who knows.


Well I can't say for certain but CSCA (who admin mobile short codes numbers) say they are only 5 or 6 digits. Any 4 digital number will be carrier specific whereas 5 or 6 digital numbers will work across all carriers.

http://www.usshortcodes.com/csc_about.html

I'd try sending it to another random 4 digital number to see if you get 'Access Denied' back again.
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Re: Did I just see a new inception viral commercial? Help me

Post chee June 5, 2010, 4:20 pm

apw wrote:I'd try sending it to another random 4 digital number to see if you get 'Access Denied' back again.


I did that and it didn't send out.
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Re: Did I just see a new inception viral commercial? Help me

Post theweatherman June 5, 2010, 4:27 pm

apw wrote:Well I can't say for certain but CSCA (who admin mobile short codes numbers) say they are only 5 or 6 digits. Any 4 digital number will be carrier specific whereas 5 or 6 digital numbers will work across all carriers.

http://www.usshortcodes.com/csc_about.html

I'd try sending it to another random 4 digital number to see if you get 'Access Denied' back again.


Well if it is carrier specific then whoever got the Access Denied thing must be using the correct carrier and those that got nothing must not be.
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Re: Did I just see a new inception viral commercial? Help me

Post Keaton McNamara June 5, 2010, 6:17 pm

I just text the number and when it came back it said "This campaign is not active.--"
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Re: Did I just see a new inception viral commercial? Help me

Post theweatherman June 5, 2010, 6:21 pm

Keaton McNamara wrote:I just text the number and when it came back it said "This campaign is not active.--"


I just got the access denied message.
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Re: Did I just see a new inception viral commercial? Help me

Post postal June 5, 2010, 7:35 pm

Hmm considering we're not 100% sure we have the right number, USA Network has a feedback system ( http://www.usanetwork.com/feedback/ ) where you can email them regarding anything, including the commercials they play. Worth a shot, perhaps?
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Re: Did I just see a new inception viral commercial? Help me

Post gatomonic June 5, 2010, 9:57 pm

So, I just saw the commercial while watching Juno and figured I'd google it to see whats up. I stumbled upon this forum and seeing there was little info I decided to give the text a shot.
I'm on verizon, and this is what I got back:

"VZW Free Msg: We got your message.
More on thought theft theft will be coming in a bit. Text STOP to quit, HELP for info."

I texted help to see what was up and got:

"Thanks for your msg. This is the Verizon Promo shortcode.
Text STOP 2quit. 888-575-1050"

Then the more on thought theft bit came:

"What is Dream Share?
Go to http://www.whatisdreamshare.com to learn the truth about mind crime."

I hope this helps everyone that is curious and getting the "access denied" :)
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Re: Did I just see a new inception viral commercial? Help me

Post postal June 5, 2010, 10:17 pm

gatomonic wrote:So, I just saw the commercial while watching Juno and figured I'd google it to see whats up. I stumbled upon this forum and seeing there was little info I decided to give the text a shot.
I'm on verizon, and this is what I got back:

"VZW Free Msg: We got your message.
More on thought theft theft will be coming in a bit. Text STOP to quit, HELP for info."

I texted help to see what was up and got:

"Thanks for your msg. This is the Verizon Promo shortcode.
Text STOP 2quit. 888-575-1050"

Then the more on thought theft bit came:

"What is Dream Share?
Go to http://www.whatisdreamshare.com to learn the truth about mind crime."

I hope this helps everyone that is curious and getting the "access denied" :)

You are awesome, thanks a bunch man. I just saw the commercial myself and was about to test it out. Today it was "TEXT WAKEUP TO 5500 FOR MORE INFORMATION"

From the website:

"Oh! One more quick thing. While I was digging around, I found a lot of sleep research. Ironically, most of it would put you to sleep, but there was one video that had some interesting bits about someone named Captain Darren Bartel. I’ll be looking into it more. Check it out here."

That post then links to Nolan's dream research video.

"I was checking out Wired and saw this article. Go ahead and look at it. I’ll wait. What the what? Dream-Share? The Hostile Subconscious? Do these things sound normal to you?"

Links to the inception folder that Wired Magazine received.




Looks like I might've been right about that first commercial after all, it appears to be the next step in Inception's Viral Campaign : D This site might just be worth keeping an eye on.
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Re: Did I just see a new inception viral commercial? Help me

Post chee June 5, 2010, 11:16 pm

gatomonic wrote:So, I just saw the commercial while watching Juno and figured I'd google it to see whats up. I stumbled upon this forum and seeing there was little info I decided to give the text a shot.
I'm on verizon, and this is what I got back:

"VZW Free Msg: We got your message.
More on thought theft theft will be coming in a bit. Text STOP to quit, HELP for info."

I texted help to see what was up and got:

"Thanks for your msg. This is the Verizon Promo shortcode.
Text STOP 2quit. 888-575-1050"

Then the more on thought theft bit came:

"What is Dream Share?
Go to http://www.whatisdreamshare.com to learn the truth about mind crime."

I hope this helps everyone that is curious and getting the "access denied" :)


no. No. NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Why did I decide to watch Annie Hall instead!!! Jeez, I was this close to watching Juno, THIS CLOSE.

Sigh.
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Re: Did I just see a new inception viral commercial? Help me

Post OVERMAN June 6, 2010, 12:18 am

ok, now I wanna see the commercial. :batface:
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