RE: ORCID - unique identifiers for bibliographers

[Greg Daley <gdaley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

 

Greg Daley

 

From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phillip Hallam-Baker
Sent: Tuesday, 17 September 2013 11:33 AM
To: John Levine
Cc: IETF Discussion Mailing List
Subject: Re: ORCID - unique identifiers for bibliographers

 

 

 

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 3:45 PM, John Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>Since this has turned out to be ambiguous, I have decided to instead use a
>SHA-256 hash of my DNA sequence:
>
>9f00a4-9d1379-002a03-007184-905f6f-796534-06f9da-304b11-0f88d7-92192e-98b2

How does your identical twin brother feel about this?

 

His opinion is identical to my own.

 

 

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