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Date: 06 Aug 2006 22:13:46
From: greggery peccary
Subject: national bike registry
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good idea? reliable? is it worth $10?
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Date: 12 Aug 2006 14:05:42
From: bryanska
Subject: Re: national bike registry
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> In terms of "will they lose your data?", they're probably reliable.
> In terms of "Will it be likely to get consulted by the law enforcement
> agency that recovers your stolen bike?", I would expect the answer to
> be "no" more often than not.
Can you elaborate? I've been wondering about this registry myself.
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Date: 08 Aug 2006 04:50:18
From: Werehatrack
Subject: Re: national bike registry
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On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 22:13:46 -0700, "greggery peccary" <.@. > wrote:
>good idea?
In theory. But in theory, Titanic was unsinkable. Theory and
practice are often at variance.
>reliable?
In terms of "will they lose your data?", they're probably reliable.
In terms of "Will it be likely to get consulted by the law enforcement
agency that recovers your stolen bike?", I would expect the answer to
be "no" more often than not.
>is it worth $10?
IMO, no.
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Date: 07 Aug 2006 13:37:20
From: Dane Buson
Subject: Re: national bike registry
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greggery peccary <.@. > wrote:
> good idea? reliable? is it worth $10?
Well, I haven't heard of anyone recovering their bike with it. If
you're at the UW, I imagine you could register with the campus police,
which would probably be more efficient.
But then, I'm probably biased against anyone who would sell my email
address.
--
Dane Buson - sigdane@unixbigots.org
It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more
doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of
a new system. For the initiator has the emnity of all who would profit
by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders
in those who would gain by the new ones.
-- Niccolo Machiavelli, 1513
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Date: 07 Aug 2006 09:34:20
From:
Subject: Re: national bike registry
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greggery peccary wrote:
> good idea? reliable? is it worth $10?
send me $10, your bike info, and if any police ask me if I know who the
bike they found belongs to I'll pass on the info.
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Date: 07 Aug 2006 07:55:38
From: di
Subject: Re: national bike registry
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"greggery peccary" <.@. > wrote in message
news:eb6i6a$u62$1@gnus01.u.washington.edu...
> good idea? reliable? is it worth $10?
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It's worth ten dollars to the person receiving the cash
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