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[Robert L. Harris]

Wouldn't a validated GPG signature with an embedded license photo be a 
better idea?  Lock it to an email or such.  If you're trying to prevent 
fraud you're going to have a very hard time unless you have someone go 
meet each person and check ID's.


Thus spake Pete Hardie (pete.hardie at sciatl.com):

> Subba Rao wrote:
> >
> >This is just an idea I am putting forward.  Since it cannot be
> >implemented or maintained by one person I thought of puting this idea in
> >the public domain.
> >
> >Thank you for looking into it.
> 
> While I'm not sure that this project will acheive its stated goal, I do 
> have one comment about the frequent use of a CPU ID for validation - why?  
> What additional validation does this provide?  What happens when I switch 
> machines?
> 
> 
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      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'


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