John Gilmore observed:
>I bought yesterday a roundtrip rail ticket, and in order to do so I
>was required to produce "picture ID".

Yes, and that's an important facet of price discrimination, a practice most
IBM-MAIN readers' employers employ. It's "security," but it's mostly
revenue security for the rail carrier.

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Timothy Sipples
IT Architect Executive, zEnterprise Industry Solutions, AP/GCG/MEA
E-Mail: [email protected]

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