> Yeah but the post office could just as easily followed the SSN scheme.
The postal service used an entirely different scheme so that most of the information needed to route a letter or package was contained in the first three digits and even though it finally adopted a nine digit zip+4 scheme, that scheme was really designed to make it easy to deliver a letter or package rather than identifying anyone. SSN numbers were just for distinguishing between and among individuals. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
