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From: stephenf@elecvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lan
Subject: Re: Ethernet addressing
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Date: Thu, 7-Jun-84 13:20:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  7 13:20:14 1984
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Organization: EE and CS, Uni of NSW, Sydney, Australia
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I agree that using the serial number of dollar bills is a nice idea.
But if you want really unique addresses, rather than just unique
within the USA, you would have to get everyone to agree on what country's
currency to use. Otherwise if someone used several boards manufactured in
different countries in the one Local Area Network, there would be the
possibility of a conflict.

	Yes, there is life outside America.

						Stephen Frede

						University of New South Wales
						Australia

				...!decvax!mulga!stephenf:elecvax

PS - our dollar bills are being replaced with dollar coins. We'd have to use
	two dollar bills.