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From: karn@envy.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn)
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Subject: Re: NCSA KA9Q
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Date: 25 Jul 90 23:22:02 GMT
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In article <25700@bellcore.bellcore.com>, mo@messy.bellcore.com (Michael
O'Dell) writes:

|> KA9Q - Key Another 9 Queries (referring to a benchmark used in
|> 	evaluating remote 3270 performance.

Ah hem....

"KA9Q" is my FCC-assigned Amateur Radio callsign. From those globally-
unique four alphanumerics one can determine by inspection that it
belongs to the amateur radio service, that it was issued by the United
States government, that I initially obtained it while living in either
Illinois, Indiana or Wisconsin (I was in northern Illinois at the
time), and I hold an Extra Class license. And with a copy of the
(public) database it yields my full name, mailing address, station
address, date of birth and date of license expiration. How's that for
a compact personal address assignment scheme? :-)

Of course, Mike knew better since he's N4NLN ("Not Four New Lan Networks!"
- referring to Mike's views on IEEE 802 subgroup proliferation...)

--Phil