From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 11:39:10 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: Re: re: Driver Licenses (fwd)
Message-ID: <199802090341.VAA18175@einstein.ssz.com>
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> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 04:22:54 +0100 (MET)
> Subject: Re: re: Driver Licenses (fwd)
> From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)

> "Yeah, officer, I dropped my ID in the street and it got run over.  Don't
> give me such a hard time about it, I'm just glad I got it back..."
> I really doubt you are going to get convicted for accidently dropping your
> wallet because your ID got scraped up a little bit on the back side.

See a previous post I submitted earlier in this regards...

> Seriously, the best way is a strong magnet.  You can also put it in your
> shirt pocket and iron it, then apply a strong magnet.  The heat will make
> it lose its magnetism more quickly; just make shure you don't melt it. :)

The 'Currie Point' (the point a magnetic material looses its magnetic
behaviour) for Iron Oxide is 600F so I rather doubt your home clothing iron
will significantly effect it. The plastic that the license is made of will
melt at about 250 - 300.


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