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  1. Xref: sparky alt.conspiracy:12418 alt.privacy:2408 alt.religion.computers:871 alt.security:4852 talk.politics.misc:61394
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!reed!romulus!merlyn
  3. From: merlyn@ora.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
  4. Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,alt.privacy,alt.religion.computers,alt.security,talk.politics.misc
  5. Subject: Re: "Welcome to the Machine"
  6. Message-ID: <MERLYN.92Nov23105724@romulus.reed.edu>
  7. Date: 23 Nov 92 18:57:33 GMT
  8. References: <MERLYN.92Nov22173212@romulus.reed.edu> <1er1rqINNlik@nigel.msen.com>
  9. Sender: news@reed.edu (USENET News System)
  10. Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA
  11. Lines: 22
  12. In-Reply-To: dgillmor@msen.com's message of 23 Nov 1992 16:45:32 GMT
  13.  
  14. In article <1er1rqINNlik@nigel.msen.com> dgillmor@msen.com (Dan Gillmor) writes:
  15.    Guess I wasn't clear. I still find it hard to believe that the store would
  16.    deny you entry without the card swipe, or that they'd refuse to take your
  17.    money at the cash register without another swipe of the card.
  18.  
  19.    Has anyone simply refused to cooperate with them, and then been turned away?
  20.  
  21. That'd be like forcing your way into CostCo.
  22.  
  23. It's a "member's only" buying outlet, but membership is free.
  24. That's how they can justify tracking your purchases.
  25.  
  26. And by the way, their selection or price isn't that much better than
  27. anywhere else, in fact, you can probably out-do it most of the time.
  28. So there's really no attraction in the place, other than being mildly
  29. entertained by all the people-watching.
  30.  
  31.  
  32. --
  33. Randal L. Schwartz / Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095
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  35. factoid: "Portland, Oregon, home of the California Raisins and Lone-Star Beer!"
  36.