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- From: sho@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: a non-techie view of Newton
- Message-ID: <7889@dirac.physics.purdue.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 17:57:14 GMT
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- In article <0105011F.978hg5@dragon.enigami.mv.com> cory@enigami.mv.com writes:
- >> And what exactly is the
- >>point of having the signatures stored electronically,
- >>anyway?
- >
- >Imagine tracing a package: from the terminal, the operator could pop-up
- >the signature -- the day after it was signed. The signature may have
- >been made in New Hampshire, with the operator being located in Los
- >Angelos.
-
- Imagine UPS already has your signature on file. (You sign
- for something once, your signature is in their computer)
- The operator could pop up the signature, regardless of
- whether you had received your package or not.
-
- Not saying they would, but it raises questions about the
- usefulness of digitized signatures.
-
- -Sho
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