Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!chinet!mcdchg!nud!sunburn!gtx!al From: al@gtx.com (Alan Filipski) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: computer follies Message-ID: <758@gtx.com> Date: 20 Sep 88 15:43:16 GMT References: <5856@ihlpf.ATT.COM> <57438@ti-csl.CSNET> <741@etive.ed.ac.uk> <492@sp7040.UUCP> <827@cernvax.UUCP> Reply-To: al@gtx.UUCP (Alan Filipski) Organization: GTX Corporation, Phoenix Lines: 26 In article <827@cernvax.UUCP> rbt@cernvax.UUCP () writes: * *What about that guy in U.S. that got a brand new plate for his car. I do not *know why, but he choose the word "NONE". Well, the following month he received *a ridicolous fee from the local police station. He was always parking in the *wrong place, many times a day, sometimes even twice or three times in different *parts of the town. * *Finally, he went to the police station to complain. There they worked out that *the bill was computer-made, and the standard plate reported for plateless car *was "NONE". * *He changed plate. sounds like a missed opportunity to me. If he were creative, he would have argued with whoever types in the license numbers to translate "NONE" into something else, like "-----". He would then be free to park wherever he chose. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Alan Filipski, GTX Corp, 8836 N. 23rd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85021, USA ) ( {allegra,decvax,hplabs,amdahl,nsc}!sun!sunburn!gtx!al (602)870-1696 ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~