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- From: cline@cs.scarolina.edu (Ernest Cline)
- Subject: Re: Big Brother Radio Shack
- Message-ID: <cline.721193875@acacia.cs.scarolina.edu>
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- Organization: USC Department of Computer Science
- References: <5160005@hpsad.sad.hp.com> <1425600001@igc.apc.org> <1992Nov2.052623.10150@tamsun.tamu.edu> <1992Nov3.152420.29136@pegasus.com>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 03:37:55 GMT
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- richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes:
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- |>
- |>Now to the relevant part: to enter the building, you must present your
- |>"membership card". The membership is free after revealing your name and
- |>address. In other words, they require you to be on their mailing
- |>list. You have to show your drivers license, so the old saw of making up
- |>a weird address won't cut it. I told the poor data entry person "Isn't this
- |>just a clever way of forcing me to be on your mailing list?" to which she
- |>promptly handed me a list of "membership rules" which eventually stated that
- |>a drivers license is required to establish identity and blah blah blah....
- |>I reluctantly surrendered it because I was very curious to see what was
- |>inside the "Incredible Universe". But I was impressed with the way they
- |>covered themselves with rules and whatnot. If I didn't want to reveal my
- |>data, weeeell, you don't have to shop here. And believe me, it's VERY
- |>tempting.
- |>
- |
- |Yeahbut! Not everyone has a driver's license.
- |
- While I cannot speak for other states, South Carolina does issue an
- "identity card" from the Highway Department that people without a driver's
- license can obtain. So in this state at least, that point is moot.
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- Ernest Cline "Smock smock smock smock smock"
- cline@cs.scarolina.edu -- Hobbes --
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