Comments on: ATTN: Bankers — Here’s An Idea https://nerdvittles.com/attn-bankers-heres-an-idea/ Ward Mundy's Technobabblelog Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:31:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Beaudoin https://nerdvittles.com/attn-bankers-heres-an-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:31:36 +0000 http://nerdvittles.com/?p=13#comment-86 WHY WONT YOU PUPLISH WHAT I THINK>>>>IS IT BAD IF PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH YOU???????

Take a 12 digit account number (because the first 4 digits identify the bank) and calculate
the permutations. Now take the amount of purchases on the internet in
a year.. or even 6 months and you will grossly out way the
permutations. The solution would be to increase the account to 32
digits, but then you would have to recode every freaking POS terminal
in the world… Very cost effective. Or we could guarantee ageist
fraud like we do now….. Great waste of internet space ( see what
happens when publishing is low cost)

[WM: We publish posts of people with different views all the time. Your first post had a number of personal attacks. We don’t publish those, and we don’t edit other folks’ comments.]

]]> By: Mike Cohen https://nerdvittles.com/attn-bankers-heres-an-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 01:02:44 +0000 http://nerdvittles.com/?p=13#comment-37 Better it should be a single use rather than time limited. Not every place will charge the card immediately. It certainly wouldn’t have worked when I bought my Mac Mini, since the card isn’t being charged until it ships, which may be 3-4 weeks.

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