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Article #587Re: HELP VIN' requested
From: Bill Seurer
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 13:50
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 13:50
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In article <1994Apr20.203244.19212@mprgate.mpr.ca>, vanderby@mprgate.mpr.ca (David Vanderbyl) writes: |> In article <2p3b9c$vuo@locutus.rchland.ibm.com>, seurer@nordruth.rchland.ibm.com (Bill Seurer) writes: |> |> Before responding consider that you may be putting your auto at risk of |> |> theft. |> |> I'll assume you meant *increased* risk of theft, since your auto is |> already at risk of theft (it's parked, isn't it :-) ) . |> |> How do you arrive at this conclusion? Don't you realize that anyone |> can look through your front windshield and get the VIN? And how the |> heck is this guy going to find your car after you give him the VIN? Let's see. I am an auto theft and I am looking for, oh, Mercedes (one of the examples he used). I post a message here and get a nice long list of them. Using the poster's names I look up their addresses and voila! |> |> -- |> |> |> |> - Bill Seurer Language and Compiler Development IBM Rochester, MN |> ^^^ |> Hmmmmm.... ? -- - Bill Seurer Language and Compiler Development IBM Rochester, MN Business: BillSeurer@vnet.ibm.com Home: BillSeurer@aol.com
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