Try again?

http://www.ssa.gov/employer/ssnvshandbk/glossary.htm

SSN - Social Security Number; a unique nine (9)-digit number assigned by SSA to identify an individual when reporting wages, paying taxes and collecting benefits.

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SSN - Social Security Number; a unique nine (9)-digit number assigned by SSA to identify an individual when reporting wages, paying taxes and collecting benefits. - http://www.ssa.gov/employer/ssnvshandbk/glossary.htm

The IRS wouldn't like that very much, since they don't ask for your birthdate on a tax return.

The birthdate is generally used as a secondary qualifier on most SSN checks because the SSN verification system can check the first 5 digits to see when and where a SSN was generated. So if you see a 18-year old from New York use a SSN that was issued in 1968 to someone in California, you might just have a problem.
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OP_Home/handbook/handbook.14/handbook-1401.html

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The "middle 2" are assigned in a non-sequential way http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/geocard.html

The SSN wasn't required by a child until the 1980's when it was required to be used as a identifier on the tax return to claim as a deduction.

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The Paneras I have gone to have the log-in page prominently display the time limits during peak periods (11am-2pm) and will disconnect you after 30 or 60 minutes, depending on the location.

Honestly, it is evident that people are not eating at McDonalds who are using the WiFi. After eating their garbage, I can barely make it 15 minutes without heading quickly for a restroom.

Another solution would be to print a "passcode" of sorts on the receipt that is good for X-minutes depending on your purchase. Keeps paying customers in, drops the free-loaders out.

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I'll chime in for my WISP.

I live within the city limits of a suburb outside of Chicago which combined with the one next door, has 300K people.

FOR TEN YEARS I've been living here (some people have been here fifteen) and we still have no DSL... none nada zip zilch.

Comcast knows this, so they charge out the ass for HSI.

My WISP has been there through thick and thin. In 10 years only 2 lightning strikes have hit their tower. We started out on 802.11b and just moved over to Motorola Canopy voodoo... free upgrade to me. Now I'm getting 10M/2M all the time. Online gaming, online music, downloads, and my VoIP all work in harmony.

I couldn't be happier, and for only $60/month (including my publically accessible IP address) I'm pleased.

-- Side note --

My friend was opening a business. He had it all lined up to get AT&T phone+DSL in the new strip mall they were moving in to. Opening day November 1. He needed Internet access to run CC transactions.

AT&T comes in on Oct 28 and says "Sorry, we have no DSL for you here." ... get this .... "Go to an AT&T store and get the USB AirCard" He did despite my best arguement against it, and that option failed miserably.

He calls Comcast: "Sorry, we have HSI at the outlot, but we'd have to run a line to the main mall. Can you find 3 customers there that will need it?.... and if you do, it'll be 2 months to pull the line." Fail.

I call my WISP finally on the afternoon of the 30th. "Yeah sure, we can be out there today... oh wait, it's 3PM.... how about first thing tomorrow morning?"

So yeah, no fuss, no muss. Internet was installed on the 31st... up... running... and I got a couple months credit on my bill.

Score one for the little guy doing what the big ones don't want to, or can't.

The race of the Last Wire Mile is a difficult one, and when you can go through the air at the speed of light, WISPs will always win.

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CompUSA isn't gone... I believe they were purchased by TigerDirect in some deal... (TD has their naysayers but I've never had a problem with them.)

Fortunately too, I can just go to one of their warehouses and my item is always in stock...

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Some cities (Chicago being one) tax bottled water.

Next you'll be saying to drink it from a tap.