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RE: ORCID - unique identifiers for bibliographers

John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com> Tue, 17 September 2013 14:44 UTC

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From: John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com>
To: John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com>, Greg Daley <gdaley@au.logicalis.com>
Subject: RE: ORCID - unique identifiers for bibliographers
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--On Monday, September 16, 2013 22:28 -0400 John R Levine
<johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

>> I do have an identical twin brother, and hashing the DNA
>> sequence collides more regularly than either random or
>> MAC-based interface-identifiers in IPv6.
>> 
>> Also, he doesn't have the same opinions.
> 
> Clearly, one of you needs to get to know some retroviruses.

Or you aren't identical enough.  Clearly the hash should be
computed over both your DNA sequence and a canonical summary of
your opinions.

Are we far enough down this rathole?

    john

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