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From: rick@uunet.UU.NET (Rick Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: minor Siggraph question
Message-ID: <60901@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 18 Jul 89 03:54:15 GMT
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Once again, the question is dodged with "trust me I know what I'm doing"
arguments.

Simple question:

	Given that I have a neato, keeno, badge with the current
	conference logo, etc embossed on it and that it is only
	given to people who have paid the technical conference
	fees; why do I ALSO have to have the stupid mag stripe read

	I find it totally unbelievable that even a tiny number
	of badges are forged.

Got a simple answer?

Good enough to subject 25,000 people to unnecessary harrassment?

By the way, your arguments about badges at work support MY point,
not yours. Not one of the security badges I have ever had
has had a mag stripe on the back. They all rely on the badges as the
verification. My drivers license doesnt have a stripe, etc.

The whole point is that you have made it difficult to attend
the conference. There is no good reason for this. Atlanta was
a failed experiment. I do not deny the experiment. I deny the
claim that the experiment was successful.