On 4/1/2009 12:08 PM, m wrote: > David wrote: >> On 4/1/2009 10:13 AM, Craig White wrote: >>> On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 14:49 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: >>>>> I use a state issued picture driver license, a birth certificate, >>>>> and a US >>>>> Passport. >>>> Which doesn't prove you are not one of identical twins ;) >>> ---- >>> which is an important distinction if you happen to be the paranoid >>> schizophrenic twin... >>> http://www.amazon.com/Know-This-Much-True-Novel/dp/0061469084/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1 >>> Great book >>> Craig >>> ps - then again, the fingerprints would likely be identical >> True. But I also have concealed carry permits in four different states >> and >> they take fingerprints and run background checks. :-P >> Maybe I should have said that my mother assured me that I am me? >> Only the paranoid I guess. > Yes its a paranoid world. My question though, after reading this thread, > is of what real use is birth certificate? I asked at the DMV once, > naturally the response was a somewhat less than spectacular "proves you > were born." So the fact that I live and breathe is not proof enough that > someone gave birth to me? Perhaps it should be called an identity > certificate instead. Anyone want to join my support group for the > insanely pedantic. In the US of A you need one to be President? To get a passport. And, in Florida, today, and all other states eventually, to get a drivers license. I have ID badges that let me work on certain schools in certain counties. You need a drivers license to get it. And a background check. And fingerprints taken. Big Brother is watching? Or maybe? Welcome to City Seventeen? Yeah. It's getting bad. -- David -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines