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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!ldo
  2. From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: Uniquely identifying a Mac? How?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec17.162820.12863@waikato.ac.nz>
  6. Date: 17 Dec 92 16:28:20 +1300
  7. References: <9235010.4295@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1992Dec15.121756.23075@kth.se> <1gm3ioINN9uh@calvin.NYU.EDU>
  8. Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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  11. In article <1gm3ioINN9uh@calvin.NYU.EDU>, roy@mchip00.med.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
  12. >
  13. > I personally think it was a major mistake for Apple
  14. > to not have put some sort of machine-readable serial number in each machine.
  15.  
  16. The trouble with providing a feature like that is that people will start to
  17. use it.
  18.  
  19. Can you say "copy protection"...?
  20.  
  21. Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-7-856-2889
  22. Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-7-838-4066
  23. University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
  24. Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00
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