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From: dsill@ark1 (Dave Sill)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: minor Siggraph question
Keywords: siggraph magnetic badge
Message-ID: <28@ark1.nswc.navy.mil>
Date: 18 Jul 89 15:21:48 GMT
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Reply-To: dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Dave Sill)
Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA
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In-reply-to: rick@uunet.UU.NET (Rick Adams)

In article <60901@uunet.UU.NET>, rick@uunet (Rick Adams) writes:
>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.

Well, *my* badge has a magnetic strip on the back.  I work in a
"secured" building.  During normal hours, the badges are used to
automatically log entries and exits, even though there are access
control clerks at the doors.  The badges speed up the entry/exit
process and leave the clerks free to doodle, err, hand out badges to
visitors and make sure employees use their badges.  Outside of normal
hours, the badges actually unlock the door; there are no clerks.  Most
people wear their badges on a necklace, which looks dorky but is
convenient.

But the thought of using a mag. badge at a conference *does* seem to
be a little severe.