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From: acsgjjp@sunybcs.UUCP (Jim Poltrone)
Newsgroups: net.audio,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Another Form of ID
Message-ID: <231@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-Aug-84 16:04:44 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 10 16:04:44 1984
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[chomp, chomp, chom--a large seed!  PTUI!!]
About three years ago, I had my bicycle registered with the university police.
("So what's this doing in net.audio?", I hear you cry.)  They had engraved
a number which was linked to the police branch, and another number which
tied the article to me.  So if the bicycle was ever stolen, it would be 
traced to SUNY at Buffalo Dept. of Public Safety, where they would look up the
second number, and see that it belonged to me.  (Whether they would notify
me or not is another story.)
This system is, in my opinion, far more superior than Social Security numbers 
or driver's license numbers.  It circumvents the problem of someone not
having a Social Security card or a driver's license.

                                    Jim Poltrone
                              ...{decvax,rocksanne,watmath}!sunybcs!acsgjjp