License Plate Number
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I seem to remember a sci-fi TV show where one of the characters was speeding on a motorcycle. A camera scanned the bar code on his license plate and issued the fine, which was automatically charged to his credit card. It was filmed in a way that you could tell he wasn't involved in the process; it was basically a (large) automated toll. A GUID can be represented in a fairly compact bar code, come to think of it.
Software Zen:
delete this;I think that was Star Trek, though I'm not sure and I wish someone could let me know. I remember seeing that too, and it's bugged me for years. At the time I thought it was cool, but every time I drive along the Bolte Bridge back home and have my license plate scanned I think of that show/movie and think "Why didn't they just get the scanner to read the plate instead of using 20th century barcodes??" It was the scene where, after he's scanned (red laser and all) an operator calls him and advises him politely of his fine.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I think that was Star Trek, though I'm not sure and I wish someone could let me know. I remember seeing that too, and it's bugged me for years. At the time I thought it was cool, but every time I drive along the Bolte Bridge back home and have my license plate scanned I think of that show/movie and think "Why didn't they just get the scanner to read the plate instead of using 20th century barcodes??" It was the scene where, after he's scanned (red laser and all) an operator calls him and advises him politely of his fine.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Aha! I remember it now. The show was seaQuest DSV[^], with Roy Scheider.
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Aha! I remember it now. The show was seaQuest DSV[^], with Roy Scheider.
Software Zen:
delete this;A 16 year itch has been scratched! AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I think we should all just get a GUID.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Really, you'd settle for globally. While we're at it, why not make it universally unique, or, multiverally unique identifier. I know about GUIDs and UUIDs, but perhaps we should move to MUIDs out of an excess of caution. ;) BTW, my wife and I both have California arts plates with random letters and numbers. She got 777BAR and has been pegged by our neighbors as a gambler. I got 123ALE and have been pegged as a big drinker. What are the odds of *that*?
Tom Clement Serena Software, Inc. www.serena.com articles[^]
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I think we should all just get a GUID.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Globally Unique Idiot Driver...hmmm yeah that'll work.
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Globally Unique Idiot Driver...hmmm yeah that'll work.
The REAL problem is the lack of uniqueness... If there were only one, we'd all rest easier. ;P ;P Cheers, Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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Really, you'd settle for globally. While we're at it, why not make it universally unique, or, multiverally unique identifier. I know about GUIDs and UUIDs, but perhaps we should move to MUIDs out of an excess of caution. ;) BTW, my wife and I both have California arts plates with random letters and numbers. She got 777BAR and has been pegged by our neighbors as a gambler. I got 123ALE and have been pegged as a big drinker. What are the odds of *that*?
Tom Clement Serena Software, Inc. www.serena.com articles[^]
Tom Clement wrote:
What are the odds of *that*?
Depends on which one of your mates works (or ex-mates) at the local motor registry ;)
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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A slight modification: Global Unique AlphaNumeric Operator identification, or GUANO.
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That seems like a misnomer. Perhaps we should rename it. I'm thinking "license plate character sequence" or "license plate identifier". Any other recommendations?
It has nothing to do with a license either, it's a registration plate.
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It is when you add the state it's in...
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I think we should all just get a GUID.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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That seems like a misnomer. Perhaps we should rename it. I'm thinking "license plate character sequence" or "license plate identifier". Any other recommendations?
AspDotNetDev wrote:
That seems like a misnomer.
As is VIN. /ravi
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
That seems like a misnomer.
As is VIN. /ravi
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:thumbsup: I didn't even notice Vin.
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I seem to remember a sci-fi TV show where one of the characters was speeding on a motorcycle. A camera scanned the bar code on his license plate and issued the fine, which was automatically charged to his credit card. It was filmed in a way that you could tell he wasn't involved in the process; it was basically a (large) automated toll. A GUID can be represented in a fairly compact bar code, come to think of it.
Software Zen:
delete this;Our authorities just use OCR on regular license plate text.
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That seems like a misnomer. Perhaps we should rename it. I'm thinking "license plate character sequence" or "license plate identifier". Any other recommendations?
Dictionary.com: [noun] one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals. This definition does not explicitly confine said marking to only numerals. Merriam-Webster: [noun] a numeral or combination of numerals or other symbols used to identify or designate Q.E.D. :)
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That seems like a misnomer. Perhaps we should rename it. I'm thinking "license plate character sequence" or "license plate identifier". Any other recommendations?
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It is when you add the state it's in...
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von BraunSo to fully qualify a GUANO you'd have say, USA-NY-DEADBEEF? Hmmm, what about when we colonize Mars, or some "Super Earth" lightyears away? We'll need UUANO! MW-SOL-T-USA-NY-DEADBEEF. There, future-proofed, I feel better. Well, unless a scientist discovers the existence of a parallel universe or multiverses...
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So to fully qualify a GUANO you'd have say, USA-NY-DEADBEEF? Hmmm, what about when we colonize Mars, or some "Super Earth" lightyears away? We'll need UUANO! MW-SOL-T-USA-NY-DEADBEEF. There, future-proofed, I feel better. Well, unless a scientist discovers the existence of a parallel universe or multiverses...
Sorry, but you have un-needed characters there. Using accepted ISO codes the plate GUANO would be
US-NY-DEADBEEFSeriously, in Europe both Hungary and Sweden have the same formatsXXX 999and use black on white colouring.
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That seems like a misnomer. Perhaps we should rename it. I'm thinking "license plate character sequence" or "license plate identifier". Any other recommendations?
We call them 'numberplates', which avoids the 'licence' part but has the same problem with including 'number'. This used to make sense, when they were originally introduced, because the letters identified a region and the part that would generally change was the number. But that stopped being true a long time ago.
